Samsung Unveils New 10" Retina Display

adeelarshad82 writes "Samsung has unveiled a brand new 10.1-inch display that supports a maximum of 2560×1600 pixel resolution that could be ripe for next generation tablets. Samsung's new display is more of a tech demo than anything else at this stage. While it looks impressive, it's not quite ready for broad production. It does, however, prove that high pixel density and high-resolution tablet displays are possible without unreasonable power requirements coming along in the process."

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[EdZ]

Unfortunately, it's one of those nasty 'Pentile' displays, where subpixels are treated as pixels to inflate the on-paper resolution. If you treat them as actual useful displays where each pixel contains all the sub-pixels required to display the full range of colours (3 for regular displays, 4 for pentile, despite the name implying 5), then the actual resolution is lower than a traditional pixel layout.

Re:maybe..

[wings]

My 3 year old budget laptop has a 1280*800 screen
current laptops in the same price range are 1366*768

Those are the 'wide screen' adaptations of older standard sizes that are being pushed now.
You might not mind, or even think it's great if you watch movies all the time on your laptop, but that's not what I do with one.

Re:Buzzwords!

[ruiner13]

HD refers to resolution, not pixel density. A 100' screen at 1920x1080 resolution would not have a very high pixel density, assuming the resolution is mapped 1:1 onto the pixels. Pixel density, on the other hand, would be quite high if the screen was only 3". "Retina", if you use Apple's terms, means that 1' away, your eyes cannot see the pixels. This generally implies a pixel density of over 270 pixels per inch. Most LCD monitors are between 72 and 96ppi. Some may hit 120, but nothing close to this new display. That is why they are using Apple's term which describes density, not resolution.

Re:Pretty much

[MobileTatsu-NJG]

"Retina" just seems to mean "High pixel density." Apple's marketing department coined the term to imply that the display has a resolution equal to your eye. Of course that isn't the case, it is dependent on distance

"The screen is marketed by Apple as the "Retina Display", based on the assertion that a display of approximately 300 ppi at a distance of 12 inches (305 mm) from one's eye is the maximum amount of detail that the human retina can perceive."

Considering all of the boo-hoo'ing this statement caused here a year ago, I'm surprised there were enough people with mod-points to have missed it.