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    Fake resolution above what screen allows?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Minger, May 30, 2008.

  1. Minger

    Minger Notebook Consultant

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    Alrite, I have a 1280x800 resolution on my laptop (D531, uses a ATI X1270 as a display driver) and was wondering if there was a way to feign it. One of my friends said that it is possible, and I know that its been done with the EEE PCs, so I was wondering if there was any way to do this.

    Also wondering because I'm sort of considering a HP 2510P (12") that is cheap but WXGA resolution, which I can't stand =]
     
    Minger, May 30, 2008
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  2. Nirvana

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    could be done by software, basically lower the dpi of everything, it's gonna look ugly tho.
     
    Nirvana, May 30, 2008
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    I don't know if you can do that, but if you can, I can't imagine it would look very good. Having an image downscaled always results is pretty severe negative visual effects.
     
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  4. Minger

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    Yeah, I tried lowering dpi and that...was not pretty.
     
    Minger, May 30, 2008
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    No matter what you do, at some point, you are trying to display the data for 2 pixels in only 1 pixel. That can never be good.
     
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    It can be done, but it's just downscaling.. Text quality will degrade most of all..
     
    sesshomaru, May 30, 2008
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