The screen the Pixel has is -- as you can imagine -- one of its proudest features, sporting a 2, 560 x 1, 700 resolution, giving a PPI of 239, and offers a brightness of 400nit.
Before being compressed for transmission, the video stream is reformatted for the standard Japanese phone's 320-by-240 pixel screen.
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That Google is rumored to be coming out with a new tablet on Monday, the Nexus 10, outflanking Apple on the high end (in both screen size and pixel density) shows where the battlefield moving.
As you're probably well aware from both the official and leaked spec sheets we've covered, this 416MHz, Windows Mobile 5.0 AKU2-powered handset also features Bluetooth with A2DP, 802.11g, a 1.3 megapixel camera, miniSD slot, reportedly-loud keyboard, and frustrating 240 x 240 pixel screen.
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The 7280 also has a built-in digital camera (VGA quality only), Bluetooth, and a 208x104 pixel LCD screen.
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As you can see, the 1.7-inch, 200x320-pixel OLED screen can display different clock faces, some of them even designed to mimic an analog watch.
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The X50 416MHz, which has a 3.5-inch, 320x240 pixel LCD screen, a 416MHz processor, 64MB of RAM, 64MB of Flash ROM, Compact Flash and SDIO expansion card slots, and Bluetooth.
The X50 520MHz, which has a 3.5-inch, 320x240 pixel LCD screen, a 520MHz processor, 64MB of RAM, 128MB of Flash ROM, Compact Flash and SDIO expansion card slots, 802.11b WiFi, and Bluetooth.
The system had only a handful of games and was plagued with problems from the start, including a 16x16 pixel LCD screen that was prone to rotting and cartridges that could be permantly damaged by even a relatively small static charge.
With the new phone, the user does not need to bow his head to poke at a salient pixel on the screen.
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Or, if you would rather read them yourself, the display screen is a 128-pixel by 64-pixel liquid crystal display that can show five lines of text.
The biggest limiting factor until now was transistor size, since each pixel on an LCD screen needs one.
RSC's WebPad device, for example, features a 10-inch 800 x 600 pixel super VGA touch-screen and is encased in a frame that has buttons for controlling the cursor and other commands.
All of a sudden, it seemed that there was a conceptually easy way to make a single website look good on multiple screen sizes just worry about the pixel width of the viewport.
According to a report from Korea's Money Today, the idea is to create a device for older customers that's easier to read with bigger icons and letters on its large 5-inch low res screen (as opposed to the 5-inch 1080p pixel density monsters we're now accustomed to), with a quad-core CPU pushing Android 4.1 and its Smart Stay features plus a 2, 100mAh battery.
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It never once mentions a situation where a 1080p television can do with a true 1080p source or that if your television does have a good scaler, that it may be able to take that less-than-1080p source and display it on a large screen better than a native 720p TV would due to the greater pixel density.
"This Chromebook has the highest pixel density (239 pixels per inch) of any laptop screen on the market today, " said the company.
However, instead of each pixel representing a colour, as in the image on a screen, these readings show all the different chemical compounds present in each of the thousands of tiny patches that together make up the sample.
Chromebooks have traditionally been priced for the low end of the market, but Google has decided to go for the well-heeled cloud warrior with the Chromebook Pixel, a touchscreen laptop with a super-high resolution screen and a price tag to match.
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Topping the list is a 2, 560 x 1, 440 display, making this the first Windows Ultrabook to sport such a high-res screen. (We've already seen similar panels on the Chromebook Pixel and the Retina display MacBooks.) Additionally, users receive two years of warranty coverage and a dedicated support line, with near-instant pick-up times and a US-based staff (something customers have been asking for, says Toshiba).
At 149ppi, that pixel density isn't anything out of the ordinary, but the screen at least delivers good viewing angles and accurate colors.
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Worse, using the high-definition wide-screen mode puts black bars at the top and bottom of the viewfinder, reducing the effective pixel count by 25%.
If you want a bright and colorful screen for media and general use, and you're not too fussed about the PenTile pixel issue (which you ought to see for yourself before buying), then the Lumia 800's AMOLED display wins hands-down.
We appreciate that JooJoo is trying to provide a straight pixel-accurate representation of web sites, but they could've picked a better screen ratio to do it.
For the default home screen, Amazon's relying a lot more heavily on images, taking advantage of that increased pixel count with a row of three book covers, each of which represent your recent picks.
Mr. Pichai said the Pixel, which uses an Intel Core i5 and has a 12.85-inch screen, has the "highest resolution screen that's ever been shipped on a laptop, " and the company also touted an improved touch pad and keyboard.
The 11.6-inch screen isn't a full HD panel, but at such a small size that amount of pixel density can start to wreak havoc on productivity anyway (Excel sheets are at 360ppi can put quite a strain on the eyes).
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The laptop's 12.85in (32.64cm) display's resolution is similar to the so-called Retina Display of Apple's MacBook range, aimed to have pixel density high enough for the human eye not to notice pixelation when looking at the screen at a typical viewing distance.
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