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Damn... I'd love to play HALO on that... O_O]]>Jul 16th 2008 3:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/15/toshiba-lights-up-massive-led-hdtv-in-times-square/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/15/toshiba-lights-up-massive-led-hdtv-in-times-square/Virtual pixels are like virtual reality, they're not real. It's a process to share LEDs within each pixel to make extra "virtual pixels."

Each LED pixel comprises of a cluster of red, green, and blue pixels. Example LED pixel configuration:

RG
BR

There are two red, one green, and one blue in this pixel example.
If two LED pixels are side by side you'd get and LED configuration of:

RG RG
BR BR

Still with me?
Here's where the "virtual" comes in. If you look at the 4 LEDs in the center you get the necessary combination of 2 red, 1 green, and 1 blue LEDs used to make one LED pixel:

r GR g
b RB r

So now there are 3 pixels instead of 2? Nope! If you think that, like Toshiba (and many other LED display companies) want you to think, you are mistaken. In order for the combination of R,G,B LEDs to produce an individual pixel color they have to be a specific intensity to collectively create a specific color similar to the RGB slider in Photoshop. So how can the shared LEDs be two different intensities at once? They can't. In fact, in Toshiba's virtual world, each LED has to be part of 4 different pixels at the same time. How you say? Try this. Circle all the combinations of 2 red, 1 green, and 1 blue diodes within these 4 "actual" pixels:

RG RG
BR BR
RG RG
BR BR

Did you get 9 circles?

This might help. Take out a dollar bill. There is a "1" in each corner. Imagine each is a diode. You need a "1" from each corner to make a one dollar bill or "pixel." If you put a second dollar bill next to it, you have two dollars. If you rip each in half, the middle two pieces could make a new 1 dollar bill, but that doesn't mean you have $3. The middle pieces can only be used once. Like the 9 circles in the previous example, if you put 4 dollars in a square, you can't get $9, no matter how many times you cut it up, you can only have $4.

What's all that mean? Virtual gets you more virtual pixels on paper, but not "actual" HD pixels. Toshiba's "Virtual HD" 1280x1248 is probably closer to an "Actual SD" 640x624. I hope they're including a $40 converter box coupon with this display.]]>Jul 16th 2008 4:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/15/toshiba-lights-up-massive-led-hdtv-in-times-square/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/15/toshiba-lights-up-massive-led-hdtv-in-times-square/Jul 16th 2008 9:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/15/toshiba-lights-up-massive-led-hdtv-in-times-square/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/15/toshiba-lights-up-massive-led-hdtv-in-times-square/Jul 16th 2008 9:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/15/toshiba-lights-up-massive-led-hdtv-in-times-square/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/15/toshiba-lights-up-massive-led-hdtv-in-times-square/Jul 16th 2008 12:26PM