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    Retina screen with 720 p content

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by SidKop, Nov 23, 2014.

  1. SidKop

    SidKop Notebook Enthusiast

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    If I'm watching a 720p video on a MacBook retina or MacBook air, at full screen, does the higher resolution of retina screen cause the image to appear worse, blured?


    I'm sure this has been asked before I just can't find it.
     
    SidKop, Nov 23, 2014
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  2. KCETech1

    KCETech1 Notebook Prophet

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    not really, but it can vary depending on your player application, to my knowledge many video players quad up the pixels so my rMBP 15" essentially plays video files essentially as 1440 x 900 but some players will do a very good job of interpolating it as 1080. I cant seem to get 4K video files to scale that well yet for playback.
     
    KCETech1, Nov 23, 2014
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