Is the Karoo 2 display dependent on the backlight being on, or is it a reflective type that only needs a backlight in dark conditions

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Michael Buckler

• May 09, 2021 06:59

In other words, is it basically a mobile phone type of display, or is it a trans-reflective display?

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  John Houlihan

  • May 09, 2021 18:55

  Good question. I presume after looking up trans-reflective this is about saving power. Lets hope it does save power but if it did, I'm sure they would have mentioned it.

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  Michiel Modderman

  • May 10, 2021 07:55

  The disadvantage of a trans-reflective screen (at least for the ones I used) is that such screens limit the amount of colors to be used. Making the screen look somewhat washed out.

  The K2 is using a phone type display with vibrant colors and a high contrast.

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  Michael Buckler

  • May 10, 2021 10:08

  Is the screen image shown in this thread https://support.hammerhead.io/hc/en-us/community/posts/1260801650909-Device-Impressions-Help  representative of what it looks like in bright sunlight with the screen brightness set to 100%?

  

   

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  Michiel Modderman

  • May 10, 2021 13:25

  No, that's not representative in my opinion. I never had to use the full brightness yet in bright sunlight.

  With sunglasses I never had to set the slider above ~2/3 of it's reach to be able to easily see the screen.

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  Akhil

  • May 10, 2021 14:43

  Hi Michael,

  Thank you for posting!

  The Karoo 2 houses a back-lit LCD unit that displays the detail on screen. However, the introduction of the light mode in the previous update should show improvement in legibility on-screen under direct sunlight. 

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  Martin Bednarik

  • May 10, 2021 19:39

  @Michael Buckler, taking a picture from the phone is definitely NOT comparable to human vision.

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  Damon Murphy

  • May 13, 2021 18:15

  No Michael, that’s not representative at all. The photos below were taken with a matt screen protector although the second photo was my first bad attempt at applying it but have included because the day was much sunnier. Brightness set at 59%.
  
  

  

  

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