DPI vs viewdistance test

[Hels]

Hey everyone

I just came across an useful article on flatpanels.dk on valuating whether an increased resolution holds any benefits for you. It's in danish though I'll explain.

Choose one of these checkerboard images (where one checker is one pixel) that correspond with the resolution of your monitor.

1920x1080 - http://www.flatpanels.dk/billeder/pixelmapping_1080.jpg
1366x768 - http://www.flatpanels.dk/billeder/pixelmapping_1366x768.jpg
1024x768 - http://www.flatpanels.dk/billeder/pixelmapping_1024x768.jpg

If you see checkers instead of one continous tone of colour, move away from the monitor until they blur into just one colour. That's the minimum distance that holds the maximum perceptible picture detail. Your eyes won't be able to distinguish any more pixels. Though if at your sitting distance you can still see checkerboards, you can benefit from an increased pixels per inch.

All credits go to flatpanels.dk and their english site flatpanelshd.com

 

[SJetski71]

Interesting.

Though i'm of the school that more pixels is better since many people vary the distance they sit from their display. One day you might be on the sofa 12ft away from your screen, another day you might be up close playing console games. Or if there's a group watching together, some close up and others further away, in any scenario there would be less drawbacks with more pixels (besides the $50-$100-$150 added cost which is minimal imho). Not to mention 1080P is the native format for Blu-Ray, HD-DVD, all future gaming consoles, better with HTPC use.

Want to be prepared for most every scenario? You buy 1080P

To be honest i don't see how 1366x768 can even compete anymore except in regards to price, and the price difference between those two resolutions nowadays are minimal, at least in the US anyway....

My thoughts above apply more so to LCD's, and not as much to Plasma displays.

 

[kllrnohj]

Interesting, but not necessarily true. In most cases, higher res means a larger screen, not a higher DPI. However, even in the case of this test and higher DPI I don't think it works out quite the way they want it to. Curved shapes will look smoother with higher DPI even if you can't make out the individual pixels.