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darrakk · 03-01-2011, 09:32 PM

I understand you quite well. I simply disagree with your argument. Physical screen size isn't as important to me as number of pixels, until you get to a point where pixel density is so high that it's unreadable. You feel it takes at least 17" before wide screen pixel density becomes worthwhile. For me it's much lower. As I said, I can read web pages and PDFs in my iPhone screen just fine. I'd guess the size is an issue for you. It is for some people.

So here's a question for you: If pixel density isn't an issue for me on a 10.1" 16:10 screen, meaning I can read text on that screen just fine, why would I choose 4:3 when most multimedia content is in widescreen format? Seems to me to be sacrificing the multimedia aspect for nothing. On the other hand if you have trouble with text and icon size at such pixel densities, then you may want to look at a different solution.

03-01-2011, 09:32 PM	#39
darrakk Member Posts: 10 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2011 Device: None	I understand you quite well. I simply disagree with your argument. Physical screen size isn't as important to me as number of pixels, until you get to a point where pixel density is so high that it's unreadable. You feel it takes at least 17" before wide screen pixel density becomes worthwhile. For me it's much lower. As I said, I can read web pages and PDFs in my iPhone screen just fine. I'd guess the size is an issue for you. It is for some people. So here's a question for you: If pixel density isn't an issue for me on a 10.1" 16:10 screen, meaning I can read text on that screen just fine, why would I choose 4:3 when most multimedia content is in widescreen format? Seems to me to be sacrificing the multimedia aspect for nothing. On the other hand if you have trouble with text and icon size at such pixel densities, then you may want to look at a different solution.