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Originally Posted by charleski
Yes, it does tell the whole story.
Sub-pixel rendering is a hack that only really works when specific conditions are met. Why do you think MS released the 'C' fonts with Vista? Those are fonts that are specifically designed to work with sub-pixel rendering, and they (generally) do a very good job of it.
Apple went with a far more low-tech solution that was designed to be more generally applicable and provide a better match to page colour in print, that's why Macs are blurrier than PC's. The advantage is that they avoid the issues that happen when sub-pixel rendering goes bad (and when it goes bad, it goes horrid).
Sub-pixel rendering only works for fonts in specific situations. It's not some magic fairy-dust. It does nothing for image resolution.
Contrast ratio has nothing to do with resolution, it only affects how far the basic resolution can be manipulated, I've covered this before.
If electronic displays want to rival print (and I'd love to this that really happen), then there's only one thing they can do - double the current resolution. It's not going to be done with software trickery, it can only be done with more pixels. A lot more.
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Well, how many years before we get to 300 dpi? That should be good enough.