Retina Display

NuclearVision

Hey guys,
What do you think about retina display?
It is great on the new iPad even more noticeable on the iPhone because it has a smaller screen and almost unbelievable on the MacBook...
When they said that the new iPad has 2k a resolution that can beat modern HD TVs I thought they were kidding but they're right.
Tell me about your retina experience.

samer

I couldn't stand eBooks until I tried reading one on a (retina-powered) iPad. My reading is now exclusively digital. Apart from it being more ecological (no paper), I can sync my notes, highlights and bookmarks across my iDevices.

PowerPC

it does make a difference, and it's certainly nice on the new ipad. But after a certain ppi density, you'd be hard pressed to tell the difference between devices, so it doesn't have that knock out effect as it did when the iphone 4 first came out.
Most high end phones and tablets now have great displays.

djunited

Exactly. Most high end phones have more than 300ppi, which is the maximum ppi the human eye can perceive. I believe "retina display" is no more than a marketing thing as most high end phones displays can be called retina

NuclearVision

One question: 4th gen iPhone and later and the new iPad, have retina-ready software, pushed by apple.
Android devices that have more than 300ppi, will they have a gorgeous display?
In other words: is android retina(high ppi)-ready?
If not, the display will get worse i,e android interface.

georges_2251

Expensive gimmick.

yasamoka

No it's not an expensive gimmick. It's a marketing term.

The maximum ppi that can be perceived by a human eye is apparently 477ppi.

LG and another company are producing 5" 1080p LCD displays with a density of 440ppi.

Retina is a term that refers to MOST people being unable to distinguish the pixels from a few inches away from the screen, the regular distance that one would look at a phone from. In this case, Retina differs from phone to tablet. iPad 3 has a density of 264ppi, while iPhone 4/4S have a density of 330ppi, and the three are Retina.

On the other hand, the HTC Radar and Sony Xperia S both have a density of 342ppi, but are not labelled as Retina, yet they do qualify for it.

NuclearVision

Ipad 3 has got 264 ppi, because the original
Ipad and ipad 2 already have the half hd resolution 1024*768@~160ppi, well that's a huge upgrade
I can imagine like 330ppi on that 9inch ipad, it will be just amazing. But it is not that easy thing to place 4 pixles or more in a place of 1pixel though.

haidcar

yasamoka wroteNo it's not an expensive gimmick. It's a marketing term.

The maximum ppi that can be perceived by a human eye is apparently 477ppi.

LG and another company are producing 5" 1080p LCD displays with a density of 440ppi.

Retina is a term that refers to MOST people being unable to distinguish the pixels from a few inches away from the screen, the regular distance that one would look at a phone from. In this case, Retina differs from phone to tablet. iPad 3 has a density of 264ppi, while iPhone 4/4S have a density of 330ppi, and the three are Retina.

On the other hand, the HTC Radar and Sony Xperia S both have a density of 342ppi, but are not labelled as Retina, yet they do qualify for it.

you mean HTC Rezound. And I agree Retina Display is just a marketing term made up by Apple, first started by the iphone 4 with 329ppi and then they announced the 3rd gen ipad with 263 ppi, later on they released the Macbook pro with Retina pushing 220 ppi. all these devices have different ppi yet they are labeled as Retina Displays.

As for Android, since version 4.0 Ice cream Sandwich android native resolution is 1280*720 which is pushing 300+ PPI and sometimes exceeding the 329 PPI desinty of the iphone.