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When square pixels aren’t square (alexwlchan.net)

submitted 10 months ago by cm0002@no.lastname.nz to c/programming@programming.dev

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[–] onlinepersona@programming.dev 4 points 10 months ago* (1 child)

I was expecting circular pixels which is what they are on CRTs. Was not expecting non-square rectangles. wtf?

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[–] sukhmel@programming.dev 5 points 10 months ago

I thought about pixels on rotating line, like this:

a compact disc-sized display that uses a single line of 40 LEDs, and rotates using a CD motor to fill a circular space with an image

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