This is one of those "back in days they made it better!"-things...

You can make screen with lower resolution readable if you set the font correctly for that screen. However, it will limit how much you can fit into that screen in a way that it still remains readable (not to mention pleasant to read) and this is where higher resolution screens usually work better. It's the same thing with projectors, low resolution image is usually mushier to read even from the distance you can't really notice individual pixels and throwing in a full HD projector increases readability especially on smaller items.

Even Master himself is for higher resolution...