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Old 08-24-05, 03:46 PM   #7 (permalink)
zim2dive
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Originally Posted by blutrane
@albert silver : this is not the same as changing your desktop resolution because both standard WM vga and true VGA are running the device at the same resolution. it is just being interpolated differently. I'm not too sure about the screens in pdas but my guess is its stuck on one resolution. as for letting the consumer decide.. well SE_VGA is great option for those who want to bump it up to true vga :)
It really is effectively the same thing as monitor resolution.... perhaps more like LCD resolution... there are a fixed/max # of pixels on VGA device, and the user can select to have a 1:1 mapping (tiny for those that don't like it), or a 2:1 mapping (sharper version of QVGA for those that like it, and romper-roomish in size to those that don't).

What would be nice is true OS level support... something that would display VGA aware progs in 640x480 (if the user enabled this res) and scale the graphics and screen tap mapping to non VGA happy progs, so the user does not have to soft reset to switch back and forth (ie. launch some progs under ozvga and the screen displays just fine, but all input expects to be mapped from the upper left quadrant)

Mike
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