Yeah. Strange that the screen actually isn't classified as HD but hey, the Retina screen is fantastic so it doesn't really bother me.
Wait... its not classified as HD?
Then what resolution is retina?
Wait... its not classified as HD?
Then what resolution is retina?
I believe the classification for HD is 720/1080 lines on the smaller side. The iPhone is 640.
Oh and the term "HD" is less scientific than "retina"
There's nothing scientific about either of them, but the former is a standard whereas the latter is just some random number that AAPL pulled out of their hat.
Wrong. There's actually a formula behind "retina".
Sure. And the formula is completely useless, whereas adhereing to a standard means that you won't need to either rescale all of your videos and apps to a weird resolution that is useless elsewhere, or have to resort to scaling on the fly which will worsen quality and decrease battery life.
Wrong. There's actually a formula behind "retina" - I'd take that (which accounts for various viewing distances based on display size) over a 40 year old standard which started with larger TV displays and never adapted to smaller displays held much closer to one's face.
To say a 720p 39" flatscreen is more "hi def" than a 640 iPhone is ridiculous if used as a negative against the iPhone.
I doubt it will be an issue much longer though.
Yeah a formula based on flaws. 20/20 vision + viewing distance = Retina. I have as MANY people have better then 20/20 and viewing distance is not an absolute. Marketing term, albeit a brilliant one.
HD is based on math. Is there 720 lines vertically? Yes? Its HD. No? Its not.
Thats why HD is a standard and Retina is not. No one said HD has to look good. It just has to meet a standard for displaying another standard in video.
We're talking about two different things here....
I'm saying as a standard by which to gauge display quality and sharpness, "retina" means far more than "HD" - yet the iPhone is bashed for not having an "HD" display.
You're talking about the ramifications for moving outside normally accepted standard resolutions for developers as they work to tailor their apps to specific screen sizes and resolutions. To which, I agree. If one wants to say "The iPhone should move to 720p or 1080p so its easier on devs" that's fine. But alas....people don't.
Plus, the reason Apple is in this in the first place is because the iPhone began at 4:3 not 16:9. In order to actually make it easier for devs, the 1136x640 was born. Now though, they face a conundrum. Can they double that resolution and solve both "problems" (ease on devs, lack of "HD")? Unfortunately I don't think the display tech exists. And do they really want to change to something now that will only last for a year until that tech DOES exist, only to move back and give devs a headache?
My guess - whatever resolution they go to will either be easily scalable for devs or Apple will have implemented a solution to make it as painless as possible. You don't spend 7 years making it easy (resolution wise) just to turn around and say "screw you, we're going to something totally different". iOS devices are, after all, ALL about the apps.
Yeah a formula based on flaws. 20/20 vision + viewing distance = Retina. I have as MANY people have better then 20/20 and viewing distance is not an absolute. Marketing term, albeit a brilliant one.
HD is based on math. Is there 720 lines vertically? Yes? Its HD. No? Its not.
Thats why HD is a standard and Retina is not. No one said HD has to look good. It just has to meet a standard for displaying another standard in video.
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Isn't all that matters is wether the screen looks good or not? Who cares what standard or any of the other crap. If the screen looks good, and is sharp then it should just fine.
But isn't HD supposed to be a quality standard? So to say HD doesn't have to look good is ludicrous.
Listen, I'm not saying retina is the end-all be-all. Just fed up with the notion that an iPhone display isn't good enough because it's not "HD". That's means next to nothing....
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Yes. There is far more to display quality than retina or resolution. The iPhone's display was arguably the best as far as color reproduction and quality go until the GS5.
I mean my iPhone 5s screen looks great to me. Who cares who has the best? I don't really. As long as it's sharp that is all I care about.
Sure I understand and agree.