Display Colors and Display Resolution - Where is the difference?
 

Hey, there is something i dont understand...


The Nokia N900 has a display resolution of
800 x 480 Pixels
and
16.777.216 Display Colors

The Nokia N8 has a display resolution of
360 x 640 Pixels
and also 16.777.216 Display Colors

I dont understand the difference ? Which device will show more cleare pictures and videos on the display and why? Both have the same Display Color Value but what effect brings the display resolution? What is the relation between Display Color and Display Resolution^^

Can someone explain^^?

Re: Display Colors and Display Resolution - Where is the difference?
 

Re: Display Colors and Display Resolution - Where is the difference?
 

He just asked a simple question , no need to send him to Google...yet ;)


@necoicould The higher the resolution the better... there are more pixels per mm which makes image sharper and cleaner if you need more info then read mmurfin87 suggested wikipedia article

Re: Display Colors and Display Resolution - Where is the difference?
 

Well quite honestly I was gonna paste in the wikipedia Display Resolution link which explains it far better than I could.

Then I felt like this was such a simple question that it really shouldn't have been asked so I maliciously did the lmgtfy thing.

Re: Display Colors and Display Resolution - Where is the difference?
 

Guys, lets keep it simple, in zeroth order there is no difference :D

Re: Display Colors and Display Resolution - Where is the difference?
 

The difference is that the N900 has a better screen than the N8. The resolution, AFAIK, with the N900 will enable you too see smaller text and have more on a screen as opposed to scrolling around to get a full page view. That means the screen is 'smaller' in the N8. The N8 might have a capacitive screen vs. resistive screen in the N900 but as far as which one is better is a matter of opinion. I can say that the N900 seemed to be pretty accurate and I prefer it(screen) to the Nexus One with a capacitive screen that is barely usuable in sunlight.

Re: Display Colors and Display Resolution - Where is the difference?
 

now that you got things explained easily, lets screw things up

neither of those really affect picture quality...

of course bigger dpi is always better (so N900 is superior to N8) but those colour depth specs are purely theoretical values announced by screen manufacturer. when those are measured at every single point of the screen, they are starting to matter.
is the colour same at every part of the screen?
is the backlight even?
what about viewing angle? does it change for example contrast at different parts of the screen?
are the colours properly calbrated? does r,g or b get saturated too early?
what about display chips ability to output the best possible image (dithering for example)?

but OP wont probably even see the difference and N900's screen is probably better quality than N8's in the first place when looking at device price, even when N8's screen is probably year newer.

and resistive vs capacitive shouldn't affect much and the effect is even which makes the difference probably impossible to notice..

Re: Display Colors and Display Resolution - Where is the difference?
 

How could you say that N900 supports 16.7 millior color display and it is mentioned in the nokia websit that it supports only 65k colors ???????

Re: Display Colors and Display Resolution - Where is the difference?
 

The N8 has quite a low resolution, many other new devices have the 800x4xx, shame really, but I think the screen itself is also a bit smaller... maybe not ideal for browsing.

Re: Display Colors and Display Resolution - Where is the difference?
 

It's a myth. The software supports 65k colors and the hardware maybe 200k colors which is quite typical for an LCD.
I doubt there are affordable LCDs out there that really support 16M colors (TV sets and computer screens included).