I was at HamCation and thought that the P3 display was very sharp and crisp. Nowhere have I seen what the resolution of the P3 display is.
Lest anyone get too hung up on display size, let us remember that display size and resolution are two different things. Unless you increase the resolution, increasing the display size only results in large pixels. No doubt the big displays that Flex was using were HDTV at 1080 which is about the same as a good laptop. In other words using that big display resulted in no more information than using a laptop. The only thing gained was the ability to see it from 20 feet away. My recollection was also that only the lower part of the Flex display was used for the panoramic function. If only half was used, then we are down to 500 or so vertical lines. Suddenly we see that maybe the resolution in the P3 isn't at all bad in comparison. Also the P3 looks larger when you are only 12-18 inches away as you operate the K3. When you are 4 deep in a crowd it looks small. None of the videos that have shown up do the P3 justice. The resolution of the videos is so low that it just fuzzes up the image of the P3 display. As an aside, I heard Eric say the hardware was done and they are just doing some finishing touches on the software. Sounds like the only thing that could cause a delay is parts delivery. David K0LUM At 2:08 PM -0600 2/21/10, Radio Amateur N5GE wrote: >On Sun, 21 Feb 2010 05:44:56 -0800 (PST), Bob - W0GI ><[email protected]> wrote: > > >I looked at the video of the P3 and I couldn't make a comment on the >quality of the display because the video was poorly focused and shaky. > >Perhaps someone will soon have some well focused videos of it with the >camera mounted on a tripod. > >Trying to make a video at a Hamfest is hard to do with all the >jostling from the crowd. > >73, > >Tom, N5GE > >[email protected] >K3 #806 with SUB RX, K3 #1055, PR6, >XV144, XV432, KRC2, >W1, 2 W2's and other small kits > >1 K144XV on order > >http://www.n5ge.com >http://www.swotrc.net > >> >><<< Have you seen the P3 in person? >>> >> >>I don't have to see it in person, to make the comments I made. It is obvious >>from the pictures and video, as to what the P3 screen looks like. It is also >>obvious, that a 22" monitor is going to look better. >[snip] > >______________________________________________________________ >Elecraft mailing list >Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >Post: mailto:[email protected] > >This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
