Hello
I have PCG-C1VE, but its time to get somthing more up to date.
So I am seriusly considering TR. So I have a question regarding the
Screen.
Are there diference in the screen technology between the different TR models?
Are there size diference? 
And finally is the screen readeble outside in sunlight?

Peter

all TR models use the same screen technology and have the same size.

its hard to read the screen outside in sunlight.

I’ve fooled with the brightness in the sun and have been able to read it, its just very hard…

If you do a lot of work outside, this may not be the best choice for you.

Erik

are there any displays out there which can be viewed in sunlight? No one would take a 60 in. TV and watch it in the backyard under the sun but just wondering if people have come up with a solution for the sunlight problem.

No screen can be viewed well in direct sunlight.  Not even the best TV’s. 

Unless somebody knows something otherwise…..  :wink:

Sony figured out how to do it. The Clie series (newer ones) allow you to remove the backlight to clearly see it in the daylight (one of the major issues with original color PDAs). Too bad they don’t do the same with the notebooks.

Erik

Depends on the LCD. Trans-reflective displays like the one on the iPaq and most other modern PDAs are easily visible in both direct sunlight and indoors. The TR’s screen is transmissive, meaning that it has a backlight but the screen itself is non-reflective. There are trans-reflective laptops available. There’s no such thing as a transreflective TV because the phosphors in the screen are just as reactive to sunlight as they are to the scanning electron beam that creates the TV image.

[quote author=“tifosiv122”]The Clie series (newer ones) allow you to remove the backlight to clearly see it in the daylight (one of the major issues with original color PDAs).
Erik

is the ux50 1 of them ?

[quote author=“tifosiv122”]Sony figured out how to do it. The Clie series (newer ones) allow you to remove the backlight to clearly see it in the daylight (one of the major issues with original color PDAs). Too bad they don’t do the same with the notebooks.

Erik

I think Compaq was the first to put a reflective (although I’m not sure about TFT) screen on their PDA. They probably don’t do it for notebooks because of the expense and the fact that TFTs aren’t as bright as regular transmissive screens.

Not by Sony, right?

Erik

Sony has been using trans-reflective screens for years, at least since the NR days.

I heard compaq’s iPaq’s screens are made by Sony. :D

[quote author=“tifosiv122”]Not by Sony, right?

Erik

Not sure. I seem to remember that some NEC laptops were using trans-reflective displays.

[quote author=“Drachen”][quote author=“tifosiv122”]Sony figured out how to do it. The Clie series (newer ones) allow you to remove the backlight to clearly see it in the daylight (one of the major issues with original color PDAs). Too bad they don’t do the same with the notebooks.

Erik

I think Compaq was the first to put a reflective (although I’m not sure about TFT) screen on their PDA. They probably don’t do it for notebooks because of the expense and the fact that TFTs aren’t as bright as regular transmissive screens.

Yes, the Compaq was the first to release the trans-reflective screens for the PocketPC handheld.  But like you said, the costs outweight the benefits for placing a trans-reflective screen.  The iPaq’s colour is a washed out versus a backlight non trans-reflective, and the quality of the screen is not as pronounced as a typical screen. 

~nox

Transreflective LCD displays. Some ruggedized notebooks offer it (GETAC/MITAC).

I think I have seen som specification on TR with 10,4” and som with 10,6”.

What is this ultrabright or black-somthing display mean? :?