>> I believe camcorder hacking is more about "getting
>resolution"
>> than "saving cost". (Though of course it is much cheaper. The M1
>Following this argument, would it be safe to say that "wearable
>enthusiasts"
>are willing to pay more for a display than they are a CPU core since
>they
>value resolution higher then CPU performance? This does validate the
>earlier
>comment of the M1 being priced higher than any wearable component -
>while it
>is not now, maybe it should be.
Here's a possibility. The M1 and other discrete displays (including
viewfinders) are being viewed as discrete components which will
be kept and reused, independent of the CPU core. I've seen mention
of a lot of people who upgrade to a bisquit PC, or a new Pentium
board, etc...and who do not upgrade their displays. Many times,
in fact, I've seen mention of scan converters, to display on lowly
camcorder viewfinders.
Personally, for $500+ I want more than a mono 320x200 QVGA
display. I want something that will appear roughly equivalent to my
desktop's display. The resolution could be lower, but be in color,
or it could be monochrome with full SVGA resolution, but I don't
think that 320x200 mono is acceptable.
If there was a text-only option, a sharp 80x25 mono display would
acceptable to me. Something akin to the original MDA standard.
And the display and driver could probably be pretty simple too.
Now, if someone offered a Hercules compliant option, that might
be a different story -- those things were sharp as a pin, and worked
remarkably well. I wonder if Linux (probably) and Windows
(probably not) support Hercules any more?
-- Chuck Knight
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