[theshackleford]

I mean I’ve got myopia and that’s not far off. I’m -6.75 in each eye. I’d say it’s more like 240p stretched over a giant display. At least in my case without glasse, I just see blobs of moving colour, not unlike very heavy compression/artifcating. I can make out people, vehicles etc, but I couldn’t tell one individual or vehicle from another. Just the shapes.

[filleduchaos]

I'm not as short-sighted (-3 in each, plus astigmatism of around 2.5 in my left eye) but to me there is a clear difference between the lack of focus that I have without my glasses and low resolution videos viewed with corrected vision. There's even a clear difference between both of those and e.g. reduced visibility from fog or haze.

And this isn't just down to videos being shown on a screen - just looking at digital photos with a critical eye also shows the difference between an out-of-focus shot (which approximates myopia) and a shot that's simply taken with a low-res sensor. One of the standout points is the way that lights look - low-res but in-focus shots don't have the "bokeh" effect.