How about keeping VGA, and making the screen bigger then 2.8"? Just an idea, Federico
On Fri, Jun 6, 2008 at 5:34 PM, The Rasterman Carsten Haitzler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 6 Jun 2008 20:16:15 +1000 (EST) "NeilBrown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > babbled: > >> On Fri, June 6, 2008 3:39 pm, Carsten Haitzler wrote: >> >> > we can just drive the vga screen at qvga. no need for scaling - just >> > change the >> > output at the lcd controller level. but it is a waste to pay for a vga >> > screen >> > when we won't use it. also it does look "blocky". it isn't about glamo or >> > not - >> > it's separate to glamo entirely. simply - how important is a vga screen... >> > really? how many people out there can really see the difference? be really >> > honest. stop thinking "my specs are bigger than your specs". scan u REALLY >> > see >> > all the pixels on a vga screen of that size. i bet to most people its all >> > a >> > blur - a qvga screen looks identical to them. only to a minority who have >> > very >> > good eyesight does it really make a difference, but this is just my "bet". >> > i'm >> > asking the question - and hoping for real honest answers. >> >> Well, it's hard to know without having an actual device to look at, but >> I'll try.... >> >> My notebook has a 15 inch 1920x1200 monitor which comes to 147dpi. >> The Freerunner is 285dpi, the pixels are very close to half the width/ >> height of my pixels. >> >> So at first I thought "wow, that's tiny. I don't think I need them *that* >> small" - and I have better than average eye sight. >> >> Then I resized my browser to 640x480 and found I could read it quite >> well, though lots of web pages don't quite fit. >> I took a screenshot of the window and displayed it at 50% in the GIMP. >> So presumably that is how the image could look on the Freerunner. >> >> If I hold this image at the same distance from my eye that I usually >> use a notebook (say 55cm) the text looks like it would be too small >> to comfortably read, though the reduction of resolution has made it >> blurry and I cannot be sure. >> If I hold it at the distance that I would typically read a book, which >> is closer to 35cm, the text is still a bit small, but I think I would >> be quite happy reading it - except that the low resolution has made >> it quite blurry. If it were still 640x480, but the same size I think I >> could read it quite happily. >> >> So my conclusion is that for reading textual content, the higher resolution >> probably is worth it for me. I doubt it would be of much value for >> photo for videos. I just tried watching a video at [EMAIL PROTECTED], >> and it was quite acceptable for the physical size. >> >> The question then becomes - how often will I be reading pages of text >> on my Freerunner. I really don't know. >> >> However maps are very similar to textual content - sharp contrast and >> the potential for lots of information in a small space. >> >> I tried a similar experiment comparing a google-maps image >> 320x240*147dpi and simulated [EMAIL PROTECTED], and the 320x240 felt >> very constrained - not enough information on the display. >> The 640x480 felt more comfortable and - I think - would have been >> readable if I had the real resolution. > > cool. someone actually has done a did some experiments on themselves! well > done! > this is just the kind of stuff i was hoping for. this is one of the best > responses. it's subjective, but using objective measurements as best possible > with the equipment you have. good! > > so yes - the blurry scaled down in gimp @ qvga would be a qvga screen on a > freerunner. vga would be sharper. then again - until u have a 285dpi screen > it's hard to really compare! :) but this is the best you can do! nice! :) > opinion noted for the future! :) > >> Maybe you could ask again we have all had our Freerunners for >> a couple of months. >> >> What was the story with 320x240x25fps video again? Is it possible >> with the available memory bandwidth? > > argh! :) > > -- > Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > _______________________________________________ > Openmoko community mailing list > community@lists.openmoko.org > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community > _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community