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Originally Posted by skipdog [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

When do we get our forced 640x480 window with the original UI?

Because if the devs aren't working towards that and don't have plans to implement that, it's hard to get behind changes like this.

Doesn't work the same on LCD as it does on CRT

CRTs fundamentally use analog technology. A pixel was simply a place on the CRT where the electron beam was modulated to make a square-ish spot. Because of this, all supported resolutions typically were similarly crisp (or similarly fuzzy, depending on your perspective).

LCDs are digital. A pixel is essentially a tiny square of all one color, like filling in a picture using graph paper. When using the native resolution, each pixel is extremely crisp.

However, if you try to use a lower resolution, unless it is an integer multiple of the native resolution, then each requested pixel will not fit exactly into a display pixel, this causes lumpy bumpy displays with lines and text being distorted.