VGA Screen gives sharper image?

[scoobie]

Hello,

Like to know if a 2 mega pixel picture taken by non-optical zoom, digital zoom camera (zoom not used), would be shown as sharper image if viewed from the iPaq which has VGA and is smaller screen as compared to viewing it from the PC with 15" screen?

Hope you can help me.

regards,
Scoobie

[G M Fude]

A 15 inch screen -- even a cheap one -- would typically run SVGA resolution, which is 800 x 600 (= approx 0.5 megapixels). You'd need to consider dot pitch too, which will be smaller on a better monitor.

It's all about pixel density, Scoobie. The LCD pixels on a VGA PDA screen are way smaller than a typical monitor. But so is the image. It will look "sharper" but you will have to view it much closer.

Even an XVGA monitor is not displaying a 2MB image in full resolution (XVGA = 1024 x 768 = 0.8 megapixel).

[Jason Dunn]

The program you're using to view the images on the iPAQ also plays a huge role, because it has to re-sample the image. Spb Imageer (http://www.handango.com/ampp/store/PlatformProductDetail.jsp?siteId=311&jid=CX424C378763FACX822ED64839EA16X3&platformId=2&productType=2&productId=102019&sectionId=0&catalog=30&topSectionId=-1) is particularly good at this (bias alert: I helped create it).