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Thread ID: 53606 2005-01-22 03:26:00 How big is a pixel? Ninjabear (2948) Press F1
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316829 2005-01-22 03:26:00 About how many mm by how many mm is 1 pixel? Ninjabear (2948)
316830 2005-01-22 03:34:00 According to Whatis.com it varies depending on your screen resolution, here's the explanation:

whatis.techtarget.com
Shortcircuit (1666)
316831 2005-01-22 04:18:00 its about 'very small' by 'not much'

some may be a bit bigger :-)
robsonde (120)
316832 2005-01-22 06:12:00 About the size of a " . "



its about 'very small' by 'not much'

some may be a bit bigger :-)
Ash M (46)
316833 2005-01-22 06:22:00 You can even get rulers to measure them.
www.spadixbd.com
hth
johnboy (217)
316834 2005-01-22 07:20:00 I believe it does depend on the size of your monitor and your resolution. ~sy~ (95)
316835 2005-01-22 21:06:00 About the size of a "."

Sorry but you are wrong there. A "." is made up of quite a few pixels otherwise you would not be able to see it.
Big John (551)
316836 2005-01-22 22:17:00 I think it is about as big as a gnats digit. theother1 (3573)
316837 2005-01-23 01:59:00 It depends.

Lots of things have pixels.

CCDs (the sensor in your digital camera, or webcam, or video camera.

LCD/TFT displays.

CRTs.

FAX machines.

Printers.

On a "big" screen at a sports ground, the pixels are quite large. The famous NY Times screen used to have standard light bulbs as pixels. (Now it's lotsof LEDs).

On an astronomical CCD, the pixels might be about 10 microns --- 1/100 th of a millimetre,

On a CRT, .12 mm used to be considered quite good.
Graham L (2)
316838 2005-01-23 02:18:00 You can even get rulers to measure them.
www.spadixbd.com
hth
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