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Calculator Community => OTcalc => Discontinued => Major Community Projects => [OTcalc] Z80-Hardware => Topic started by: alberthrocks on June 28, 2011, 03:14:24 pm
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Do you want a backlit screen? (This will apply to any screen, whether it's color, grayscale, or B/W.)
Consider the use, power usage, price, etc. when deciding.
Note that there is a hardware switch to turn it on. (Can be controlled by software, if possible/needed.)
Discuss below as needed. If there is a consensus to change this vote in any way, it will be done.
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when it can be turned on/off, a backlight is a must, so you don't have to turn the lights on when you suddenly came up with a great idea for a program at night :P
And for power usage: if it's turned off, it would consume just as much power as when it wouldn't have one
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Yes, the PRIZM and nspire-CX have it, why shouldn't this one have it?
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As long as we can find a suitable screen that we can turn it off from. If we can't find one like that, then the results of this poll are rather nulled anyway.
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I said no (one of the few lol). I guess if we can turn it off it wouldn't be much of a battery hog.
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yeah, we would definitely want to save that option in a preference or flag somewhere, and make sure it was disable-able. I probably wouldn't use it, but voted "yes" considering the option to turn it off.
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depends on how it would change the price.
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depends on how it would change the price.
^ That too.
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I think a backlit screen is a must. The Prizm's backlight is very useful.
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True. I'm working on finding some lcd's that would suit our purpose.
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I also voted no, but if the backlight can be turned off, I would go for yes. However, I think the n-spire CX uses too much battery power on its backlight, and I really don't enjoy having to charge it every few days. ;)
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If possible, it should be an LED backlight, they use less power than CFL ones, though the light is distributed slightly unevenly,
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CFLs are not really the best choice for small screens anyways. LEDs can be fine, esp. if we're dealing with PSP or smaller. Example: I believe the GBA SP uses LEDs, with a really good light spreader.
If you use LEDs, though, it'll be more effective to have them frontlighting, if I remember correctly.
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Just saying that because I have seen some calc-sized screens that do use CFLs.
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I voted yes, and I think it's worth the price, I've always wanted a calculator I can use when it's dark :)
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A backlit screen is very useful
to play the night instead of sleeping. This is what the GameBoy miss, for example: we only can play if there is not too much light and with that and not this orientation and all. So, I voted yes.