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Originally Posted by sydmalicious
Will We See 500 or 600 PPI e-Paper Displays in 2019 or 2020?
I don’t know if it is necessary but the commenters suggested that it is contrast that needs to improve not the resolution. A guy in the comments argued you can’t really discern the difference in resolution from 300 ppi to 600 ppi as the human eye isn’t capable of seeing those details. Perhaps, but I have the iPhone XS Max and latest iPad Pro and it seems much of those displays are noticeably crisper than my 1st gen iPad Pro and iPhone 8 Plus.
What do you think?
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Although you will find many people who say 300dpi is good enough, these are people usually satisfied already with what they have. They either don't have a burning desire to replace what they have, or higher dpi does nothing for them. I think that the higher the dpi, the better, however.
eReaders are notorious for crude, barebones typography. iPads and other tablets have higher density dpi, allowing for smoother anti-aliasing and better simulation of real book experiences in regards to layout, drop caps, titles, images, etc. Many of my peers are hardcore pbook readers, several of them authors, and they don't find the ebook experience to be a beautiful one. In my opinion, they are book snobs. Yet, if eReaders approached the dpi density of tablets, the ebook experience would be a more compelling one for them.
Already, I'm seeing reMarkable eInk tablets showing up at writer's conferences with only keen interest surrounding the device. They are popular with editors. Even with a 1872 x 1404 display, it only has 226dpi, but what makes it compelling is the 2048 levels of pressure. Writers love scribbling on eInk as if it's paper, then mailing off PDFs of their notations. The conclusion there is that eInk is not a detriment in this case. What will cause readers in general to embrace eReaders? I argue that faster processors and a more intuitive reading experience will be necessary.
As for the article, you can see in the included screenshots how much of a difference there is in the Japanese characters between 150 dpi and 500 (though who reads on a Palm Pilot anymore?). 300 dpi to 600 will be a nice jump. The text will look gorgeous in comparison.