SMALL BIZ ADVICE
What would you ask Michael?
The Dell Community has contributed: 9789 ideas | promoted 668004 times | 76210 comments

How IdeaStorm Works:

Post Promote Discuss See
Monitors and Displays Comments | Monitors and Displays Ideas | Laptops Comments | Laptops Ideas
1160

needed: display configuration for laptop suitable for outdoor usage

1160 points posted to Monitors and Displays, Laptops by howardnyc 04/23/07

needed: display configuration for laptop suitable for outdoor usage... it would have the best possible set of configuration tweaks to maximize contrast, readability and reduce eye strain when in brightly lit situations... like outdoor seating at my neighborhood Starbucks <smile>

I have tried dozens of adjustments, but I really have no idea of which would be best, lacking sufficient documentation...

mazemaster
04/23/07		 A laptop just can't compete with the brightness of the sun. You are better off turning the screen at the angle that minimizes glare from the sun. Sit in the shade if possible. Other than that, turning the brightness all the way up is the best you can do.
wowbagger42
Apr 17		 Merged Idea originally posted 07/14/07
Laptop Display for outdoors

I wish I had a notebook which could be used outdoors even during bright sunshine so that I could work in my garden or in a park, or outside of a coffee shop, etc...

Maybe a reflective layer at the inside of the lid could be used to utilize the sunlight. Or somebody could find a trick with polarizing foils...?

Best regards
Wow.
johnpro
Apr 17		 Merged Comment originally posted 07/17/07
Buy any IBM/Lenovo thinkpad and you will be able to see the screen outdoors.
eggdisk
Apr 17		 Merged Comment originally posted 07/18/07
Hehe - Implemented: We created a link to Lenova laptops on Dell homepage.
lovechild
Apr 17		 Merged Comment originally posted 07/30/07
The OLPC project has a design that does all this, maybe that would be a good venue for cooperation between OLPC and Dell.
mikeisboris
Apr 17		 Merged Comment originally posted 08/01/07
Dell has a laptop with an outdoor display.. The Latitude

http://www.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/latit_atg_d620?c=us&...
 
Atom feed track comments for this idea
Please log in to post a comment
last 100 promotions: