Athena Screen, what do you think?

[wu5262]

How do you guys think about the Athena screen?
Compare to Universal if you had?

I didn't feel anything first when i use it, but after i hard-restart it once, i kind of have a feeling that the font is not very clear. specially compare to universal.

Maybe something goes wrong during the hard-reset? or is it true that you can tell the difference between Athena and Universal?

[BadKarma]

Dont really know how the universal looks but the screen of my Ameo looks verry good, it rocks. but then again can only compare it with my magician.

[wu5262]

Dont really know how the universal looks but the screen of my Ameo looks verry good, it rocks. but then again can only compare it with my magician.

magician is QVGA, so you can't really compare that. What i am saying, the VGA in universal looks better then the VGA in Athena

[mackaby007]

magician is QVGA, so you can't really compare that. What i am saying, the VGA in universal looks better then the VGA in Athena

Hey wu. Sharper maybe, but not better...but I see what you mean. My wifes Universal has and still looks incredibly clear...suppose I just love that 5" screen and mine looks awesome to me.

[wu5262]

Hey wu. Sharper maybe, but not better...but I see what you mean. My wifes Universal has and still looks incredibly clear...suppose I just love that 5" screen and mine looks awesome to me.

i think it's due to our resolution are the same as Universal, but out screen is much bigger, so we start to see some edge in words.

The first time i notice is when i open up my start menu, the writing there isn't very clear, has some edges, which the Universal doesn't.

[tommy1971]

I own both Dopod 900 and U1000.

Will it related to the "ClearType" option? My U1000 default with Cleartype disabled so i have to modify the registry to enable it. Also same resolution with bigger screen means lower dpi and less sharp, but i think U1000's screen is very bright and the color is perfect.

Tommy

[wu5262]

I own both Dopod 900 and U1000.

Will it related to the "ClearType" option? My U1000 default with Cleartype disabled so i have to modify the registry to enable it. Also same resolution with bigger screen means lower dpi and less sharp, but i think U1000's screen is very bright and the color is perfect.

Tommy

but do you see some edges on the font? compare to Universal, unversal has no edges due to it's smaller screen size, but Athena screen size is big and therefore with the same resolution, you can see some edges on the font.
Clear Type is enable on both machine

[simdao]

I own both Dopod 900 and U1000.

Will it related to the "ClearType" option? My U1000 default with Cleartype disabled so i have to modify the registry to enable it. Also same resolution with bigger screen means lower dpi and less sharp, but i think U1000's screen is very bright and the color is perfect.

Tommy

My U1000(CHT) clear type fonts default is on font look very sharp. My ROM version is 1.24.708.3

[mackaby007]

but do you see some edges on the font? compare to Universal, unversal has no edges due to it's smaller screen size, but Athena screen size is big and therefore with the same resolution, you can see some edges on the font.
Clear Type is enable on both machine


Yes..on closer inspection I see it now, but as you know when you use WA2 with cascading menu in clear type fonts, you get close to perfection...hence it was not so noticeable before.

The only workaround will b to install some 3rd party software like oz VGA. see below:

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=297557

[jlingo]

I played around with Demo Unit of Dopod U1000 for an hour today and I find the screen to be better than my Dopod 900(aka Universal). That's based on my eyes anyway.

[schoofter]

Anyone can post Today screen on here?

[wu5262]

Anyone can post Today screen on here?

let me break it down into technical part, it's quite impossible for Athena to look better then Universal, it might look bright and more colorful, but because they have the same resolution (640x480). The font will have some edge in the Athena, but it won't in Universal.

Think about it, they all just have 640x480=307200 pixels to show in the screen, but Athena is 5 inch, so if you look closely, you will find the font doesn't look like sharp in Athena.

But if you are looking at the picture, yes i also agree Athena looks very nice and colorful.

[victoradjei]

let me break it down into technical part, it's quite impossible for Athena to look better then Universal, it might look bright and more colorful, but because they have the same resolution (640x480). The font will have some edge in the Athena, but it won't in Universal. .........


In layman's language: When you take a picture with your 1.3 mpixel mobile phone it looks nice on the screen. When you transfer to your pc and look at it in full screen mode, you see a lot of grains :D

[wu5262]

In layman's language: When you take a picture with your 1.3 mpixel mobile phone it looks nice on the screen. When you transfer to your pc and look at it in full screen mode, you see a lot of grains :D

exactly !!!

[tommy1971]

I own both Dopod 900 and U1000.

Will it related to the "ClearType" option? My U1000 default with Cleartype disabled so i have to modify the registry to enable it. Also same resolution with bigger screen means lower dpi and less sharp, but i think U1000's screen is very bright and the color is perfect.

Tommy

For some reason I hard reset the U1000 and this time I also let it install all extended rom stuff (I will reset before it install to avoid those useless OEM softwares), this time the Cleartype is enabled by default.

I still think the screen of U1000 looks better when compared to 900, 640x480 on 3.5" is just too small. You just can't see the characters on the screen if you view a PDF file on Universal but on Athena they look great!

[wu5262]

For some reason I hard reset the U1000 and this time I also let it install all extended rom stuff (I will reset before it install to avoid those useless OEM softwares), this time the Cleartype is enabled by default.

I still think the screen of U1000 looks better when compared to 900, 640x480 on 3.5" is just too small. You just can't see the characters on the screen if you view a PDF file on Universal but on Athena they look great!

we are not really talking the screen size here, we are talking about how the font in these two machine looks. yes font in Athena looks big but it doesn't look as sharp as in Universal.

In order to look the same as Universal, Athena needs to have bigger resolution

[TigerTim36]

With both my Universal and the Advantage side by side in direct sunlight, I find the Universal screen much easier to see.

[nuclear]

With both my Universal and the Advantage side by side in direct sunlight, I find the Universal screen much easier to see.
lol obiously. the universal screen quality is anti glare. umm.. anyways use oZVGA and trust me you will get better quality than pixel icon/font quality than Universal. Or RealVGA or TrueVGA.

[TigerTim36]

Thanks Nuclear, I wasn't aware that the Universal had anti-glare. As for OzVGA, I can't find anywhere to download it.... the links I've found are dead, can anyone upload it for me please.
Thanks Tim

[nuclear]

Thanks Nuclear, I wasn't aware that the Universal had anti-glare. As for OzVGA, I can't find anywhere to download it.... the links I've found are dead, can anyone upload it for me please.
Thanks Tim
oZVGA is currently only made for Universal i believe.

[wu5262]

oZVGA is currently only made for Universal i believe.

The most issue isn't to do with anti-glare. it's to do with Athena has bigger screen size but it has the same resolution as Universal. That's why the font in Athena looks less sharp.