instead of companies working on 4k, 8k, 12k! why dont they work on displays without pixels?

[saiftech]

im sure in the future were gonna have tv or monitors without pixels so instead of companies focusing on 4k, 8k, 12k why not just eliminate pixels

[Altecice]

What do you mean not having Pixels? You NEED pixels to get a display.

[Goldensapling]

bruh, that's like saying why doesn't the universe just get rid of Atoms.

[The Pi]

It exists just not quite in the way you want http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vector_monitor

[Maslofski]

i guess ive youd use some kind of liquid, like a lavalamp and move it into place, then youd have a vector screen, but that seems stupid. pixels ftw!

[Stefan1024]

In fact analogue displays exists, but since your grafic calculation is done in the digital domain, your output is bound the finite smal dots. Therefor you won't gain some visual fidelity by showing them somehow analogue.

[SIGSEGV]

And replace them with what?

[Guest]

Why? Even if you didn't use pixels, you're still gonna have some specification for detail and clarity; there would still be the demand for higher resolution.

[paprikman]

It exists just not quite in the way you want http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vector_monitor

Still using such analog oscilloscope instead of modern digital

Btw, I would be happy, if someone did a gadget like a pip-boy in FNV.

[Glenwing]

If you have any alternative ideas, please do tell

You can create displays without specifically defined pixels (i.e. CRTs, SEDs) but the equipment will still have a finite level of precision, and therefore a maximum resolution. The most you can do without defined pixels is create a display that can display any resolution below max natively. Also even if you can get rid of defined pixels in the output device, you still can't get rid of them in the input, as all images will still have to be stored digitally as a collection of sample points as all digital signals are. An image is essentially a measurement of color in 2 dimensions after all. The images themselves still have limited precision, limited by the number of sample points (pixels) in the image.

[Boink]

Pixels are just the most cost effective way to make displays right now. Will we eventually replace pixels with something else? Probably. Will it be outrageously expensive and lower quality than pixels for the first 3-5 years? Almost certainly.

[Mao_Zedong]

They already have these. They even have curved models, which are pretty common. Its a shame that they don't have a normal connector.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Vozella]

I've thought of this too, but we just don't have another way yet.

[Stefan1024]

They already have these. They even have curved models, which are pretty common. Its a shame that they don't have a normal connector.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is a single pixel display. Still have pixel(s)

[Mao_Zedong]

This is a single pixel display. Still have pixel(s)

Nope, its a backlight. Unless the display is OLED, then there will be a full backlight, which doesn't have pixels.

[CapricaBuccaneers]

Why bother with displays when you can be working on a holodeck?