Is the MacBook Pro Retina display resolution of 2880-by-1800 a strain on the eyes as I understand the higher the resolution the more strainful the screen can be to the eyes?
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I would think that it should be just the opposite since the image should be clearer and crisper. The best way to answer your query is to look at the display itself next to a non-retina MBP.
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I would think that it should be just the opposite since the image should be clearer and crisper. The best way to answer your query is to look at the display itself next to a non-retina MBP.
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I have spent untold hours reading books on my Retina display iPad, and it is a great experience. I would expect the same will hold true for the MBP Retina I have only had for a week.
vinay.sujan wrote:
Is the MacBook Pro Retina display resolution of 2880-by-1800 a strain on the eyes as I understand the higher the resolution the more strainful the screen can be to the eyes?
Well there are two or three causes of eyestrain with displays different people seem to have.
1: Small type/UI elements
2: Glossy screens
3: Flicker rate
1:
The higher pixel rate combined with the display set at the higher resolution is going to cause UI and type to be smaller and harder to see. In fact it's advised to set OS X to a lower resolouton so it upscales better to match the pixel of the higher display.
Reports coming in say watching HD 1920 x 1080 trailers on the anti-glare 17" is best as the pixel content matches the display almost fullscreen, where on the MBP-R it's upscaled and thus looks blurry.
HD content makers are NOT going to change all their video cameras to support 2880 x 1800 full screen, so in order to get a clearer image playing HD 1080 content, one will have to do so in a smaller window.
2:
The new MBP-R dispalys are 75% less glossy, but not 100% less glossy like the anti-glare models so this can still cause some people problems. This can be lowered to under 1%, however I'm suspecting to do so would be considered giving up a military advantage to China where Apple gets it products made.
3:
I don't know about the flicker rate if it's better or not on the MBP-R's than the previous screens.
vinay.sujan wrote:
Is the MacBook Pro Retina display resolution of 2880-by-1800 a strain on the eyes as I understand the higher the resolution the more strainful the screen can be to the eyes?
It probably would be if you could get that resolution on the screen but you can't. The default resolution is 1440 x 900, and if you choose the "more space" option, the best you get is 1920 x 1200. It's been suggested that SwitchResX would allow use at full resolution but I haven't seen a report from anyone who's tried it.
FatMac\>MacPro wrote:
It probably would be if you could get that resolution on the screen but you can't...
This just in - there's a discussion and links here to a script to activate the full 2880 x 1800 resolution of the Retina Display:
Not having a Retina Display MBP (yet), I can't try this, and don't know what, if any, unintended consequences the script and running at full resolution might have.
The above link is a story by an Apple employee that points to a script written by Wineskin, a trusted source for software. Of course don't take my word for it! Just giving you a place to start.
SoldOnMac wrote:
The above link is a story by an Apple employee that points to a script written by Wineskin, a trusted source for software. Of course don't take my word for it! Just giving you a place to start.
I checked that story a couple of hours ago and for some reason the embedded links no longer work. 😟
They've moved their site, is all. Try this.
http://wineskin.urgesoftware.com/tiki-view_blog_post.php?postId=51
Thank you SoldOnMac and FatMac\>MacPro! I look forward to trying this.
Things on the OSX will look sharper cause the more Pixles they compress the eye will be un-able to see the square pixles making the OSX sharper... But what most people don't understand is the internet is totaly diffrent... what do I mean by this, I mean that the internet is not that Sharp! most websites use a 72DPI resolution because it loads very fast, The Retina Display may make online fonts and text look choppy! making you the user think there is an issue with the graphics card or that you maybe having eye difficulty. This is not the issue... You will notice in the Apple Key Note at WWDC 2012 Apple only says the Retina display will make images for photogrpahers sharper and other images brighter and font sharper.... They never say anything about online interactions because they know the web looks like **** on their new display.
Internet 72DPI looks good on all screens, Even those box monitors cause of their low resolution.
Photographers mainly use 300DPI or larger with their photos. This will look great on a packed pixle screen like retina display.
Internet sites using 225DPI will also look better, but take longer to load, plus i don't know of any sites that use over 72DPI so good luck!
People need to understand how technology works before they hear about it from a big company like Apple or Asus, Samsung etc.. This is just like the Mega Pixles with cell Phone cameras thats been going on forever.
Just cause you have a billion mega pixles does not make your camera better, its about how good your sensor is.
Jiffer, thank you for your thoughts. I wanted to ask if the resoultion is scaled down to say 1680-by-1050 on the MacBook Pro Retina, would that solve the issue, in particular bearing in mind that the Retina has an IPS display? For instance, If you were looking at the same web site at that resolution on a Retina and a non-Retina MacBook Pro side by side, would the Retina display be better?
I think I now understand that 1440-by-900 is the optimum resolution to set the Retina at.
In the Display preference there doesn't seem to be a way to choose 1440 by 900. There is this:
Pamela Mullen2 wrote:
In the Display preference there doesn't seem to be a way to choose 1440 by 900. There is this:
Or in numbers: 1024 x 640, 1280 x 800, 1440 x 900, 1680 x 1050 and 1920 x 1200
I get it. Those numbers are really there in the dialog, you just have to squint really really hard to see them!
Is the MacBook Pro Retina display resolution of 2880-by-1800 a strain on the eyes as I understand the higher the resolution the more strainful the screen can be to the eyes?
