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Two sentences. Much truth.

quinn esq — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 00:29:12 +0000

Two sentences. Much truth.

Hey, it's the classic

Nebton — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 13:55:07 +0000

Hey, it's the classic off-by-one error. We all make it. Also, I should clarify my previous statement to say, that you could actually create a very colorful display even using only 1-bit "color". Assume a very dense array of LEDs, alternating red-blue-green. Just tell each LED whether to be on or not (0/1), and you can paint whatever color you want. Yes, programatically it'd be very unwieldy, but it'd also give you the ability to manipulate on a finer level, and one could write a wrapper around it to make it programatically identical to 8-bit, 16-bit, 32-bit, 64-bit, 128-bit, or even 256-bit color.

Ultimately, what matters is the total bits on the screen, IMO (i.e., number of pixels times number of bits per pixel). That's one reason that some displays will let you have a higher resolution at a lower number of bits per pixel.

Yes, I am a fool. And to

Michael Wolraich — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 22:32:09 +0000

In reply to Actually, monochrome is

Yes, I am a fool. And to think that I used to be a videogame programmer.

Actually, monochrome is

Nebton — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 19:22:06 +0000

In reply to That is cool. I love Bubble

Actually, monochrome is 1-bit…

With 2 bit, you could actually get the entire spectrum if your pixels are small enough. 00=black, 01=red, 10=green, 11=blue. Put a red pixel next to a green pixel next to a blue pixel, and you've got white.

That is cool. I love Bubble

Michael Wolraich — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 19:04:03 +0000

In reply to Lego Overload, Featuring Karate Mario

That is cool. I love Bubble Bobble. What can I buy with my 10 points?

BTW, for the non-geeks out there, 8-bit refers to the color depth. With 8-bit pixels, you can only render 256 colors, which is why the old games have crappy color gradation. But for the real old school, you need to go to 2-bit pixels. Monochrome, baby.