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Poll: Favorite Display Technology
gnuarm:
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--- Quote from: gnuarm on February 20, 2021, 09:37:32 pm ---The claim of viewability in sunlight is a bit overstated. While there are displays that work outdoors, they are not the same displays that are used indoors. It requires MASSIVE backlighting to view an LCD outdoors making them rather expensive and power hungry. So while the technology allows for outdoor viewing, LCDs can not be considered to be suitable for *all* environments.
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Do you realize there are reflective LCD such as in most of multimeters?
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That's my point. To say LCDs work in all conditions you have to pick a different type of LCD for each lighting condition. It's a bit like saying autos work well in all conditions because you can get autos to work in highways, autos to work in desserts, autos to work in rocky terrain, autos to work in mud... there's even an auto in outer space! Well, another one. We already had some on the Moon and a few on Mars.
gnuarm:
--- Quote from: blueskull on February 21, 2021, 11:02:51 am ---
--- Quote from: gnuarm on February 21, 2021, 10:12:31 am ---To say LCDs work in all conditions you have to pick a different type of LCD for each lighting condition.
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How about transflective LCDs? They suck under the sun, they suck indoors, but they will work under the sun and they will work indoors.
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Exactly, they suck!
Nominal Animal:
I like turtles IPS TFT displays for general use; e-paper for low-energy persistent stuff; and OLEDs for small displays.
Yeah, each one of them has their downsides, but I'm old enough to remember the alternatives. These rule.
If I ever get a large manual mill, I'll still want a DRO with seven-segment LED display, though. Best tool for the task.
andy2000:
It's hard to have one favorite when there are so many different situations. For small battery operated devices like DMMs and calculators, it's hard to beat a reflective LCD.
For line powered devices that are on all the time like clocks, LEDs are good because they a last a long time. For more complicated displays that aren't on all the time I prefer VFDs. They're more vivid, and can display more complicated information. Good quality VFDs can last for decades, even when they are always on, but they do dim with age.
For TVs, I have never seen an LCD I like. I was always a fan of plasma, and now OLED. You can't beat an emissive display for video. I just wish they'd make smaller OLEDs (in the 15"-32" range).
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