Blue Screen Readability. All the Truth! :)

Posted by: Taym

Blue Screen Readability. All the Truth! :) - 04/10/2001 16:37

Finally I had the chance to install a AR Blue screen, and so here are my impressions regarding readability, for those still interested in that old thread:

This screen is definitely more readable than the one I originally had. Totally different blue, lighter and more transparent. In spite of the fact it is AR and the one I had previously was not.

Someone @ empeg was mentioning a first old batch of very dark blue screens that were actually less readable. I am afraid I got one of those. That is probably the case in spite my empeg is #923 since it actually came with an amber screen, and with a blue replacement included. Maybe somebody put an old dark dark blue in the envelope. Oh, the reason why I got the extra blue screen (the dark one) is that I had actually ordered a Blue Empeg but they were not available at the moment, so empeg ppl sent me an amber one plus a replacemente blue screen.

So, I think the bottom line of the whole story is that the blue IS actually the most readable screen I have tried so far, and that my readability problems were due to that dark blue screen sent by mistake. Now I am happy :)

Well, I would really like a VW blue screen, actually. Anyone volunteers to produce one?


Taym
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Posted by: DarkStorm

Re: Blue Screen Readability. All the Truth! :) - 04/10/2001 18:08

Hey there Taym.

I guess the ones you got from me don't match your VW.

Oh well.

If I happen to run across another source for transparent Plexiglas and another shade of blue, I'll let you know.

Steve

Mark I / #102 / 48g / Smoke / Custom Fascia
Best PC/Audio Investment Ever Made
Posted by: Taym

Re: Blue Screen Readability. All the Truth! :) - 04/10/2001 18:27

No Darkstorm, they don't, unfortunately. But trhey're very nice, and I've been using them until I got this AR empeg blue, which is slightly closer to vW.

Taym
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Posted by: Nosferatu

Re: Blue Screen Readability. All the Truth! :) - 05/10/2001 03:19

He Taym , I am so happy that You are HAPPY ......


PS : today , Friday , I havent recceived mine Yet .


Empeg II - 10 Gb - Red Fascia - 750 Songs -

- I Will Strike From the Grey -
Posted by: dclesse

Re: Blue Screen Readability. All the Truth! :) - 17/10/2001 02:29

just some remarks after some self-builded multi-color screens:
let's talk in RGB:
the VFD color (cyan) seems to send:
Red: just a little bit
Green: near from max
Blue: max

So, the best screens (or best colors filters) will be, in order:
cyan
blue
green
the worse will be red (nice -I have one- but poor in luminance)
So if you choose an other color, try to get one with a lot of blue or a lot of green...
for example: yellow (R+G).
It works, but it's more green than yellow (the red part is very small compared to the green one).
magenta (pink) would be nice (R+B), never tried...
If it could help...

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