Lab Rats - #143 - Demystifying DPI

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#143 / October 20, 2008 / 17:36 min.

Demystifying DPI

In episode 143, Andy and Sean explain Dots Per Inch with the assistance of a giant green eyeball, and talk about why that's different from image resolution. Sean breaks out the EyeClops microscope to get a close-up, showing off the pixels and dots that make up the picture both on screen and in a printed image.
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DPI: dots per inch.

Physics geek alert: More on photons at Wikipedia - Photons

Monitors vary: Dot pitch is the big variable.

EyeClops Bionic Eye Multi-Zoom: $45 US.

Pixel = a picture element.

Learn more about RGB.

More information on inkjet printers.

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