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Old June 10th 08, 04:52 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Darryl Ramm
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Default ClearNav too big?

On Jun 9, 8:42 pm, Bob Gibbons wrote:
On Mon, 09 Jun 2008 10:35:37 -0700, Marc Ramsey

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Daylight visible displays are only available in a limited number of
sizes. While there are displays in the 3.5" size range that are better
than the typical transflective PDA screen, the brightest screens start
at a bit larger, hence the size of the ClearNav. If anyone knows of a
supplier of bright (500+ nit) 3.5" LED backlit displays, please disclose 8^)


Marc


How about the 3" x 5" 200 DPI (800 x 600) monochrome display from
Eink, they make the display for the Sony eBook and the Amazon Kindle.
It's not a backlit LED, but its very daylight visible and likely
better for our cockpit applications.

Seehttp://www.eink.com/kits/broadsheetspec_sheet_041408.pdf

Bob


e-ink displays are for static images and are not suitable for the
moving part of a moving map display.

This has been covered on r.a.s. before.

Darryl