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I've had radios with reflective LCD's and they wash out in direct sunlight just as badly.

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Nothing like replying to a two-month old post, but life's been like that this year.

There's a class of reflective LCD that will not wash out under any circumstances that I've experience, and I'm in Sunny California.

The amateur radio in my Miata has one, and in full sun, the only think that washes out is the backlight. It's still perfectly readable, high contrast and all. Now, I don't know if it's possible to do a dot-matrix LCD using this technology. The radio is a Kenwood TM-742A and it's mounted immediately below the Mk.I in the Miata. There are numerous circumstances where the empeg is totally washed out and the Kenwood as sharp as ever. And the empeg is green, yes.

Maybe there's hope in the new transflective displays lke the iPaq. As soon as our IT guy gets one, I'll haul it outside. (I love the hardware, but WinCE makes my skin crawl.)

-Zandr
Mk.I #150
Mk.II #39