DPI i just incorrect. Use PPI if you really insist on that name.
That said, there is nothing gimmicky about the retina name. It's a device where distance to the display, resolution and screen size are such that someone with normal vision cannot distinguish between pixels.
High-PPI does not in any way pack the same information. It’s ambiguous and unclear.
The only thing that’s bad about retina is that Apple uses it like a trademark. I would love it if any company could call their HD TVs retina displays (because they are), but that’s not possible. Luckily everyone else is busy taking away that name from Apple (for example by naming their software like that).
It's a device where distance to the display, resolution and screen size are such that someone with normal vision cannot distinguish between pixels.
It is a post-development sales pitch used to pitch as a differentiation the fact that Apple's naive scaling required them to grossly overshoot the mark. Competitive products already had excellent displays before Apple decided that they had no choice but catch up.
I would love it if any company could call their HD TVs retina displays
Why would you love it? "Retina" display is a misnomer -- unless the device is a fixed distance from my eyes, and it is specifically geared for my eyes specifically, it is horse shit to call it a retina display. It is ignorant marketbabble that lowers us all.
Oh come on. Apple’s iPhone and iPad barely hits the mark there. They are overshooting nothing.
It’s a petty good approximate term that to my mind works perfectly well. Sure, things change depending on view distance but I guess nerds have to survive a term that’s not always exact. The horror!
That was an uninformed rant on your part. What are you suggesting as an alternative? High-PPI certainly does not work.
Apple’s iPhone and iPad barely hits the mark there.
Do you actually believe that the magical "retina" mark just coincidentally happened to be 2x Apple's original resolutions? How convenient!
It’s a petty good approximate term
It's a marketing term that the stupid embrace. Is a 64Kbps mp3 "eardrum audio" in a standard room with a fan? Is 128Kbps eardrum audio on a crummy mp3 player?
That was an uninformed rant on your part
What was uninformed about it? Desperately curious to hear what.
That said, there is nothing gimmicky about the retina name. It's a device where distance to the display, resolution and screen size are such that someone with normal vision cannot distinguish between pixels.
High-PPI does not in any way pack the same information. It’s ambiguous and unclear.
The only thing that’s bad about retina is that Apple uses it like a trademark. I would love it if any company could call their HD TVs retina displays (because they are), but that’s not possible. Luckily everyone else is busy taking away that name from Apple (for example by naming their software like that).