video reversing

From: Hans Franke <Hans.Franke_at_mch20.sbs.de>
Date: Mon Jan 4 07:01:39 1999

> >Is it realy a colour display ? AFAIR these where B&W LCDs with
> >a blueish backlight - so the dark blue is just 'less' blue
> >due a switched on cell :) The only solution is to select for
> >all used programms fore/background colours that match your need,
> >like black on white whitch should result in light blue on dark
> >blue - but belive me, the readability is poor.

> It's Color in the fact that it uses shades of blue instead of shades of
> gray. The dark blue is actually a switched off cell. I know it sounds
> backwards, but when I disconnected the video cable once, and only the
> backlight was on, the whole thing was dark blue.

Sounds still B&W to me - Maybe 'black' is the neutral position ?
I don't know.

> I tried a little program that reverses the color, until something else
> changes it, and it's actually easier to read (as long as the contrast is set
> right). It's actually easier to read than some CRT's that I've seen,
> because the letters aren't fuzzed out at the edges.

I found theese blue backlights once on a Zenith - realy neat
for that time (~1985?).

Gruss
h.

--
Ich denke, also bin ich, also gut
HRK
Received on Mon Jan 04 1999 - 07:01:39 GMT

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