Locally displayed resolution of a remote ARD client question.

Hi - When I connect to a remote OSX system via ARD, am I limited to the max resolution of the client when displayed on the local system?  It seems as if I am.  There is no configuration on the local system for what resolution one wished the remote system to be displayed in.  As it is, my remote server has a 1024x768 resolution which works fine for its local display.  However, when I connect from my system which has 2 30" cinema displays, the 1024x768 is way too tiny.  I can actually go in via ARD and change the resolution up to 1600x1900, but then that's what it is set at.
You can do this in Windows by just scaling the window - this does not affect the remote system.  VMWare Fusion also allows one to recale VMs in the same way.  Does anyone know how I can set the locally displayed ARD window to be whatever I want it to be irrespective of the remote system's actual harware-set resolution?  Thanks.
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Hi Bob,
Thanks for your input. You're right I have used network streams. 
I implimented more or less what I said in my original post. It works. My main objective was to keep all the config stuff, and data for the particular target on the target's SDCard. On reflection that did make my life much harder than keeping stuff on the host. 
It is more (quite a lot more) involved to keep the config files on the target and send directory info etc. back to the host on demand. If I was to do this again I would probably keep the config files on the host machine and keep them in Dropbox or a Google drive so that if I had more than one host to work from (Work PC, Home PC and Laptop...) I would have all my files with little effort. Still I didn't konw that when I started.
Thanks,
James

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