Android Guy Weekly: Do We Really Need 720P Smartphone Screens? | Pocketnow

Опубликовано 6 февраля 2012, 2:01

Many of us grew up with relatively small, low-resolution televisions as the primary -- perhaps the only -- screen in the home. We didn't think about it at the time, but these displays had a resolution of roughly 480i. That's the number of horizontal lines that are drawn across the screen. The "i" means "interlaced": only half of those lines are changed at a time.

Back in the day, that was the best we had. As screens started getting bigger, the lines became more obvious -- and the picture got worse. The industry has standardized on two primary television resolutions: 720 and 1080.

While the TV resolution battles were being fought, something interesting happened: screens became smaller and ended up in our pockets. Let's take a look at HD screens and see how they'll influence smartphones, tablets, and TVs.

0:22 History: television resolutions
1:45 What is "interlacing"?
2:30 Technical limitations of broadcast TV
4:37 Big-screen TVs
5:20 What is "High Definition"?
6:40 How does this apply to smartphones and Tablets
8:28 Pros and Cons of HD screens
15:00 Predictions
16:25 Your turn!

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Android Guy Weekly: Do We Really Need 720P Smartphone Screens? | Pocketnow
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