How much would a Retina 9.7" LCD cost?

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  1. Badd_Blood Well-Known Member

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    For a 9.7" screen to have around 2000x1500 pixels is insane. My computer has about half of that and it looks just fine. Something just does not add up here. Not even 55" televisions have that many pixels in them. A screen that dense must cost a fortune. I think apple is going to just bump the resolution making it around 200ppi
    Badd_Blood, Feb 28, 2012
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  2. Tkf1 Community Development Team

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    Tkf1, Feb 28, 2012
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  3. samw40 Well-Known Member

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    And there was that rumor about them raising the iPad 3's price.
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  4. vahn Active Member

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    I have a feeling it will be 1280x1024 and no higher. Someone buy me one if I'm spot on.
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  5. APV Well-Known Member

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    It really makes sense if it was doubled up to 2048x1536 or whatnot, as developers won't need to update anything in their apps except for images/graphics.

    If it went from 1024x768 to 1280x1024, apps won't scale well at all.

    My 2ยข.
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  6. Longcat14 Member

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    If the resolution was that high, I could only think of one manufacturer that could put that many pixels into one screen, and it's not LG (they can do it with the iPhone, but not with the iPad, that's just way to many pixels).

    Looks like if the screen is that size, Samsung has the screen building, which is awesome, as they already have 25% of every iOS device. xD

    But in reality, I wouldn't like a resolution that high, it would make everything way too small, I mean, my crappy laptop has a 1280x720 screen, and it looks just fine.
    Longcat14, Feb 28, 2012
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  7. Badd_Blood Well-Known Member

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    If it was doubled that means the app sizes would be huge! I already have RAGE HD which weighs in at 2GB. Having images that large would eat up all the space. Not to mention 1080p would look kinda fuzzy stretched across 1536 pixels
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  8. samw40 Well-Known Member

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    Agreed on the 1080p. It's be a bit pixelated.
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  9. deleted account 43 Well-Known Member

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    I just feel that Retina Display on an iPad is a bit unnecessary. I have 20/20 vision, and I find it hard to distinguish the pixels of an iPad 2 from normal viewing distances. All I'm saying is that Apple will spend lots of time and money on something that people don't need. I think that if Apple bumped it up to 200 ppi or so, it'd look better, but not unnecessary.
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  10. Eddiewattz Member

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    iPad 2 screen will look like crap compared to a iPad 3 retina display, just like iPod 2-3g's look like crap next to a 4g.

    Anything really higher than retina is overkill, but retina itself is the final step in visual display fidelity.
    Eddiewattz, Feb 29, 2012
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