Hi all,
Wondering if anyone else sees the paradox in this scenario...
An LCD screen has a certain number of individual pixels, each of which can display a certain number of colours. This means that every LCD screen has a finite number of unique images that can be displayed. Certainly a very large number in the case of a modern full HD screen, but finite nonetheless.
Now consider a digital camera that captures images at the same resolution and colour depth as a nominated reference screen. Because the screen that will display the images can only display a limited number of images, it follows that there is a limited number of unique photos that could be taken with our camera. If our photographer had unlimited time and could travel the entire universe there would be a limit to the number of unique photos he or she could take?
Or, another way to look at it. If we set an image generator running that would output all possible screen combinations (assuming infinite storage and infinite time to produce and/or review the images) the resultant image set would contain all information that is capable of being rendered visually at the nominated resolution. A picture of the screen you're looking at now might be image number 1033924932849, but the collection of images from which it is drawn must be finite.
Thoughts?