question about pixel size

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  1. wildduke, Mar 12, 2011

    wildduke macrumors newbie

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    Ok, correct me if I am wrong,

    The pixel size on a 15" screen with the same resolution as the 13" screen would be larger, therefore an image that on a 13" would look 'better' than on the one on the low res 15" screen.

    However what about the 15" high res screen? with a larger screen but more pixels, would that make the pixel size the same as the 13" and therefore a picture on a 13" should look exactly the same on the high res 15" screen?

    Does that mean the same picture will look as good on the 17"?
     
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  2. DudeMartin, Mar 12, 2011

    DudeMartin macrumors regular

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    The high-res would look better than the 13".

    You have more pixels overall, and you have a bigger screen to see the pixels.

    1680x1050 is quite a bit more than 1280x800, about 740,000 more pixels.

    Say what you want, but a big art drawing looks better than a little picture of it (of the same quality).
     
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  3. adnoh, Mar 13, 2011

    adnoh macrumors 6502a

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    You want to calculate PPI for each screen res and size combo. Then the screen with the highest PPI will always look better with the same image.
     
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  4. badtzwang, Mar 13, 2011

    badtzwang macrumors regular

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