Re:Death to px, long live ch
by edent on Monday August 24, 2026 @05:56AM
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> Right, but there's still an addressable set of display units that convert an RGB signal to actual glowing lights, right?
Yes. But those glowing lights aren't little squares in a neat horizontal and vertical rows.
The square pixel is useful in logical contexts - like an SVG or bitmap graphic. But when it is turned into a physical display, those pixels aren't displayed as little squares. The RGB elements are arranged in dozens of different formations depending on the display technology.
Re:Death to px, long live ch
by jonhohle on Tuesday August 25, 2026 @01:04PM
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Yes, except 80% of those displays align them as neat little rows and columns. Mobile is really the outlier with odd formations. Nearly everything else is physically identical to the grid conceptual model.
Yes. But those glowing lights aren't little squares in a neat horizontal and vertical rows.
The square pixel is useful in logical contexts - like an SVG or bitmap graphic. But when it is turned into a physical display, those pixels aren't displayed as little squares. The RGB elements are arranged in dozens of different formations depending on the display technology.