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Originally Posted by pdurrant
An 8.1 diagonal 3:4 aspect ratio screen of 768x1024 is at 158dpi. The 6" eInk screens are 167dpi. The 5" eInk screens are 200dpi.
For a new 8.1 screen I'd be hoping for at least 960x1280 resolution - 198 dpi.
(I think eInk ought to be working towards 300dpi - 900x1200 on a 5" screen, perhaps 1440x1920 on an 8.1".)
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I find the resolution on my PRS-505 already pretty awesome!
It's like finer than a laptop's resolution.
A higher resolution usually means slower page turning, lower battery life, and often an increase in quality that is hardly perceivable.
I find that on a 5" screen, I tend to put it closer to my face, because everything looks so small. On an 8" screen, I'd probably put that further away from my face, because it's bigger,and thus easier to read.
When you put your device further away from you, resolution matters less.
On an 800x600 screen, the screen was just not able to comfortably display pdf A4 or letterbox 8by11" papersize text.
The increase in resolution will most likely allow text to be viewable, though perhaps still in a small fontsize (like 8pt), but better than the current fontsize which looks much like 6pt to me.