Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!cs.uoregon.edu!ns.uoregon.edu!milton!sumax!quick!thebes!polari!lsh From: lsh@polari.UUCP (Lee Hauser) Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops Subject: Re: Backlight vs. reflective (was: asking recommendations...) Message-ID: <3554@polari.UUCP> Date: 20 Mar 91 16:52:27 GMT References: <91078.105334Q8N@psuvm.psu.edu> <91078.113111RFM@psuvm.psu.edu> Organization: Seattle Online Public Unix (206) 328-4944 Lines: 20 In article blk@mitre.org (Brian L. Kahn) writes: > I've read that backlit screens are not very reflective when the >backlighting is turned down or off, so non-backlit screens are easier >to read outside (in daytime :-) than backlit screens. Can anyone >comment on this? How about in a well lit room, or at a desk with a >lamp? Does a relective screen do just as well as a backlit in these >cases? Good question. In the brief time I had a Tandy 1400HD, which has a very nice backlit screen, I tried it a few times in normal room lighting with backlightingoff and hated it. The 1100FD's screen is obviously designed without backlighting in mind and works very well -- even in relatively poor light (sitting on a sofa with a table lamp at the wrong angle) the screen is acceptable, and works its best in flourescent-lit offices. Can't comment on the CF150B, as I've neveractually seen one... -- ------- ======= ------- ======= ------- ======= ------- ======= ------- ======= uw-beaver!sumax!polari!lsh -- lsh@polari Lee Hauser If I pay for access, I don't have to disclaim ANYTHING!