From: Damien Batstone (djb_at_er.dtu.dk)
Date: Mon Sep 15 2003 - 10:15:33 PDT
>
>Raymond Kloss wrote:
>> I know this has been talked about before, but is there a better
>> contrast background for the Newton 2100 screen? I have seen backlight
>> replacements, but the contrast of the black against green is something
>> I would like to change with a white background. It would make my
>> Newton perfect.
>
>I tend to agree with your goal ;-)
>
>The site seems to be off-line at this very moment but
>www.rselectronics.com/ carries EL Sheets (EL=Electroluminescent)
>You can also find them at
<http://www.beingseen.com/index.html>http://www.beingseen.com/index.html
and you
>can see their colors straight from the home-page (and yes, they also
>have white)
>I've seen a Newt with a white backlight and though I liked it I wasn't
>so taken by it that I would change it for my green one, waiting until
>the green one finally fades...
>
>Robert Benschop
According to previous comments, as well as the RS page, the white backlight
is considerably dimmer than the blue-green. I've also been told that it
suffers from contrast problems (black->grey). I've been waiting for ages
on a blue-green RS backlight. There was a thread on this a while ago.
Cheers,
Damien
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