TVs keep getting more pixels – but we are approaching the limits of what our eyes can actually see

Mon, 23 Mar 2026 23:08:22 +1100

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

Andrew Pam
<https://theconversation.com/tvs-keep-getting-more-pixels-but-we-are-approaching-the-limits-of-what-our-eyes-can-actually-see-277836>

"I remember sitting very close to the television as a child and seeing the
image was made up of tiny coloured dots, each of which broke down into
miniature vertical strips of red, green and blue when I looked even closer.

Back then, a television was a bulky box that sat on its own stand. Today,
screens are so thin they hang flat on the wall.

At the same time, picture quality seems to improve every few years.
Manufacturers promise sharper resolution, brighter images and richer colours,
with labels such as HD, 4K, 8K, OLED and QLED.

But can television images really keep improving forever? Or are we approaching
the limits of what our eyes can actually see?"

Cheers,
       *** Xanni ***
--
mailto:xanni@xanadu.net               Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/                 Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/            Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/               Manager, Serious Cybernetics

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