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<blockquote data-quote="Stormchild" data-source="post: 15955" data-attributes="member: 704"><p>And in portrait orientation, the iPad has a height of 2048 pixels vs. 1080 px on an HDTV. That said, some of the difference (possibly a lot) is offset by the viewing distance. The iPad is usually held about 1-1.5' away from your face, whereas a TV is usually at least 6' away. The closer the screen is to your face, the higher the pixel density (i.e. resolution) has to be to maintain the same perceived level of detail.</p><p></p><p>Notice how Apple's products with "Retina" displays have a different pixel density depending (roughly) on the typical viewing distance:</p><p></p><p>iPhone 4/4S: 640x960 (@3.54") = 326 ppi</p><p>iPad (3): 2048x1536 (@9.7") = 264 ppi</p><p>Retina MacBook Pro: 2880x1800 (@15.4") = 220 ppi</p><p></p><p>Let's say your TV is 50". At 1920x1080, that gives you a pixel density of ~44 ppi. According to the chart on <a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2012/03/01/retina-display-macs-ipads-and-hidpi-doing-the-math/" target="_blank">this page</a>, at a viewing distance of 6', that resolution is about 92% "Retina". In other words, if your TV resolution was higher (or its size was smaller, packing the same amount of pixels into a smaller space), you wouldn't be able to see much more detail anyway (unless you move closer to it).</p><p></p><p>One caveat here: these calculations hold up for things that are normal to view from 6' away, but you wouldn't play a real pinball table from 6' away, and as such, there are a lot of very small details (especially on newer tables) that are designed to be seen from only a couple feet away. Thus, the iPad (with the highest ratio of pixel density to typical viewing distance) will still give you the sharpest, clearest view of these tables (at least until TPA gets updated for the new Retina MacBook Pro; not sure what the "Retina" percentage comes out to on that).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Stormchild, post: 15955, member: 704"] And in portrait orientation, the iPad has a height of 2048 pixels vs. 1080 px on an HDTV. That said, some of the difference (possibly a lot) is offset by the viewing distance. The iPad is usually held about 1-1.5' away from your face, whereas a TV is usually at least 6' away. The closer the screen is to your face, the higher the pixel density (i.e. resolution) has to be to maintain the same perceived level of detail. Notice how Apple's products with "Retina" displays have a different pixel density depending (roughly) on the typical viewing distance: iPhone 4/4S: 640x960 (@3.54") = 326 ppi iPad (3): 2048x1536 (@9.7") = 264 ppi Retina MacBook Pro: 2880x1800 (@15.4") = 220 ppi Let's say your TV is 50". At 1920x1080, that gives you a pixel density of ~44 ppi. According to the chart on [url=http://www.tuaw.com/2012/03/01/retina-display-macs-ipads-and-hidpi-doing-the-math/]this page[/url], at a viewing distance of 6', that resolution is about 92% "Retina". In other words, if your TV resolution was higher (or its size was smaller, packing the same amount of pixels into a smaller space), you wouldn't be able to see much more detail anyway (unless you move closer to it). One caveat here: these calculations hold up for things that are normal to view from 6' away, but you wouldn't play a real pinball table from 6' away, and as such, there are a lot of very small details (especially on newer tables) that are designed to be seen from only a couple feet away. Thus, the iPad (with the highest ratio of pixel density to typical viewing distance) will still give you the sharpest, clearest view of these tables (at least until TPA gets updated for the new Retina MacBook Pro; not sure what the "Retina" percentage comes out to on that). [/QUOTE]
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