Guest Perfectionist Posted May 26, 2005 Report Share Posted May 26, 2005 Not quite sure what the differance between the two actually is either !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Charlie Mouse Posted May 26, 2005 Report Share Posted May 26, 2005 It's QVGA. The difference is the resolution: QVGA = 320x240, VGA = 640 x 480 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Perfectionist Posted May 26, 2005 Report Share Posted May 26, 2005 It's QVGA. The difference is the resolution: QVGA = 320x240, VGA = 640 x 480 <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Aha !! What do the initials mean then ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MitchellO Posted May 27, 2005 Report Share Posted May 27, 2005 The q in QVGA means quarter. VGA means something graphics adaptop, but has been appropriated as a description of the 640x480 resolution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Exodia Posted May 27, 2005 Report Share Posted May 27, 2005 Q= quarter? You know i would have never guessed that even though its obvious... 4 QVGAs make 1 VGA. ;) Anyway, VGA = Video Graphics Array... IBM, the original PC creator came up with it. Its pretty much the bottom of the line de facto standard for PC displays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MitchellO Posted May 27, 2005 Report Share Posted May 27, 2005 duh!!! silly me, of course its video. The minimum now is really SVGA (800x600) on computers today, and even now pretty well all desktops come with 17", XGA (1024x768) displays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Perfectionist Posted May 27, 2005 Report Share Posted May 27, 2005 It's QVGA. The difference is the resolution: QVGA = 320x240, VGA = 640 x 480 <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Q = Quarter ..... but isn't it really half ??? I know, I know ..... 4 QVGA screen can fit in 1 VGA = quarter .... ;) Why cant they just use plain english instead of "glamourised" high tech abbreviations .... :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Vector Posted May 27, 2005 Report Share Posted May 27, 2005 Why cant they just use plain english instead of "glamourised" high tech abbreviations .... :D <{POST_SNAPBACK}> yeh i could see that ;) "Small">"a bit bigger">"nice size">"big">"Huuuuuge" ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Perfectionist Posted May 27, 2005 Report Share Posted May 27, 2005 yeh i could see that ;) "Small">"a bit bigger">"nice size">"big">"Huuuuuge" :D <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Or even ..... A1 A2 A3 A5 etc etc ..... works for paper !!! Even better why not just say "its screen resolution is X by X" ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MitchellO Posted May 28, 2005 Report Share Posted May 28, 2005 Why did they make the "A" paper sizes go downwards? I mean A1 is the biggest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Confucious Posted May 29, 2005 Report Share Posted May 29, 2005 A0 is bigger than A1 ;) First PCs were M(onochrome)DA (greenscreens) then came CGA (colour graphics adaptor) (320 X200 X 4 colours) Then E(xtended)GA (640 X 350 X 16 colours) then V(ideo)GA (640 X 480 X 16 colours or 320 X 200 at 256 colours) then S(uper)VGA (800 X 600 X 256 colours) then X(tended)GA (1024 X 768) After that they gave up on the TLAs. There were various adaptions of the standards but these were AFAIR the main ones. HTH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest psionandy Posted August 2, 2005 Report Share Posted August 2, 2005 And just to confuse things further theres 2 definitions of what VGA is on a WM device.b MS say it's just the same screen area as a QVGA device.. but the extra pixels just make it look prettier.. Using some hack software you can get TRUE VGA mode which works like the resolution on your PC.. ie all the icons are smaller but you can see more of them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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