[ltp] Laptop screen too dim

[James Knott]

hamish wrote:
> Nick Rout wrote:
> 
>> 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
>>
>>  
>>
> 
> hey... I resemble that remark... (I used to use a towel :)
> 
> But I digress... Funds permitting (I hate it when people say that) try 
> out the new flexview displays... While they're still not 100% in bright 
> sunlight on the actual screen, I was pleasently surprised that on 
> saturday I could see the screen of my r50p (With the flexview 1600x1200 
> display) when sitting in the car outside ( Bright sunlight. Had a bit of 
> direct sunlight on the edge & could just see that too. While parts of 
> screen in ordinary shade inside car were legible enough to do come coding).
> 
> The screens do get better with the newer laptops... I had my old a20p 
> and my new r50p side by side and the a20p display looks yellow compared 
> to the brightness of the r50. In fact I don't even run with full 
> brightness on when in the office any more...
> 
> 

One thing to bear in mind, is that a brighter display means less battery 
life.