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Pixel Square or Round!!!

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I always thought that the pixel was squared, until today the professor of my Computer Graphics course described the pixel as circular. When i came up to him after the class, he insisted that the pixel was more of a blob and he sited the book "Computer Graphics: Principles and Practice" by Foley as reference. Does anyone know for sure the shape of the pixel??? Even the tomshardware article "Birth of the Pixel" does not mention the shape of the pixel. Any info is appreciated!

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Reply to Jake75

Tell me about it :frown:

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Reply to Jake75

I can see they are cirular by looking closely at a monitor.

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Reply to WingDing

It depends on what kind of monitor you have.
Aperture Grill monitors have three rectangular openings side by side, one red, one green, one blue, giving a square pixel.
Trinitron monitors have three round openings, giving a triangular pixel.


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Reply to starbucksaddict

I think you're both right and that they look like this:
<pre> OOOO
OOOOOO
OOOOOO
OOOOOO
OOOO
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Reply to svol

Trinitrons are aperture grille... There's AG and shadow mask...

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Reply to silverpig

Except the ones that look like this
. oooo
.oooooo
.oooooo
. oooo

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Reply to Crashman

Take a look at this boyaka:
<A HREF="http://www.csbruce.com/~csbruce/cynic/pixel.html" target="_new">http://www.csbruce.com/~csbruce/cynic/pixel.html</A>

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Reply to melb_angel19

In a purely theoretical sense the pixel must be square as they are arranged in a squear grid pattern.
However what you use to view your pixels determines their actual shape.

If you use a LCD display they do tend to be square, or very close to square.
If you use a normal CRT monitor however the pixel comes out as a bright circular or slighly oval dot due to the way a monitor works.

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