floor tiles...size and resolution

[Redrobes]

HD TV is very low res. Even the high standard 1920x1080 on a small 30" TV is a mere 1920/30 or 64dpi and old DVD format which is still pretty watchable is less than half that. Only high res 1600x1200 laptops with 17" displays are the stuff of >100 dpi. But for printed materials it starts at about 100 and high quality magazines are 600dpi or more. A lot of printed material half-toning or the color res is done on a screen of 240dpi tho.

[torstan]

I didn't know that - that's very interesting.

It's projectors that get me though. Their resolution is terrible! I do a bit of projector gaming and the text is unreadable. Not that it makes too much difference to the people across the room

[Redrobes]

Yes, its said that for normal viewing position that if you have a small telly and you sit only a little closer to it then there's not much to be had from going from 720 to 1080 types.

The feel of a bigger screen is nicer tho. Makes a huge difference if gaming on an XBox tho where your putting cross hair over small characters in the distance.

Projectors can be useful bits of kit but they are truly terrible in the DPI department. The older ones were 640x480 but at least newer ones are 800x600 or 1024x768. Even there at top end tho for a nice 60" screen projection that's 17dpi. It was sub 10 for the older ones. Chronic.

Actually this is something about the MS Surface that hasn't been touched on much. For surface gaming its not going to be all that great res on the table top. Because all the HD screens are meant to be viewed from 10ft+ away then using it at 18" is gonna show up the pixels pretty bad. Something that will no doubt improve as time goes by tho.

[Gamerprinter]

On Redrobes point regarding magazine dpi, most interiors are 1200 dpi and most covers are 2400 dpi - but that's printed on a web press.

GP