Are there an equal number of R, G, and B pixels on the RHS?
There seems to be more green pixels for the Galaxy S5...
sberkun
For anyone curious: Samsung calls this subpixel layout Diamond Pixel™, becuase each pixel consists of 1 red, 1 blue, and 2 green subpixels in a diamond layout.
Staffjshen13
@rsha256 That's a great observation! The reason for this is because the human eye is actually more sensitive to the color green (which is also why you might see night vision googles typically colored green, can you think of any other examples?). We will actually be talking about human perception of colors later in the semester!
Staffjshen13
@sberkun To add on more info, this diamond pixel layout is actually a compromise used to increase the pixel density of OLED displays, since increasing the density of OLED pixels is more difficult than LCD pixels. Samsung generally calls this layout Pentile displays, and they have multiple pentile layouts! In earlier displays, this led to fuzziness in displays because the effective resolution for reds and blues can be half of the advertised display resolution.
SeanW0823
I had the same question and looked into the display used on the Samsung Galaxy S5. It's called AMOLED (active-matrix organic light-emitting diode), which is a type of OLED display device technology. The two letters "AM" stand for active matrix, which refers to the technology behind the addressing of pixels.
Are there an equal number of R, G, and B pixels on the RHS?
There seems to be more green pixels for the Galaxy S5...
For anyone curious: Samsung calls this subpixel layout Diamond Pixel™, becuase each pixel consists of 1 red, 1 blue, and 2 green subpixels in a diamond layout.
@rsha256 That's a great observation! The reason for this is because the human eye is actually more sensitive to the color green (which is also why you might see night vision googles typically colored green, can you think of any other examples?). We will actually be talking about human perception of colors later in the semester!
@sberkun To add on more info, this diamond pixel layout is actually a compromise used to increase the pixel density of OLED displays, since increasing the density of OLED pixels is more difficult than LCD pixels. Samsung generally calls this layout Pentile displays, and they have multiple pentile layouts! In earlier displays, this led to fuzziness in displays because the effective resolution for reds and blues can be half of the advertised display resolution.
I had the same question and looked into the display used on the Samsung Galaxy S5. It's called AMOLED (active-matrix organic light-emitting diode), which is a type of OLED display device technology. The two letters "AM" stand for active matrix, which refers to the technology behind the addressing of pixels.