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David Lynch on iPhone (youtube.com)
5 points by matth on Jan 6, 2008 | hide | past | favorite | 6 comments



Off-topic, but a little humor for us all.


I don't think he's joking. And for what it's worth, I agree with him. Watching a movie on an iPod is like listening to Mozart played on kazoos.


Why? An iPhone at ~0.5 meters from your eyes would take up around the same visual area as a full-size film projected all the way across the auditorium.


Film in combination with eyes creates an almost fractal viewing experience. You can look closely at portions of the screen and see greater detail. With an iphone, you get that meager resolution and that's it. I find myself pulling the thing ever closer until it may as well be a panorama but frustratingly, never seeing any more detail. The opposite actually, if I view it from anything but arms length, I become painfully aware of its deficiencies.

The rant was right on the money and funny as well.


I don't know what auditorium you go to, but I'd suggest finding a better one.


Umm. Are there actually people who watch movies on their iPhone?




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