40" samsung + mini+ isight picture?

After spendig 4 hours at CC hooking up my g4 Ibook and their mac mini to both a 32"& 40" samsng lcd.. the picture
was awesome!! Used the vga dongle to the vga in on the samsung. Pictures, slideshows, web & E mail text very clear.
Now the question. I video conf. every week using my 12" G4
Ibook. We are both on broadband using Mac's & Isight's. I have very good images even at full screen on my I book, not as good as the reduced screen size but still good. Given the resolution of the 32" or 40" Samsungs is 1368x768 somewhat the same as my Ibook and also the mini.. would the isight images on the LCDS be way too blurry at the increased screen size or be somewhat the same as I am getting on my Ibook?
I am going to get the mini this week W/ 1 gig ram.
Ibook Mac OS X (10.4) Isight, LaCie dvd burner, toast titanium 7,
Ibook Mac OS X (10.4) Isight, LaCie dvd burner, toast titanium 7,

Works as good with the default size screen
as if Ibook image

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