You have that logic backwards, no? To see the resolution difference on a 32" screen size, you need to be 10 feet or LESS away. Not greater. By being closer to the screen your eyes will start to differentiate between pixels. As you back away and are "greater" than 10 feet away, your eyes will stop seeing a difference. Same reason 1080p on a 32" set is worthless... you're too "zoomed out". You put that same 1080p on a 50" set and you're "closer in" and can appreciate the advantage of a 1080p resolution. Hence the point of the original post you replied to -- on a phone, you're going to have that screen much, much closer to your eyes and will no doubt appreciate the increased resolution of the screen.
I am 99% confident the iPhone 4 will look better than the Incredible because it doesn't use the PenTile technology in its display. You can pretty easily tell the difference in screen clarity just between the Motorola Droid and the HTC Incredible if you are holding them side-by-side.
Here's a comparison shot btw... I feel like the difference will be noticeable for me: Leeching image, hopefully it works...
I'm pretty sure it might look better with the iPhone 4. I'm most interest with this "retina display" they are talking about. This is the kind of technology that I like based on software programming if it hold true. That's one thing I'm going to give Apple credit. It's not always the hardware but also the softwares and that's why they are doing very well.
Say what? The "Retina display" is JUST the hardware display. Dude, are you drunk? It has nothing to do with programming, per se.
Your logic is backwards. You must have really screwed up your home theater. http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=768167 Pixels become visible as you get closer. If you are going to be sitting closer than X feet away, you should choose 1080p over 720p. Otherwise you can't tell. The same logic applies to these phones.
Well you're probably right. I have not try researching on it since I've skim through it. I was thinking something to the similar of a software system that fill in the pixels.
Just an FYI - each of those letters involves a separate part of the process. If you know what any of this means, then you'd understand that at first glance, it DOES look like it's just taking a set of miscellaneous protocols and formats and putting them together in a standard way that can be reproduced by others. I don't know if that's what Apple will actually do with FaceTime, but don't act as if a list of standards == another de-facto standard is a crazy idea.
It's more about making pixels that are smaller. Small enough so you can fit more of them onto the screen and small enough that your eye can't actually differentiate between each one, no matter how close you look (with the naked eye). http://www.apple.com/iphone/features/retina-display.html
It's not a crazy idea, and as I said, Google appears to be doing the same thing with WebM. The combination of various standards can be a standard itself. I suppose my exception is the idea that Apple thinks their particular combination is already the new standard even though it currently only works on iPhone 4's, not even with their own Mac OS. Then again, maybe it's not arrogance... maybe it's just severely overloading the term "standard". (I only know what H.264 and AAC are anyway)
This is also a good cover on other phone displays. http://www.displaymate.com/Nexus_One_ShootOut.htm http://www.pcworld.com/article/190112/nexus_ones_screen_is_gorgeous_but_with_issues.html
Me too, sounds pretty cool. Can't wait for that technology to get on an Android tablet (I'm impartial to Google)...
It probably WILL be THE standard, think about it for a minute. How many of these phones are they going to sell? 10s of millions. Thus they'll have the market cornered for video chat in the mobile universe. Their only real competition right now is Qik (Evo) and they have their own problems.
Spoiler Spoiler I'd like to see one in person. Two other good shots in the spoilers. http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/07/iphone-4-pixel-density-examined-video/
