Re: LF: LCD Display

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Subject: Re: LF: LCD Display
From: "Ed Plese, Jr." <eplese@igs1.lnd.com>
Date: Sun, 1 Dec 1996 13:54:26 +0000
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> Yes.  I noticed this even when I was playing with TI-92 Basic.  I also
> notice that the proportion of set pixels affect the "appropriate" contrast
> level.  I've found that if a program has a consistent amount of set pixels
> the contrast is okay, but if there are different screens sometimes you have
> to reset the contrast.  The LCD is definitely of poorer quality than the
> TI-85 (and downright terrible compared to my HP48SX and GX).  It is awfully
> nice to have a big screen though.

You can't expect TI to put a good LCD display in their calculators.  
In the DIGI-KEY catalog, an LCD display with the resolution of the 
TI-85's costs no less than $40.  An LCD display the size of the 92's 
is no less than $120!!  These are retail prices, so TI could probably 
get them for much less, or make them themselves.  The LCD is not a 
good one because if it was, the calculators would be much more 
expensive.  Besides, do you really need a quality LCD for displaying 
numbers as it was designed to do?

-Ed

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Re: LF: LCD Display

From: "Kevin T. Huber" <khuber@MR.Net>