[ltp] Laptop screen too dim

[Nick Rout]

On Tue, 20 Apr 2004 18:34:57 -0400
James Knott <james.knott@rogers.com> wrote:

> 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
> > 
> 
> http://www.kaidan.com/products/glare_hood.html

arrrgghhh just *too* geeky for words!

although perhaps not as geeky as the last poster effectively suggesting
a tent-like cover. man do you guys ever get a tan? LOL

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