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by JohnBooty 848 days ago
Agree totally.

I fear it's a tough sell though.

Screen size and resolution are firmly implanted in consumers' minds as THE metrics to rule all metrics.

Just like other flawed metrics like horsepower for cars, megapixels for cameras, "watts" for amplifiers and powered speakers, and so on. Hope I'm wrong!
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drbig 847 days ago
And Mhz for CPUs? :-)

As much as numbers are universal they seem to be quickly fatiguing the general public... if there isn't a _perceptible_ improvement! Regardless of units; and I like that about non-engineering - normal people: if it isn't perceptibly better then... _whatever, next!_.

(and I certainly didn't by my current camera-device for the megapixels)

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JohnBooty 847 days ago
Yeah, megahertz is maybe the best example of all!

    and I like that about non-engineering - normal people:
    if it isn't perceptibly better then... _whatever, next!_
Well... I like what you are saying, but I think there is additional nuance.

There are a lot of things that are "perceptibly better" that only reveal themselves over time.

Probably the best example would be the benefits of well-designed physical controls in cars, relative to poorly designed touch interfaces. Unless you're really attuned to UI design it's hard to understand how aggravating bad touch interfaces are until you've already bought the car and spent some significant time with them.

Same with things like boots. A poorly made boot is most definitely going to be perceptibly worse over time even if you are are not a "boot nerd" but it is hard to discern this up front.

A display with great HDR support is kind of like that. It's most definitely perceptibly better even if the viewer doesn't care about tech crap. But it's harder sell.

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