lo-res

Related to lo-res: low-res, mitigation

low-res

Having a low density of pixels or dots that compose an image, resulting in a poor, unclear image quality. Short for "low resolution"; sometimes styled as "lo-res." I remember how impressed we were when our crappy little flip-screen phones started coming with built-in cameras, but the low-res pictures those things took look positively ancient compared to the brilliant pictures modern smartphones are capable of producing. The defendant's legal team successfully argued that such a low-res image could not be used to reliably identify place him at the scene of the crime without a shadow of a doubt.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

lo-res

verb
See low-res
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • low-res
  • RES
  • high-res
  • hi-res
  • be the (very) image of (someone)
  • be the image of somebody/something
  • thumbnail
  • thumbnail sketch
  • a thumbnail sketch
  • on brand
References in periodicals archive
In the process, the source material's blurry, lo-res quality gave way to Lettera's uniquely clear and elegant style.
All the production facilities at Ashgabat Olympics Complex will be connected to the central storage unit, allowing operators around the venue to browse through and access stored lo-res media files.
Realized as dye-transfer prints (rather than the C-prints he's shown in the past), these "Dailies" also manifest a marvelous tactility that's probably far indeed from the lo-res smear of a casual cell-phone shot.
On the submenu, you will find an option entided, Very Lo-Res Graphics.
Glancing around the room, I was struck by the way her grunge-era, lo-res tactics have morphed seamlessly into the Internet's aesthetics of immediacy.
With the Sony CBK-WA100 optional wireless adaptor, you can view the recording/playback, transmit lo-res proxy files from the camera during recording and transmit the video out, where your client can use their smartphone as a mini monitor on location.