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Subject: RE: [world-cruising] GPS Chartplotter
alan.pound@XXX.XXX
Date: Fri Nov 15 2002 - 07:10:08 EST
Just a caution - just because it is TFT does not mean it will be great in
the sunlight...
My company purchases nothing but TFT for their laptops, and I have yet to
see *one* that is *at all* viewable in sunlight...
Best advice is to persuade the erstwhile dealer to show it to you actually
in the sun...
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Simon Price [mailto:prices@XXX.XXX]
> Sent: Friday, November 15, 2002 11:59 AM
> To: world-cruising@XXX.XXX
> Subject: RE: [world-cruising] GPS Chartplotter
>
> I dragged out the brochure from
> the pile I have
> recently collected and looked at the Navman 2001 model and
> the 2002 model
> and indeed the display has changed from supertwist LCD to TFT
> type LCD ( in
> 2002 model). The TFT is transflective which means that it is
> quite good in
> ambient light AND when backlit. This is something that you
> should look out
> for although all new models will probably be TFT from now on from all
> manufacturers. The same change has happened to laptop PCs and
> many are now
> fitted with TFT for daylight viewing.
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