per Posted March 29, 2007 Share Posted March 29, 2007 Well. I tried to play my Atari Lynx in the dark. I suddenly realized how bright and strong the backlight realy is, it nearly hurt my eyes! Even if the brighness turned to the lowest, I could use it as a flashlight :!: Why did they made the backlight SO bright? instead of making it dimmer to save battery lifetime? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atariman Posted April 4, 2007 Share Posted April 4, 2007 Try playing the Lynx in direct sunlight - then think about your question. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
demolithium Posted April 5, 2007 Share Posted April 5, 2007 Try playing the Lynx in direct sunlight - then think about your question. Im in total agreement on trying to play them in direct sunlight... not easy unless you want to look like your riding the short bus... has anyone thought about changing the backlighting to a bright white led? might work better and save tons of battery life.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+karri Posted April 5, 2007 Share Posted April 5, 2007 Try playing the Lynx in direct sunlight - then think about your question. Im in total agreement on trying to play them in direct sunlight... not easy unless you want to look like your riding the short bus... has anyone thought about changing the backlighting to a bright white led? might work better and save tons of battery life.. I would very much like to have three different brightness levels for the backlight also. I even thought of reducing the power for the tube but due to the technology I believe that it is capable of ON/OFF functionality only. I have not tried to lower the voltage yet. -- Karri Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
demolithium Posted April 5, 2007 Share Posted April 5, 2007 Try playing the Lynx in direct sunlight - then think about your question. Im in total agreement on trying to play them in direct sunlight... not easy unless you want to look like your riding the short bus... has anyone thought about changing the backlighting to a bright white led? might work better and save tons of battery life.. I would very much like to have three different brightness levels for the backlight also. I even thought of reducing the power for the tube but due to the technology I believe that it is capable of ON/OFF functionality only. I have not tried to lower the voltage yet. -- Karri you know, that's a really good idea... Im gonna look into that, I bet there's a way, just hopefully without having to add a momentary switch or something Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atomickneedrop Posted April 8, 2007 Share Posted April 8, 2007 Being able to have a dimmer setting to save battery life would be great, but I'm glad that they chose a bright backlight as opposed to a dim one (if it were one or the other...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+madman Posted April 9, 2007 Share Posted April 9, 2007 It could be worse, it could have the screen that the first Gameboy Advanced had Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari5200 Posted April 9, 2007 Share Posted April 9, 2007 also the brightness washes out the colors too, or is that just my Lynx? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+madman Posted April 10, 2007 Share Posted April 10, 2007 No, that's normal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+karri Posted April 10, 2007 Share Posted April 10, 2007 No, that's normal. And unfortunately making a dimmer for fluorescent tubes is beyond my talents. Perhaps the best thing is to replace the tube with a white led array. -- Karri Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
semicolo Posted April 12, 2007 Share Posted April 12, 2007 yes lcd backlight led arrays seem fairly common but maybe hard to buy in small quantities. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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