It’s not hard to find a smartphone display with over 500 pixels per inch (ppi). But put that display into a virtual reality headset and you can see a bit of a “screen door” effect. Since headsets include lenses that zoom in on the display, you can actually see the lines between individual pixels, which […]
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Report: Samsung working on VR headset with 2000 ppi display
Apple famously claimed that its iPhone 4 has a “Retina Display,” thanks to its pixel density of 326 pixels per inch, which the company said exceeds the 300 ppi that the human eye can distinguish. Many have taken issue with that precise number… but there’s certainly a strong case to be made that at a […]
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Samsung unveils 858 ppi display for virtual reality
Samsung’s Gear VR headsets may be designed to turn the company’s phones into virtual reality displays. But even phones with full HD or higher-res displays can suffer from a bit of “screen door” effect when viewed through lenses that magnify the screen so much that you can see the lines between pixels. The Samsung Galaxy […]
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LG’s plans to blanket your phone in pixels (700ppi)
LG’s new flagship smartphone has a 5.5 inch, 2560 x 1440 pixel display which packs 538 pixels per inch. The company also plans to use that screen in other phones for folks who just can’t get enough pixels. But LG isn’t stopping there. In a blog post, the Korean company says it’s already looking ahead […]
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Lilbits (5-12-2014): Tizen is coming
Tizen is an open source, Linux-based operating system that rose out of the ashes of the dead-before-their-time MeeGo, Moblin, and Maemo operating systems. It’s not a continuation of those products like Sailfish so much as a replacement operating system with the same key backers including Samsung and Intel. Samsung reportedly sees Tizen as an opportunity […]
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Acer’s Series 7 ultrabooks with 1080p screens: Too many pixels?
There might be such a thing as too many pixels… at least when it comes to Windows laptops. Companies have been duking it out to see who could pack the most pixels into smartphone and tablet displays, and Apple’s latest 13 and 15 inch MacBook Pro laptops also have “Retina” displays. But those phones, laptops, […]
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Toshiba introduces 6 inch, 2560 x 1600 pixel display
If you thought the iPhone’s 3.5 inch, 960 x 640 pixel display was sharp you ain’t seen nothing yet. Toshiba has just introduced a new 6.1 inch, 2560 x 1600 pixel LCD display. The screen has a pixel density of 498 pixels per inch. Apple calls its 326 ppi display a “retina display” because at […]