720p vs. 1080p at 6 feet away

[teemacone]

At 16, I was too busy playing football and trying to get laid at the post-party. Not worried about 92" projectors and cable connections!

[SkillzthatKillz]

Originally Posted by teemacone

At 16, I was too busy playing football and trying to get laid at the post-party. Not worried about 92" projectors and cable connections!

yeah but if this cat has a 92 inch screen in his room he can watch blu-ray while he gets laid

[syncguy]

The graphs look impressive. However, wish to find out how the data was gathered to produce those graphs.

This type of graphs cannot be based on a theory. It has to be based on scientifically controlled human factors research. Also it could be based on opinions of few people or guesswork.

[dialog_gvf]

Originally Posted by syncguy

The graphs look impressive. However, wish to find out how the data was gathered to produce those graphs.

This type of graphs cannot be based on a theory. It has to be based on scientifically controlled human factors research. Also it could be based on opinions of few people or guesswork.

It could be based on theory. The average human eye has a known resolving power, and you can figure out the numbers for the pixel subtendings at different screen sizes (different size pixels) and seating distances.

The main point of the graph is that it is the first one that snaps people out of the notion that the benefit is binary (you can either see 1080p or not). There is a whole range of temporal resolutions between 720p and 1080p. And not being able to get the "full" benefit doesn't mean you don't get any benefit.

Too often people have stated that people didn't need 1080p simply because they couldn't get the FULL benefit. So what? Why would people want go 720p just because all they'd see is 1000p with a 1080p set?

Gary

[syncguy]

Originally Posted by dialog_gvf

It could be based on theory. The average human eye has a known resolving power, and you can figure out the numbers for the pixel subtendings at different screen sizes (different size pixels) and seating distances.

The main point of the graph is that it is the first one that snaps people out of the notion that the benefit is binary (you can either see 1080p or not). There is a whole range of temporal resolutions between 720p and 1080p. And not being able to get the "full" benefit doesn't mean you don't get any benefit.

Too often people have stated that people didn't need 1080p simply because they couldn't get the FULL benefit. So what? Why would people want go 720p just because all they'd see is 1000p with a 1080p set?

Gary

Yes and no. The theory that you gave regarding the resolving power of the eye, surely must be based on human factors research. It cannot be measured otherwise. Also it should have a distribution (“average” is an interesting word) as it relates to the eye, age, health, brain and many other factors. So my comment still stands.

I fully agree that someone may not get the full benefit of 1080p but they may get some benefit and that could be significant. It is certainly not binary.