Do Pixels Matter? — Introduction.
Often we have heard some people brag about the millions of pixels, that tiny screen in their hand has. Sometimes we have them fighting over which has better clarity and resolution. All this only leads to one thing. That is Pixels. The focal point of every screen technology currently available on the entire planet. Every company is cramming pixels into every consumer device they can lay their hands on. They are multiply ‘resolutions’ by whole numbers and touting every new pixel crammed screen as the most beautiful. In fact, TVs and Mobiles have had their screen resolution multiply by whole numbers over the past few years. They have gone from a couple ten thousand pixels to more than a million. Does that pixelation really make a difference or is it all a bragging right?
VGA, WVGA, HD, UXGA, FHD, WQHD. These are not a bunch of random capital letters. These are some of the many display resolutions found on this planet. Resolution is basically the number of pixels that can be displayed in each dimension. The two dimensions are namely width and height. The total pixel count is calculated by multiplying the two values. WVGA has a resolution of 800 x 480 and WQHD has resolution of 2560 x 1440. This is the difference in the resolutions of the mobiles of 2011 and those of 2014. These pixel dense screens make everything appear crisp and clear. The difference is quite noticeable when you move from VGA to HD (1280 x 720). The screen of my old Galaxy looks pale and shrivelled when held beside my Nexus. There are various new television screens. The old CRT displays look dull when compared to those fabulous, huge 4K displays pumping up millions of pixels which dominate our homes currently. There can be numerous comparisons that can be made regarding ‘resolutions’ and ‘pixels’ with almost 100.00% of the time, people choosing the more ‘pixelated’ screen. A really small percentage of people would say otherwise as can be seen from the percentage figure. Coincidence? I guess not. Look at the example below:
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The above picture would lead to the conclusion that pixels indeed matter. The seven pictures above clearly demonstrate clearly that as the number of pixels increase the clarity of the image increases since the height and the width of the images are constant.
Picture 1 shows nothing. Picture 2 shows the gradient. Picture 3 shows the rough placement of the letter. Picture 4 shows the black lines more profoundly. Picture 5 makes the white lines appear more distinctly. Picture 6 has the image resolved with some loss of detail. Picture 7 ends up showing the image, crisp and clear. This leads to only one conclusion, that pixels indeed matter and pixels ‘define’ everything. But do they matter every time?
**To be continued in the next article.
