[ltp] Laptop screen too dim

[James Knott]

Mendel Cooper wrote:
> On Tue, 20 Apr 2004, Hector Socas Navarro wrote:
> 
> 
>>The LCD screen is fine to use in indoor 
>>environments but one of the great things about having a laptop is to be 
>>able to go outside and work outdoors, in the backyard, in the park, in 
>>the woods... Unfortunately, I can't see anything when I'm outside. The 
>>screen is too dim.
> 
> 
> I've had the same "problem" with my 770Z. The screen is plenty bright
> indoors, but almost unreadable in sunlight. I think, to a lesser extent,
> you'd have the same problem with a CRT monitor, though. Bright sunlight
> makes it rather difficult to read anything, whether it be a laptop screen
> or even a book.
> 
> The only thing I can suggest is to put up a tent or an awning of some
> sort to create shade. Or maybe some kind of hood over the laptop screen.
> 
> Mendel
> 

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