Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2002 07:02:16 +0000 From: "neil barnes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] New Vaio about the size of a 110
>Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2002 11:51:08 +0800 >From: Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: [LIB] New Vaio about the size of a 110 > > >> > >http://shop.conics.net/sony-vu/index.html >> > >> > Doesn't look bad ... I worry about the screen though, an 800x600 screen >>at >> > 7 inches is already hard enough on the eyes, I wonder how readable a >> > 1024x768 screen at 6.4 inches would be ... >> > >> >>It wouldn't be too bad. A person could always set a lower resolution if it >>was bothersome. > >Slight problem, unlike a CRT, the physical resolution of an LCD is fixed in >hardware. To drop resolution, you either get black borders (which defeates >the purpose) or you'll have to map more than 1 hardware pixel to each >software pixel (going from 1024x768 hardware to 800x600 software such as >when zoomed in you'll need to map 1.6384 (1.28*1.28) hardware pixels to 1 >software pixel). This invariably means things go fuzzy which just seems to >make things worse for me. Its OK if you're on a 15" 1600x1200 LCD and >you're dropping to 800x600 because you're mapping 4 hardware pixels (2*2) >to each software pixel but if you're already pressed for space it sorta >just gets annoying. Agreed - though I suspect the logical thing to do is simply use a larger font. I rather like the look of the beast, but I wonder if they're advanced enough to offer (a) drivers for earlier versions of windows (XP is *not* going anywhere near anything I own) and (b) OS-free hardware. I already own all the OS I need... Neil _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com ************************************************************** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe --------TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **************************************************************
