Raspberry Pi 4.3″ EastRising HDMI TFT LCD Review and Experiments
Trying a custom 480×544 HDMI mode with a 480×272 panel
After looking at the compressed 1920×1080, uncompressed 480×272, and compressed 960×544 results, I noticed that vertical compression does not degrade text as much as horizontal compression.
Let’s see if 480×544 is useful for the console:
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Ok, that is definitely closer to usable – but for console use, stick to 480×272 for best results.
How about the desktop?
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That is actually quite good!
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The menus were good too!
How about that pesky file manager with its small fonts?
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YES! It is very usable, pretty good in fact.
Looks my hypothesis is paying off!
I wonder if raspberrypi.org will look good enough to be usable?
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Ok, a bit narrow, but I would say usable – with readable text.
I’ll try window settings, although I know it won’t work well:
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As I thought – useless, due to not being able to shrink its window, or scroll a virtual desktop.
Hmm… I wonder how LXTerminal will fare?
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Very usable, though best at 44×20 with this font.
I am quite pleased at how my 480×544 experiment turned out – it is quite usable for the desktop.
Article Index
- Introduction, LCD Specifications, adapter
- 1080p Adventures
- Getting Native 480×272 display over HDMI from the Raspberry Pi
- EastRising 4.3″ TFT LCD Viewing Angles
- Trying a custom 960×544 HDMI mode with a 480×272 panel
- Trying a custom 480×544 HDMI mode with a 480×272 panel
- Conclusion
