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Originally Posted by barryem
This is a very personal sort of thing. If you can see the difference in the higher resolution then it makes sense for you to be guided by that. I know some people can see it. I can't and I think most people can't.
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I really think you should have quoted my whole paragraph. This is what you choose to leave out:
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Originally Posted by issybird
The 265 ppi of the H2O was fine; I don't get added utility that I'm aware of from 300 ppi. But 212 is unacceptable to me; obviously MMV as yours obviously does.
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I'm not insisting that my personal experience extrapolates to the universal; in fact, I'm explicitly saying the opposite. Moreover, while there's obviously disagreement about where perceived gradations occur, it's also obvious that they must happen.
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Originally Posted by barryem
I think increasing the density is more for marketing purposes than anything else. We give up a little battery life. A few people's experience is improved. Probably Manga readers like it more. But most of us just can't see a difference. People who are guided by specs will buy the 300 ppi. People who are guided by appearance will buy either one.
Barry
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Rather than disparaging my stated personal experience, you might want to support your repeated contention that most people have the same experience that you do. You keep saying it, but let's see some evidence. Without, it's just one more anecdotal report.