Re: BlackMatrix TFT Displays--Can you See them Outside or not?

[Todd Tannenbaum <tannenba@engr.wisc.edu>]

At 09:52 AM 11/3/95 -0800, you wrote:
>
>        Okay--for all of you with the 75X machines and your "BlackMatrix"
>TFT displays--can you use/read these things outdoors in outdoor ambient
>light or not?
>
>        Is it usable outside?  Have any of your had a chance to compare
>with other displays outdoors?
>

the display on my 755CE (black matrix) is defintely easier to read in
outdoor light than my 750C was.  however, it is still far from "easy" to
read outdoors (like a mono passive display is, for instance).

with black matrix i can actually get some email done, for instance, in the
passenger seat of a sunny car.  but it is still very very hard to see
sitting outside on a sunny patio.  note that the black matrix is about the
best you can get for an active color outdoors from any vendor; in this case,
however, i think the best still isn't good enough.

bottom line: it is an improvement, but not as anywhere as great as i would
have liked.


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Todd Tannenbaum
CAE Model Advanced Facility
email: tannenba@engr.wisc.edu  ph: 608-262-3118