TFT for working in the garden

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I work from home and often think it would be great to work in the garden when the sun is out.

I've noticed when I take my laptop outside, the screen is very dark, even with the brightness turned up.

Has anyone been successful working outside in these conditions? If so, which monitor/laptop do you use? I don't mind hooking up a another screen to the laptop, I just want to be outside!!!!!

Thanks,

Michael
 
You'll need some kind of a shield/hud over it to try and block out as much of the surrounding light as possible ideally. I really have no idea if you can get such things for a laptop, I know you can for full sized displays, you often see them on high-end 3D graphics workstations.

However, my suggestion would be, don't sit in the sun and use a laptop, it's not natural, blinds/curtains closed and a lamp on is the way it should be done ;) ...sunlight is for the weak! ...or just sit outside but in the shade. I'm not sure direct sunlight is going to do the machine a whole lot of good anyway, most laptops already run fairly warm because of the restricted air-space and cooling capabilities within them.
 
Look for a screen that is over 500 nits. I had similar problems when using a TFT in my car, but now I've got a screen with 4 CCFL's, and it's bright enough to read when the sun is out. :)
 
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