Viewing Images why are they not very clear and crisp

[jdoherty76]

Can someone please explain how to view images taken with a digital camera on your XDA. I know that these images (jpegs) can be uploaded onto your XDA but when I view them they are not very crisp and clear looking(as opposed to the original). Can someone please clarify if it is possible to see crisp clear images on the XDA? When I take a 3.2MB image and try to view this on the small screen of the XDA it is not very clear.
A friend informed me that when trying to view a 3.2MB image on a small screen that the image would be condensed and that pixels on the image would overlap causing the image to lose its original clarity. If this is the case I wonder what the ideal resolution would be on a digital camera to allow viewing of images on the XDA? Thanks John :)
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[Biso007]

The resolution is not the point ... XDA I adapter has only 4096 colors capability ... this impacts the quality of viewing ... the XDA II screen has 64K colors ... so may be it's the solution :wink:

[jdoherty76]

I don't necessarily agree, I once used a sony clie palmtop and this had less than 4096 colours and displayed photos extremely well.

[bamse]

I don't necessarily agree, I once used a sony clie palmtop and this had less than 4096 colours and displayed photos extremely well.

You probably just need a good viewer app that can do dithering.

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[jdoherty76]

Any ideas on what is a good viewer app that does dithering ?????
Cheers john

[bamse]

I'm using Westteks Clearvue, but there are a whole bunch of free viewers out there. I think you will find a few at www.freewareppc.com.

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[pdhenry]

Try using photoshop or your favorite other image editor to down-sample tthe image to 320x240. The XDA will do this internally if the image is larger than that, but maybe it's not a very smart implementation (e.g. just throws rows away rather than anti-aliasing in the missing detail). Just guessing here...