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Old 05-25-2011, 05:58 PM   #80
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Originally Posted by ardeegee View Post
But that isn't the case. The balls are smaller than the "pixels" and in both screen sizes more than one ball goes into making a "pixel" (which is why I'm putting pixel in quotes-- it is only pixel-ish.) What defines a screen area as a pixel is the presence of a transistor under that area. Higher resolution screens have more transistors, not more/smaller capsules.
That makes sense, I just assumed that the pixel resolution and display density were tied together. Meaning if you increase the density of the pixel resolution (pixels per inch) that you would also do the same for the display (balls that make up the pixels). Thanks for clarifying.
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