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Re: [OTZ80] [Poll] What do you want the screen resolution to be?
« Reply #15 on: September 03, 2010, 07:56:40 pm »
I heard somewhere (I think it was the Mosaic topic; I'm not sure) that someone came up with a 4x4 font. Does anyone have a link?




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Re: [OTZ80] [Poll] What do you want the screen resolution to be?
« Reply #16 on: September 03, 2010, 08:53:10 pm »
[[Post retracted because I obviously did not convey what I meant to say well enough, and it was unnecessary]]

Post retracted by: graphmastur.  I actually intended to retract it before DJ gave that notice, btw.  Alberthro explained it slightly better.  I was concerned about having TI code on the OT calc, but it's all good now. ;-)
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Re: [OTZ80] [Poll] What do you want the screen resolution to be?
« Reply #17 on: September 03, 2010, 09:06:24 pm »
Well first of all, nobody voted 192x168, because there is no 192x168 option in the poll. Also, what this resolution in particular have to do with TI compatibility? No TI-BASIC compatibility is even planned in the first place. All that matters is having a not expensive screen, easy on the processor for the platform but large enough to allow more text at once while still keeping it easy to read.

Also, remember the larger the screen, the longer it takes to update.

94x64 = 6144 pixels
192x128 = 24576
240x160 = 38400 (about 1.5x slower than the previous res.)
320x240 = 76800 (now you know why Nspire raycaster isn't much more faster than it is despite running at 150 MHz)

That said, I voted for 240x160, because it seems more like a generic resolution, while not being overly large.

I think you are jumping on people who voted otherwise here just because they have a different opinion than you. If you didn't want people to vote that, then why did you kept the option included in the poll in the first place? Sorry, but while you improved a lot since the TIBD/UTI incidents in 2009, unlike a few others, on the point of respecting other people opinions and not imposing yours on them you still have a long way to go. Sorry for being rude but I don't tolerate posts like the above on the forums. At least Matthias1992 stopped doing those.

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Re: [OTZ80] [Poll] What do you want the screen resolution to be?
« Reply #18 on: September 03, 2010, 09:14:41 pm »
Well first of all, nobody voted 192x168, because there is no 192x168 option in the poll. Also, what this resolution in particular have to do with TI compatibility? No TI-BASIC compatibility is even planned in the first place. All that matters is having a not expensive screen, easy on the processor for the platform but large enough to allow more text at once while still keeping it easy to read.

Also, remember the larger the screen, the longer it takes to update.

94x64 = 6144 pixels
192x128 = 24576
240x160 = 38400 (about 1.5x slower than the previous res.)
320x240 = 76800 (now you know why Nspire raycaster isn't much more faster than it is despite running at 150 MHz)

That said, I voted for 240x160, because it seems more like a generic resolution, while not being overly large.

I think you are jumping on people who voted otherwise here just because they have a different opinion than you. If you didn't want people to vote that, then why did you kept the option included in the poll in the first place? Sorry, but while you improved a lot since the TIBD/UTI incidents in 2009, unlike a few others, on the point of respecting other people opinions and not imposing yours on them you still have a long way to go. Sorry for being rude but I don't tolerate posts like the above on the forums. At least Matthias1992 stopped doing those.

See, that's why I talk to alberthro.    Also, I don't jump on people because of their choices.  I actually would choose 192x128. (typo in the other post)  Alberthro just explained a little better that there would be no TI code on the calc.  That was what I was afraid of, you see.  But with on on-computer converter, that is a lot better.  I just wanted to make sure that people weren't expecting to run TI-basic directly on their calc.

Anyway, I was about to retract the post because alberthro explained it better.  Also, I don't have the ability to edit this poll.  That's probably because me and alberthro don't have mod status in the ot forum.  meh... Oh well.  I hint well, don't I? lol. but yeah, I just didn't want to have TI code on OT type thing.

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Re: [OTZ80] [Poll] What do you want the screen resolution to be?
« Reply #19 on: September 03, 2010, 09:30:42 pm »
Ah ok. As for mods that might become handy in the future. I would like to at least set permissions for specific project authors so they can sticky/unsticky/unlock/edit polls so it is easier for non-staff to manage (as well as giving less work on actual staff)

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Re: [OTZ80] [Poll] What do you want the screen resolution to be?
« Reply #20 on: September 03, 2010, 09:33:23 pm »
Ah ok. As for mods that might become handy in the future. I would like to at least set permissions for specific project authors so they can sticky/unsticky/unlock/edit polls so it is easier for non-staff to manage (as well as giving less work on actual staff)
Yep.  Anyway, how complicated is that?

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Re: [OTZ80] [Poll] What do you want the screen resolution to be?
« Reply #21 on: September 03, 2010, 09:38:03 pm »
It depends. last time I tried doing that it seemed to mess some other things up. However, I was still not that experienced in SMF. It may just take quite a bit before I  do it, since I work all weekend and don't do much forum management stuff on work days.

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Re: [OTZ80] [Poll] What do you want the screen resolution to be?
« Reply #22 on: September 03, 2010, 09:38:58 pm »
It depends. last time I tried doing that it seemed to mess some other things up. However, I was still not that experienced in SMF. It may just take quite a bit before I  do it, since I work all weekend and don't do much forum management stuff on work days.
That's fine.  It's not really necessary, just curious if it was possible.  Anyway, thanks.

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Re: [OTZ80] [Poll] What do you want the screen resolution to be?
« Reply #23 on: September 03, 2010, 09:42:40 pm »
No problem :)

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Re: [OTZ80] [Poll] What do you want the screen resolution to be?
« Reply #24 on: September 03, 2010, 11:13:50 pm »
I would be alright with 192 x 128 or 240 x 160, and think we should go with whichever one is cheaper. 320 x 240 just seems a bit much, and 96 x 64 is far too small (we're trying to beat TI here, aren't we?).
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Re: [OTZ80] [Poll] What do you want the screen resolution to be?
« Reply #25 on: June 24, 2011, 04:32:29 pm »
I was looking around, and I discovered 240x160 lcds are equally hard to come by.
We should hold a revote, but actually confirm that the resolutions are available before voting.
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Re: [OTZ80] [Poll] What do you want the screen resolution to be?
« Reply #26 on: June 27, 2011, 09:12:46 pm »
I was looking around, and I discovered 240x160 lcds are equally hard to come by.
We should hold a revote, but actually confirm that the resolutions are available before voting.
Good idea.  I would also like to look at pricing overall, as well.  I also want to look at how you access it.  Ie, is it memory mapped or not.
« Last Edit: June 27, 2011, 09:13:10 pm by graphmastur »