Pixensity

Nintendo Game Boy Micro

240 by 160 pixels on a 2 inch display, introduced in 2005.

From the 2012 to 2023 Pixensity database, not re-verified. The old page listed 144.22 PPI. Archived copy of the old page.

Device details

BrandNintendo
ModelGame Boy Micro
Typedisplay
Year introduced2005

Display specs

Resolution (as printed by the maker)240 by 160 pixels
Diagonal2 in

Width and height follow the order the maker prints them in; phones are usually listed with the long side first.

144.22 pixels per inch
Pixel pitch (computed from PPI; a rectangular estimate, not a measured panel pitch)
176.1 um
Physical size (computed from the rectangle, not the usable area)
1.66 by 1.11 in (4.2 by 2.8 cm)
Aspect ratio (computed)
3:2
Megapixels (computed)
0.04
Looks sharp from (assuming 20/20 vision, one pixel per arcminute)
23.8 in and further
Pixels per degree at an assumed 20 in viewing distance
50.3

Every row above is computed here from the stated resolution and the stated diagonal. With w and h in pixels and the diagonal in inches: PPI = sqrt(w^2 + h^2) / diagonal, which here is sqrt(240^2 + 160^2) / 2; pixel pitch = 25.4 mm / PPI; physical size = pixels / PPI, which is the full panel rectangle and not the usable area, so a screen with rounded corners or a notch has less usable area than the size shown; sharpness distance = 1 / (PPI x tan(1/60 degree)), the distance at which one pixel spans one arcminute for 20/20 vision; pixels per degree = 2 x distance x tan(0.5 degree) x PPI at the assumed viewing distance. Values are rounded to two decimals, and to one decimal for the pitch, the sizes in centimeters, the distances, and the pixels per degree.

How we know

Device details

FieldValueSourceQuoted text
Year introduced 2005 Pixensity (user-submitted database, 2012 to 2023) Approximate year introduced: 2005 (entry 2623) Field 96, Approximate year introduced, on the old Pixensity submission form, as submitted for entry 2623. No maker page is cited for it.

Display specs

FieldValueSourceQuoted text
Resolution, first number 240 px Pixensity (user-submitted database, 2012 to 2023) 240 x 160 pixels, 2.0 inch diagonal (entry 2623)
Resolution, second number 160 px Pixensity (user-submitted database, 2012 to 2023) 240 x 160 pixels, 2.0 inch diagonal (entry 2623)
Diagonal (measured) 2 in Pixensity (user-submitted database, 2012 to 2023) 240 x 160 pixels, 2.0 inch diagonal (entry 2623)

Sources

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/2023/https://pixensity.com/list/nintendo-game-boy-micro-2623/. Pixensity (user-submitted database, 2012 to 2023), archive, retrieved 2023-02-12. Entry 2623 submitted 2014-08-20; approved on the old site.

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