QVGA V/s VGA for GTA03 (was something about yummy CPU-GPU combos!)

joakim at verona.se joakim at verona.se
Sun Jun 8 18:24:13 CEST 2008


Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman)
<raster at openmoko.org> writes:

> On Sat, 7 Jun 2008 09:06:16 +0300 Flyin_bbb8 <flyin.bbb8 at gmail.com> babbled:
>
> actually - no. most linux developers and users i know need contacts/glasses and
> they can never read my screen and complain about my fonts being so small all
> the time (not that i will ever change. i love my small fonts!), but i ma going
> off anecdotal evidence over many years of me being one of a very small minority
> who can read and use such a high dpi with small fonts. i am bemused by so many
> vocal people here claiming to me what seems to be the reverse of my experience
> over many years - as well as going directly against actual product specs - eg,
> iphone dpi is very much lower than the neo, but a large margin, but users rave
> how nice it is.
>
> but there is definitely a "i want as insane a dpi as i can get" group here.
> this is for sure. the question is - is it really the majority of users. :)

As a data point, I'm planning to get 5 freerunners for different people
in my household. High dpi will probably only be interesting for one of
these, my own. I tend to like high dpi for reading. I dont care at all
about moving graphics for this kind of device, only text.



>
>> Well were all those 'never see them' people linux users and interested
>> in openmoko? Haha we might just all be gifted people ! :D
>> 
>> On 6/7/08, The Rasterman Carsten Haitzler <raster at openmoko.org> wrote:
>> > On Sat, 7 Jun 2008 01:30:43 +0100 Stroller <linux.luser at myrealbox.com>
>> > babbled:
>> >
>> >>
>> >> On 6 Jun 2008, at 23:19, Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) wrote:
>> >> >> ...
>> >> >> Let's reverse the question - would you reduce the resolution of your
>> >> >> desktop system?
>> >> >> What do you currently have? 1024*1280 or more?
>> >> >> You can still do everything like writing software, e-mail, web
>> >> >> browsing, gaming.
>> >> >> Probably even faster. But how would it appear? Future oriented or old
>> >> >> fashioned?
>> >> >
>> >> > this is different - because it's me - my eyesight is better than
>> >> > 20/20 and i
>> >> > use the highest res i can get, when i can get it as i know i can
>> >> > read my
>> >> > miniscule 8pt or less fonts. but no one else can read my screen -
>> >> > they all
>> >> > complain that it's too hard and i am forever upping font sizes if i
>> >> > want anyone
>> >> > to read something on it. i know *I* am fine with it, but the vast
>> >> > majority of
>> >> > other people can't read my screen. this is why i am cutting myself
>> >> > out of this
>> >> > - trying to not be personal about it as i know already i'm an
>> >> > exception to the
>> >> > rule.
>> >>
>> >> Hi there,
>> >>
>> >> I haven't posted on this topic before because I'm not able to
>> >> personally compare VGA & QVGA 2" phone screens.
>> >>
>> >> However my eyesight is also better than 20/20, and display quality is
>> >> generally quite visible to me.
>> >>
>> >> Your statements have seemed to say that QVGA is "just as good" as VGA
>> >> for most people, and I have been sceptical of this - I find that my
>> >> current phone (P990i) is QVGA, and that is rubbish for viewing
>> >> webpages. Since you have 20/20 eyesight and can view tiny fonts at
>> >> high resolutions I'm inclined to believe that a VGA screen will, for
>> >> me, be better for displaying webpages & PDFs - I'll be able to fit
>> >> more on the screen and my eyesight will allow me to read the smaller
>> >> text.
>> >>
>> >> So my vote is for VGA (or even widescreen VGA, like the PSP?).
>> >>
>> >> Stroller.
>> >
>> > it will be better - of course. what' i'm baffled about is why all of a
>> > sudden
>> > here a lot of "excellent vision gifted" people turn up, whereas in real life
>> > i
>> > never see them... :)
>> >
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>> > Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) <raster at openmoko.org>
>> >
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