Honestly, if the freerunner did not have VGA screen but QVGA, I would not buy it !
For me, VGA is a must have feature. As other said, there are plenty of QVGA devices. I don't want one of them because of the resolution. I have a Dell Axim X5 and I'm really sad about the QVGA resolution (in addition of the windows OS :( ) Please, please ... keep the VGA screen ! On Fri, 6 Jun 2008 15:39:05 +1000, Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 6 Jun 2008 00:02:14 -0400 "Steven Milburn" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > babbled: > >> This question is probably just because I misunderstood something you > said >> before, but I'll ask anyway :) >> >> If it is acceptable to use QVGA, couldn't that basically be done without > any >> hardware changes? I believe I remember you saying the glamo does > scaling, >> so couldn't you let SW treat the display as qvga, and just have the > glamo >> scale it up? >> >> Or, is the question more about having qvga instead of the glamo (which >> leaves you back with the SDIO interface shortage)? > > 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. > _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
