Our current monitor resolution is 72 dpi. I'm happy with it. But is it likely that we will, some day, wake up to new monitors in the stores, with 150 or 300 dpi?
2007-11-29 06:16:23 · 4 answers · asked by Tahini Classic 7 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Monitors
I think the majority of monitors is only ruffly 72dpi in desktop computing. There's no exact match. And I don't think there's a necessity for a higher density of pixels per inch because of the distance to the screen you have. Devices like mobile phones, PDAs, laptop computers and other mobile device nowadays already have higher resolutions per inch due to their size limitations and working range.
So, imho, there's no need to change anything, because would rather choose working at bigger panels at the same distance from the object.
There's an interesting site dealing with the whole dpi topic:
http://www.rideau-info.com/photos/mythdpi.html
Unfortunately, I found nothing about the recommended working distance to computer screens yet.
Really interesting subject, it makes me wonder at what circumstances full HD tv-screens do have their advantages.
2007-11-29 09:19:59 · answer #1 · answered by doitsujin75 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There are laptop screens that have 1600 by 1200 resolutions on 15" and 14" screens, so in the 150 DPI ballpark.
The problem is that when vector fonts and icons were dropped from Vista (way back when it was in development) there was a huge incentive for panel manufacturers to keep lower DPI values so that the bitmapped text and and icons would still be readable at the native resolution.
The other factor is the more pixels you put on a panel the more bad pixels you get, reducing the yield. If people are happy with 70 to 100 DPI and have problems with higher DPIs, why change?
2007-11-29 14:25:15 · answer #2 · answered by Simon T 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Don't know how old your computer is. Right click on your desktop: click properties:click settings:on the bottom : click advanced: the DPI setting is there to change if you can. I have a Dell XP: mine shows : normal size (96 DPI) : I can pull down the menu and set to 120 DPI: or custom and change to an even different setting if I choose.
2007-11-29 14:50:14 · answer #3 · answered by ? 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Technology is always getting better and better, so yes, it will come to that sometime, but maybe they will create another kind of monitor which would not contain pixels.
Do you know that modern computer contain all of the CPU in the keyboard? Do you know that eventually keyboards will be holograms!
2007-11-29 14:24:26 · answer #4 · answered by ρєяƒє¢т єχ¢єє∂єя 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋