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| pcernie wrote: Samsung has announced a dual-core application processor for tablets PCs, netbooks and smartphones that will be able to handle 1080p video playback and recording, the company said on Tuesday. | |
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There is absolutely no benefit to having 1080p (as oppose to 720p) playback on a mobile phone. A 720p mobile phone screen would already have pixels below the level the human eye can resolve unless you literally stuck it in front of your face. Even if you believe the most skeptical position, the iPhone 4 retina display is almost at that level and it's display is effectively 640p.
This may be useful in a laptop, but even them I'm dubious about the value of a 1080p display on a typical laptop size screen. Generally speaking at reasonable viewing distance people can only tell the difference between 1080p and 720p once the screen is over about 30", and no laptop ever is going to have a 30" screen.
This may all become relevant when you can build a decent quality micro-projector into a mobile phone or laptop and we can do away with the screen for viewing video anyway, but right now it's typical gadget company willy-waving. 'Our number is bigger so it must be better' even when in the real world it's completely irrelevant.
Jon
