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by Dwedit 622 days ago
Ooh, once we get to "streaming pixel values" out, then we're secretly using the LCD screen's internal memory as a second framebuffer.
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It is no different than when the atari 2600 used the slow fade of the CRT's phosphor coating as its "framebuffer".

Anything you put out a dedicated video port is gone to you.

The LCD internal memory is write only and it is used just to hold the image being shown. Unlike the GBA where the video RAM is like a GP RAM, just slower.