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by kemiller 4935 days ago
You're never going to kill the pixel until you have a display that doesn't use them.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vector_monitor

TLDR: Imagine a CRT/Osciloscope not sweeping row by row but instead line by line, where line doesn't necessarily mean horizontal but can be diagonal and even turn midway.

Revised: you'll never kill the pixel unless you have a display as good as or better than current pixel displays that doesn't use them. ;)
Yeah, I'm disappointed. I was expecting the article to be about some new vector display.
That's wrong. Display technology doesn't matter much (and with hi-dpi "retina" displays it's mostly a done deal).

So, even if the display has pixels it doesn't matter, the interesting thing to eliminate is pixels in media (image/video).