Brian Barrett's discussions

What are you talking about? The PPI on the iPad mini matters because it doesn't hit the retina threshold. What this post is saying is that anything at or above the retina threshold doesn't matter for the visible eye. There's no bias here. Read more

We did a spot check against the iPhone 5 when we had our hands on, and then we did this: Read more

Let's address these one by one. For retina, it WAS the best thing when Apple first did it two years ago. It was the best smartphone display ever, by a mile. Why shouldn't we tout that? And you yourself agree that the resolutions on the small screens are worthless at this point. So I don't see the issue. Read more

Right, under a macro lens the effect is pretty stunning. But our eyeballs aren't macro lenses, and you couldn't really tell the difference just looking at them from a normal distance. That's why it doesn't really mean anything (and in this case, contributed to a dimmer phone). Read more

I honestly didn't fully get this until I moved to a red state (Alabama) two years ago after nearly a decade in NYC. The people I meet and interact with are almost overwhelmingly liberal, and the ones that aren't are far from tea party stereotypes. I live in a county that voted overwhelmingly for Obama in this past… Read more

Oh, just peace of mind. Read more

That's not what's being said here, though. It's not crap, it's just meaningless above a certain point. It still matters below that threshold, and there are a hundred other ways to improve your display. There's nothing to call out here. It's not a contradiction in any sense. Read more

Nah, check out the fancy PhD types we quoted. Read more

We address that in this post as well. At least read what we've written before you comment on it. Read more

The Droid DNA display is better, but not because of the PPI, just like there are lots of ways to make a camera better beyond just megapixels. Read more

It's just another example, like megapixels, of a tech spec that has outlived its usefulness. Read more

Can you guys make up your minds about whether we're biased for or against Apple? I don't mind getting yelled at but the inconsistency is giving me whiplash. Read more

"I will concede that the jump from 320ppi to 400ppi is unlikely to be all that noticeable." Read more

Sure doesn't seem like it! Read more

Flaunting it for the last two years, actually. And PPI isn't totally pointless, it's just pointless past a certain threshold. It still matters when gadgets dip below that point—see: iPad mini—but over and above, it's useless. Read more

What are you talking about? We're not going to trumpet anything. This is our position. This is what we are saying. That is all. Read more

Because those things can continue to improve in tangible ways. No one's saying you can't pack more pixels into a display. But human beings can't see the difference after a certain point. Like the PhDs cited in the post said. We're not just making this shit up. Read more

Totally unrelated. The core point is that after a certain level, neither spec matters. The eye can only see so much, and the higher we push ppi the more meaningless it'll become. Read more

Oh come on, read the post. We say it's the best display out there both here and in the hands-on before it. All we're saying is that companies are going to be shouting about higher and higher ppi when, after a certain point (which is well below the Droid DNA's threshold) the human eye can't tell the difference. Read more

Sam, going to need you to do a major revise to reflect Iron Man's role in all this. Read more