View Single Post
Old 02-24-2017, 01:26 AM   #2
davester
Member
davester ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.davester ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.davester ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.davester ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.davester ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.davester ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.davester ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.davester ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.davester ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.davester ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.davester ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
Posts: 22
Karma: 1000002
Join Date: May 2014
Location: Los Angeles
Device: Kindle DX, Yotaphone 2, iPhone7+, Dasung 13.3" HD-FT Monitor, iPad Pro
I have played around with the DX as a Windows monitor and was not satisfied at all. I followed the directions of how-to posts on jailbreaking the Kindle, installing software on it & and on Windows. When I finally figured out all the elements of what to do, the lackluster result was immediately apparent:
1) I could not get the Windows-mouse to be visible on the Kindle. I could see the Windows desktop/programs OK, but without seeing the mouse, I could not utilize Windows w/o looking at my main LCD monitor.
2) 9.7" is too small ... and I got more eye strain from squinting at the Kindle to figure out what the teeny text says. DX has a 1200x800 resolution and the "use a DX as a monitor" instructions maps pixels of the Windows desktop 1-to-1 on the Kindle, such that you can't zoom out a 1024x768 Windows resolution to fit the 1200x800 kindle. What happens is that you get a black area for the the (1200-1024)x(800-768) area of the DX. Widows programs with smaller text is very hard to read on the Kindle
3) The greyscale of the DX makes it even harder to read/identify things. On a LCD, green text on a red background is easy to identify, but on greyscale, it can be very difficult to read, especially on 9,7" screen with very small pixels.
davester is offline   Reply With Quote