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I've always understood, and used, the term "screen-door" to refer to the visual artifact caused by the amount of dead space "between" pixels. That is to say, the greater the fill-factor, the less the appearance of screen-door.
More and more it seems that this term is being used to describe plain old pixelation ... i.e. the fact that all things being equal and 800x600 projector will show more pixelation than an 1024x768 projector.
To me the distinction is important, because for instance an WXGA LCD projector like the Sanyo PLV-60 has a higher resolution and less pixelation than a WSVGA DLP projector like the inFocus LS110 ... BUT ... the LS110 has significantly less screen-door.
I'm not sure what my point is, other than there are two different digital artifacts that need evaluated, and thus, shouldn't we use two distinct terms to describe them? Is there industry accepted terminology?
More and more it seems that this term is being used to describe plain old pixelation ... i.e. the fact that all things being equal and 800x600 projector will show more pixelation than an 1024x768 projector.
To me the distinction is important, because for instance an WXGA LCD projector like the Sanyo PLV-60 has a higher resolution and less pixelation than a WSVGA DLP projector like the inFocus LS110 ... BUT ... the LS110 has significantly less screen-door.
I'm not sure what my point is, other than there are two different digital artifacts that need evaluated, and thus, shouldn't we use two distinct terms to describe them? Is there industry accepted terminology?