Hi all,
I am new to this group as I just "Right this minute" bought a Shift, I should have done a bit more research before buying but what the hell, it looks awesome.
My question is what resolutions does the shift do, I know on the site it says 800 x 480 but I aslo own a OQO e2 and it has the same resolution but it can go up to 1200 x 720 but the screen is not clear, its fine if you are just moving around windows and not having to read small text, I use that resolution in Outlook as you can then view most of Outlooks windows and functions with out scrolling all the time. So does the Shift do this as well?
Hi,
Yes its the same with the shift. 800x480 is "native". And it can "simulate" 1024x600. But you can choose a bit larger font size so you can still read everything and still see the whole dialoge-box on the screen.
It works for me.
grtz,
Pfeffa-rah
personally i use 800x480 most of the time, but 1024x600 is very useful from time to time and the hotkey to switch instantly between the two is fantastic.
I think that 1024x600 is only to be used when a contol window cannot be shown completely in 800x480. I don't believe somebody can work for longer than a couple of minutes on 1024x600 because I find it very difficult to read. But I also like the button to switch instantly beween the 2 resolutions. This solves the problem of Vista not beng designed for 800x480.
sonietje said:
I think that 1024x600 is only to be used when a contol window cannot be shown completely in 800x480. I don't believe somebody can work for longer than a couple of minutes on 1024x600 because I find it very difficult to read. But I also like the button to switch instantly beween the 2 resolutions. This solves the problem of Vista not beng designed for 800x480.
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I find the interpolated resolution very usable indeed - my Shift is almost always on 1024x600 mode - generally speaking the only time I drop it back down to 800x480 is when I'm watching a DivX.
Regards,
Dave
I also prefer the 1024 x 600 resolution, and I am not young and I wear glasses. I have increased the font dpi to 110% and that makes text quite readable for me.
In contrast, I do have difficulty reading on the Fujitsu U810 and Sony Vaio UX series. The 7" display makes all the difference.
I'm always on the 1024x600 resolution.
Maybe it's a difference I've got good eyes but I don't have any problem with reading.
Word / excel / outlook / live messenger / internet, everything runs fine on this resolution.
If you can't read it, you can use larger fonts (as someone else already said)
It sounds like it is heaps better than the OQO, I only change to the higher resolution on the OQO if I have to as it is quite blurry. I Can't wait till the Shift arrives.
I have the Shift on Orange (UK) and my device does not switch between the two resolutions? Can you state what video driver you have to enable this? Or is is a 'limitation' on the Orange device.
I always use 1024.......
pdagal said:
I also prefer the 1024 x 600 resolution, and I am not young and I wear glasses. I have increased the font dpi to 110% and that makes text quite readable for me.
In contrast, I do have difficulty reading on the Fujitsu U810 and Sony Vaio UX series. The 7" display makes all the difference.
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I am also using mine Shift with 1024 x 600 resolution, but increased the font dpi to 112 %.
What's the max resolution under WM after all the hacks? 320x240, 640x480, 800x480 or 1024x600?
You can also right click desktop to set 800x600, I use this one for a long time!
Are you talking about WM?
Fixup said:
Are you talking about WM?
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no he is not ... right click on the desktop in on Vista there are no desktop in WM.
in WM the resolution is "always" 640x480 .. I don't think that someone goes further than that.. and I don't know if it is possible to switch to a lower resolution.
So there are still black bars at the left and right sides even after the realvga hack?
BTW, I searched google but cannot find what's realvga.
Fixup said:
So there are still black bars at the left and right sides even after the realvga hack?
BTW, I searched google but cannot find what's realvga.
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yes... black bars ..... be careful with REALVGA.. I never used it but if you have a non-english version, you have to create a /windows/startup folder... and filled it with the content of your statup folder (in your language)
for RealVGA look on the 4th thread... you'll find info about it I think
Buch070 said:
I am also using mine Shift with 1024 x 600 resolution, but increased the font dpi to 112 %.
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Hi,
I tried to increase to 110%, but cannot find how to do it. I have only standard options and the first step is to 120% and I cannot do it like I wish. How can it be done?
Thanks.
S.
Hi,
since im sick of MS Vista on the Shift I've installed the ultimate OS Ubuntu but got a problem with the resolution I've tried almost everything but cant get any higher resolution than 800x600.
Anyone managed to configure X to display 1024x768?
If so can u please post your xorg.conf file?
Br
CarolusX
The Shift screen has a native resolution 1024 x 600, right ? And then it interpolates up by software ?
Is there a way to get other laptops to do this ? I love being able to do this on the shift, but it would be awesome if I could do it on my other laptop too. Is this possible ?
Hi all!
Sorry for my english, but i never study it
I have the HTC SHIFT with Windows Vista installed.
Today i succesfully install Windows XP with all drivers.
Affter rebooting screen resolution is 800x600 (not 800x480) and present screen scrolling.
At the Vista screen is interpolated and present abillity to change resolution to 1024x768 without scrolling.
Question: I someone can help me settingup normal resolution with interpolation enabled.
Thx
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=436982&page=5
Use this SwapResolution utility.
I have a question about resolution changes in x9500.
I have installed WinXP SP3 on my x9500. There are a lot of resolution options available. I choose any of them, but the actual resolution of the screen doesn't change. It's still just showing a 800 * 480 window, of a, say, 1024 * 720 desktop. So it just pans around the desktop in a 800*480, if people know what I mean.
Is this normal? How can I get out of this? I'd rather have a "shrunken" desktop with higher interpolated resolution than a large "virtual" desktop that I pan around in.
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I have a question about resolution changes in x9500.
I have installed WinXP SP3 on my x9500. There are a lot of resolution options available. I choose any of them, but the actual resolution of the screen doesn't change. It's still just showing a 800 * 480 window, of a, say, 1024 * 720 desktop. So it just pans around the desktop in a 800*480, if people know what I mean.
Is this normal? How can I get out of this? I'd rather have a "shrunken" desktop with higher interpolated resolution than a large "virtual" desktop that I pan around in.
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I have asked about this as well, Nobody answered me on this. I hope you'll get an answer, would save my ass too. I am using windows 7 now, which is snappy but you won't get the same performance as in Windows XP, And with this I mean mostly the memory. In windows XP its around 100 to 200 max when using nothing but the os, On windows 7 this lays around 470 - 550 means that this already takes half of the memory.
So nobody has a fix for this?
Armazia said:
I have asked about this as well, Nobody answered me on this. I hope you'll get an answer, would save my ass too. I am using windows 7 now, which is snappy but you won't get the same performance as in Windows XP, And with this I mean mostly the memory. In windows XP its around 100 to 200 max when using nothing but the os, On windows 7 this lays around 470 - 550 means that this already takes half of the memory.
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That's normal with windows 7 and vista, doesn't affect performance. The way windows 7 manages RAM memory is quite different from windows XP, and most of the times you get a better performance on the same hardware using windows 7 over windows XP. So I will not be worried too much about windows 7 memory use. It pre-loads most applications you normally use. I already run several scenarios and all the time windows 7 wins over windows XP on the same hardware (and I talking about low processors like the Atom and similar). Remember RAM memory not used is wasted in windows 7.