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From: rasmus@napc.uucp (Rasmus Lerdorf)
Subject: Re: Have any one seen a T5200C ?
Message-ID: <1991Mar28.163938.4821@napc.uucp>
Keywords: Toshiba T5200C, Color LCD
Organization: NovAtel Communications
References: <10848@bunny.GTE.COM>
Date: Thu, 28 Mar 91 16:39:38 GMT

In <10848@bunny.GTE.COM> sc05@gte.com (Shih-Chio Chang) writes:

>I am thinking about buying a Toshiba T5200C -- the new laptop with a color
>LCD display.  It looks impressive from the picture in its Bytes Ad.
>The problem is that nobody that I talked to has ever seen one.  I wonder
>if anybody has seen one in some trade show?  If you do, what do you think
>about its color display?  Does it give reasonably good color and contrast?
>Or should I stick with the plasma display?  Thanks for any information.

Yes, a Toshiba rep gave a demo here a NovAtel about 6 weeks ago.  I was
extremely impressed with the display.  I had expected to see ghosting
and slow screen updates, but the display was extremely fast, very crisp
and clear and had the deepest colours I have ever seen, and that includes
regular monitors.  You put it beside any regular VGA monitor and step back
4 feet and you won't be able to tell the difference.  In fact, you may even
prefer the screen on the 5200C.  And it's not really colour LCD.  It's a
colour TFT screen (Thin Film Transistor).  In short, it's excellent, but
the price to me anyway is still ludicrous.
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Rasmus Lerdorf    calgary!ajfcal!napc!rasmus       1020-64 Ave NE, Calgary
NovAtel Advanced Product Concept Development       Alberta, Canada T2E 7V8