Overclock.net › Forums › Components › Monitors and Displays › Confusion regarding pixel density
New Posts  All Forums:Forum Nav:

Confusion regarding pixel density

post #1 of 5
Thread Starter 
Hey guys, So I am a little confused, I searched and read a few threads and realized I hadn't had my questrion answered, so here i post:
I have a 32 inch TV I'd like to use as a monitor/tv (for my xbox and pc). My current monitor is 19 inches with a resolution of 1440x900, pixel density of approximately 89 ppi. Then we have an older LCD, 32 inches with a resolution of 1366x768, pixel density is about 47 ppi. Right away I would assume that my monitor is better since it has a much higher pixel density, however, when I checked the density of our family TV I noticed that it's the exact same as the 32 inch I have, and to be honest I can't tell there's a difference between my monitor and the family TV, which leads me to believe that there will be no visible difference between the larger 32 inch TV and my tiny 19inch monitor. Is this true? I mean, I'd like a bigger screen simply because it's more cinematic in games and movies, but I don't want a big TV that looks like garbage. Help me out guys?

Basically my question is: How important is the pixel density of a monitor? Thanks I appreciate it
Brodo Swaggins
(15 items)
 
   
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
Intel Core i5-3570k ASRock z77 Extreme4 EVGA GTX 660 SC Corsair Vengeance Blue 4GB x 2 
Hard DriveOptical DriveCoolingOS
Seagate Barracuda ES 7200 500GB x4 RAID 10 Sony 24x  Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus Windows 7 Home Premium 
MonitorKeyboardPowerCase
21" Dell LCD @ 1440x900 Microsoft Digital Media 3000 Corsair TX750 v2 750W  Fractal Design Arc Midi 
MouseMouse PadAudio
Microsoft Comfort Optical 3000 Logitech black Sony SA-W2500 & Altec Lansing's (Bye bye in a f... 
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
i7 3770k GIGABYTE G1.Sniper M3 EVGA GTX 670FTW Samsung miracle (8GB) 
Hard DriveOptical DriveCoolingOS
Western Digital Black 1TB 7200 Sony 16x (already have) Corsair H80i Windows 8 64-bit 
MonitorKeyboardPowerCase
LG 29EA93-P Black 29" 5ms HDMI 21:9 ADESSO MKB-135B Black Corsair TX750v2 (already own) Silverston Temjin TJ08-e 
MouseMouse PadAudioOther
SHARKOON FireGlider n/a n/a Intel 520 Series Cherryville 2.5" 180GB 
  hide details  
Reply
Brodo Swaggins
(15 items)
 
   
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
Intel Core i5-3570k ASRock z77 Extreme4 EVGA GTX 660 SC Corsair Vengeance Blue 4GB x 2 
Hard DriveOptical DriveCoolingOS
Seagate Barracuda ES 7200 500GB x4 RAID 10 Sony 24x  Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus Windows 7 Home Premium 
MonitorKeyboardPowerCase
21" Dell LCD @ 1440x900 Microsoft Digital Media 3000 Corsair TX750 v2 750W  Fractal Design Arc Midi 
MouseMouse PadAudio
Microsoft Comfort Optical 3000 Logitech black Sony SA-W2500 & Altec Lansing's (Bye bye in a f... 
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
i7 3770k GIGABYTE G1.Sniper M3 EVGA GTX 670FTW Samsung miracle (8GB) 
Hard DriveOptical DriveCoolingOS
Western Digital Black 1TB 7200 Sony 16x (already have) Corsair H80i Windows 8 64-bit 
MonitorKeyboardPowerCase
LG 29EA93-P Black 29" 5ms HDMI 21:9 ADESSO MKB-135B Black Corsair TX750v2 (already own) Silverston Temjin TJ08-e 
MouseMouse PadAudioOther
SHARKOON FireGlider n/a n/a Intel 520 Series Cherryville 2.5" 180GB 
  hide details  
Reply
post #2 of 5
All depends on your needs, if you are needing it for professional use I would say higher PPI should help with accuracy. For what you said about games and movies it does not make a difference as long as you are an appropriate distance away from the screen. Since they work just like printed material several thousand dots all over the place to make the image. Closer you are the higher the change of you seeing the individual dots, and it looking crappy.

The thing that will determine if it will look like crap depends on the panel and the hardware driving the panel.

Now dont quote me on any of this as its just my opinion, as I used my 42" 1080P tv for a pc monitor it looked great but that was after I modified brightness and contrast to get the look I wanted. Only down fall is that the response time for the LCD cells to change will be slower on a tv, so you may get ghosting in games. But their is nothing cooler then seeing your World of Warcraft character look 2 1/2 feet tall and feeling completely immersed in the game! thumb.gif
Edited by terraprime - 9/24/12 at 6:54pm
 
Problem Solver
(15 items)
 
 
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
intel Core i5 3570k 4.4ghz 1.200v - 0.000 offset  Gigabyte z77X-UP4 TH Sapphire 7950 3GB @ 1100/1600mhz v1.2  GSkill 2x4gb 1333mhz 7-7-7-21 2T 
CoolingOS
Corsair H80i AIO liquid cooling Windows 7 Professional x64 
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
C2Q Q6600 GO @ 3.2ghz 1.28 Gigabyte P35 DS3-L Pencil modded Nvidia 9800 GT 512mb 2x1gb Gskill 1066 5-5-5-15 & 2x1gb Gskill Pi 80... 
Hard DriveHard DriveOptical DriveCooling
Crucial m4 CT128M4SSD1 128GB SSD - OS Drive Samsung HD103UJ & SJ 1 Terabyte HDD LG 22x DVD burner Arctic Freezer Pro 2  
OSMonitorPowerCase
Windows 7 Pro SP1 x64 HannsG 27.5" Widescreen Red thingy 750w Single rail old raidmax from 1st build beat to death 
  hide details  
Reply
 
Problem Solver
(15 items)
 
 
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
intel Core i5 3570k 4.4ghz 1.200v - 0.000 offset  Gigabyte z77X-UP4 TH Sapphire 7950 3GB @ 1100/1600mhz v1.2  GSkill 2x4gb 1333mhz 7-7-7-21 2T 
CoolingOS
Corsair H80i AIO liquid cooling Windows 7 Professional x64 
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
C2Q Q6600 GO @ 3.2ghz 1.28 Gigabyte P35 DS3-L Pencil modded Nvidia 9800 GT 512mb 2x1gb Gskill 1066 5-5-5-15 & 2x1gb Gskill Pi 80... 
Hard DriveHard DriveOptical DriveCooling
Crucial m4 CT128M4SSD1 128GB SSD - OS Drive Samsung HD103UJ & SJ 1 Terabyte HDD LG 22x DVD burner Arctic Freezer Pro 2  
OSMonitorPowerCase
Windows 7 Pro SP1 x64 HannsG 27.5" Widescreen Red thingy 750w Single rail old raidmax from 1st build beat to death 
  hide details  
Reply
post #3 of 5
Thread Starter 
Ahh okay, got it. Since I sit about the same distance away from either TV/monitor it should't make much difference, Thank you!thumb.gif
Brodo Swaggins
(15 items)
 
   
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
Intel Core i5-3570k ASRock z77 Extreme4 EVGA GTX 660 SC Corsair Vengeance Blue 4GB x 2 
Hard DriveOptical DriveCoolingOS
Seagate Barracuda ES 7200 500GB x4 RAID 10 Sony 24x  Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus Windows 7 Home Premium 
MonitorKeyboardPowerCase
21" Dell LCD @ 1440x900 Microsoft Digital Media 3000 Corsair TX750 v2 750W  Fractal Design Arc Midi 
MouseMouse PadAudio
Microsoft Comfort Optical 3000 Logitech black Sony SA-W2500 & Altec Lansing's (Bye bye in a f... 
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
i7 3770k GIGABYTE G1.Sniper M3 EVGA GTX 670FTW Samsung miracle (8GB) 
Hard DriveOptical DriveCoolingOS
Western Digital Black 1TB 7200 Sony 16x (already have) Corsair H80i Windows 8 64-bit 
MonitorKeyboardPowerCase
LG 29EA93-P Black 29" 5ms HDMI 21:9 ADESSO MKB-135B Black Corsair TX750v2 (already own) Silverston Temjin TJ08-e 
MouseMouse PadAudioOther
SHARKOON FireGlider n/a n/a Intel 520 Series Cherryville 2.5" 180GB 
  hide details  
Reply
Brodo Swaggins
(15 items)
 
   
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
Intel Core i5-3570k ASRock z77 Extreme4 EVGA GTX 660 SC Corsair Vengeance Blue 4GB x 2 
Hard DriveOptical DriveCoolingOS
Seagate Barracuda ES 7200 500GB x4 RAID 10 Sony 24x  Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus Windows 7 Home Premium 
MonitorKeyboardPowerCase
21" Dell LCD @ 1440x900 Microsoft Digital Media 3000 Corsair TX750 v2 750W  Fractal Design Arc Midi 
MouseMouse PadAudio
Microsoft Comfort Optical 3000 Logitech black Sony SA-W2500 & Altec Lansing's (Bye bye in a f... 
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
i7 3770k GIGABYTE G1.Sniper M3 EVGA GTX 670FTW Samsung miracle (8GB) 
Hard DriveOptical DriveCoolingOS
Western Digital Black 1TB 7200 Sony 16x (already have) Corsair H80i Windows 8 64-bit 
MonitorKeyboardPowerCase
LG 29EA93-P Black 29" 5ms HDMI 21:9 ADESSO MKB-135B Black Corsair TX750v2 (already own) Silverston Temjin TJ08-e 
MouseMouse PadAudioOther
SHARKOON FireGlider n/a n/a Intel 520 Series Cherryville 2.5" 180GB 
  hide details  
Reply
post #4 of 5
Quote:
Originally Posted by xK1LLSW1TCHx127 View Post

Ahh okay, got it. Since I sit about the same distance away from either TV/monitor it should't make much difference, Thank you!thumb.gif

Well it will but it all depends on the person, if you dont notice it a difference then its a non issue. Was same way for me too biggrin.gif
 
Problem Solver
(15 items)
 
 
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
intel Core i5 3570k 4.4ghz 1.200v - 0.000 offset  Gigabyte z77X-UP4 TH Sapphire 7950 3GB @ 1100/1600mhz v1.2  GSkill 2x4gb 1333mhz 7-7-7-21 2T 
CoolingOS
Corsair H80i AIO liquid cooling Windows 7 Professional x64 
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
C2Q Q6600 GO @ 3.2ghz 1.28 Gigabyte P35 DS3-L Pencil modded Nvidia 9800 GT 512mb 2x1gb Gskill 1066 5-5-5-15 & 2x1gb Gskill Pi 80... 
Hard DriveHard DriveOptical DriveCooling
Crucial m4 CT128M4SSD1 128GB SSD - OS Drive Samsung HD103UJ & SJ 1 Terabyte HDD LG 22x DVD burner Arctic Freezer Pro 2  
OSMonitorPowerCase
Windows 7 Pro SP1 x64 HannsG 27.5" Widescreen Red thingy 750w Single rail old raidmax from 1st build beat to death 
  hide details  
Reply
 
Problem Solver
(15 items)
 
 
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
intel Core i5 3570k 4.4ghz 1.200v - 0.000 offset  Gigabyte z77X-UP4 TH Sapphire 7950 3GB @ 1100/1600mhz v1.2  GSkill 2x4gb 1333mhz 7-7-7-21 2T 
CoolingOS
Corsair H80i AIO liquid cooling Windows 7 Professional x64 
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
C2Q Q6600 GO @ 3.2ghz 1.28 Gigabyte P35 DS3-L Pencil modded Nvidia 9800 GT 512mb 2x1gb Gskill 1066 5-5-5-15 & 2x1gb Gskill Pi 80... 
Hard DriveHard DriveOptical DriveCooling
Crucial m4 CT128M4SSD1 128GB SSD - OS Drive Samsung HD103UJ & SJ 1 Terabyte HDD LG 22x DVD burner Arctic Freezer Pro 2  
OSMonitorPowerCase
Windows 7 Pro SP1 x64 HannsG 27.5" Widescreen Red thingy 750w Single rail old raidmax from 1st build beat to death 
  hide details  
Reply
post #5 of 5
Thread Starter 
Yeah haha, I've played games on the same density at the same distance and I remember being okay with it, but I'll try the out just in case =)
Brodo Swaggins
(15 items)
 
   
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
Intel Core i5-3570k ASRock z77 Extreme4 EVGA GTX 660 SC Corsair Vengeance Blue 4GB x 2 
Hard DriveOptical DriveCoolingOS
Seagate Barracuda ES 7200 500GB x4 RAID 10 Sony 24x  Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus Windows 7 Home Premium 
MonitorKeyboardPowerCase
21" Dell LCD @ 1440x900 Microsoft Digital Media 3000 Corsair TX750 v2 750W  Fractal Design Arc Midi 
MouseMouse PadAudio
Microsoft Comfort Optical 3000 Logitech black Sony SA-W2500 & Altec Lansing's (Bye bye in a f... 
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
i7 3770k GIGABYTE G1.Sniper M3 EVGA GTX 670FTW Samsung miracle (8GB) 
Hard DriveOptical DriveCoolingOS
Western Digital Black 1TB 7200 Sony 16x (already have) Corsair H80i Windows 8 64-bit 
MonitorKeyboardPowerCase
LG 29EA93-P Black 29" 5ms HDMI 21:9 ADESSO MKB-135B Black Corsair TX750v2 (already own) Silverston Temjin TJ08-e 
MouseMouse PadAudioOther
SHARKOON FireGlider n/a n/a Intel 520 Series Cherryville 2.5" 180GB 
  hide details  
Reply
Brodo Swaggins
(15 items)
 
   
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
Intel Core i5-3570k ASRock z77 Extreme4 EVGA GTX 660 SC Corsair Vengeance Blue 4GB x 2 
Hard DriveOptical DriveCoolingOS
Seagate Barracuda ES 7200 500GB x4 RAID 10 Sony 24x  Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus Windows 7 Home Premium 
MonitorKeyboardPowerCase
21" Dell LCD @ 1440x900 Microsoft Digital Media 3000 Corsair TX750 v2 750W  Fractal Design Arc Midi 
MouseMouse PadAudio
Microsoft Comfort Optical 3000 Logitech black Sony SA-W2500 & Altec Lansing's (Bye bye in a f... 
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
i7 3770k GIGABYTE G1.Sniper M3 EVGA GTX 670FTW Samsung miracle (8GB) 
Hard DriveOptical DriveCoolingOS
Western Digital Black 1TB 7200 Sony 16x (already have) Corsair H80i Windows 8 64-bit 
MonitorKeyboardPowerCase
LG 29EA93-P Black 29" 5ms HDMI 21:9 ADESSO MKB-135B Black Corsair TX750v2 (already own) Silverston Temjin TJ08-e 
MouseMouse PadAudioOther
SHARKOON FireGlider n/a n/a Intel 520 Series Cherryville 2.5" 180GB 
  hide details  
Reply
New Posts  All Forums:Forum Nav:
  Return Home
  Back to Forum: Monitors and Displays
Overclock.net › Forums › Components › Monitors and Displays › Confusion regarding pixel density