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

["Dr. Alexander J. Annala" <a.annala@ucl.ac.uk>]

IF you REALLY WANT TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM do what casio did for sports fans
attending American footbll and baseball games -- they use a transparent back
panel which can be propped up and viewed with a translucent white panel that
is illuminated by sunlight behind the TFT matrix - it works in a pocket TV --
it hould work fine with any of the Thinkpad projection TV systems -- the TP
with the detachable LCD screen -- or one of the overhead projector screens.
This solves the main problems with reflected sunlight illumination and low
power backlight vs TFT screens.

>	Nevertheless, why not a secondary backlight?  Could be turned on
>in bright conditions for maximum readibility in sunlight, off for max
>battery life (or just a brighter main backlight for everything--turn it up
>in the sun, down indoors).  ThinkPads are generally considered to have
>screens that are not as bright as their competition's.