Comment on Hands on With The Retroid Pocket Duo; A Little More Magic This Time
PerfectDark@lemmy.world 2 weeks agoThanks! I really wanted to give some of the developers behind these projects a chance to talk about their work, since so much of the experience depends on what they’re doing.
The Duo actually has two different panels: a 5.5-inch 16:9 AMOLED on top (1920×1080) and a 4.5-inch 4:3 AMOLED below (1280×960). Azahar handles the two 3DS screens independently, so the upper 400×240 image is scaled to fit the top display while preserving its original 5:3 aspect ratio, leaving small black bars on either side. The lower 320×240 image is already 4:3, so it fills the bottom panel perfectly. You can upscale the 3D rendering considerably without stretching either screen, and in practice it all works rather nicely :)
n20@lemmy.zip 1 week ago
thanks for the detailed answer, didn’t know they went with two different panels, a 4:3 one at the bottom makes a lot of sense so the 320x240 image fills it with no bars. sorry for the late reply lol