In message <200404081352.i38Dqgo16754@d1o62.telia.com> Jan-Erik Soderholm wrote: > Samuel BOUQUET wrote : > > > I have forgotten: > > Type of LCD (TN, STN, FSTN?) > > Well, actulay I don't know. I'd guess from other (undocumented) > information I have "at least" STN. I've also seen "STHC, Super > Twisted High Contrast" beeing mentioned, but can't make sure > that that relates to this particular module... TN = Twisted Nematic. Old-tech, lousy contrast. Black-on-grey. STN = Super Twist Nematic, aka Supertwist. Better contrast than TN. Used in a lot of 486-era laptop displays ("passive matrix"). Usually dark-blue-on-grey or dark-blue-on-green, though colour (RGB) STN displays are available (or at least they were when I last checked). TFT = Thin Film Transistor. Used in almost all new laptops and PC LCDs. Good contrast, very expensive in comparison to other LCD technologies. FSTN = Film-stabilised SuperTwist Nematic. Uses an optical retarder to eliminate elliptical light polarisation, resulting in a black-and-white display. Some monochrome laptop LCDs were FSTN. There's a lot of info about the different types of LCDs online - for instance: (very informative) (found on Google using the searchstring 'TN STN FSTN LCD "twisted nematic"') > It's a light grey background with dark blue characters. Probably STN. Later, -- Phil. | Acorn Risc PC600 Mk3, SA202, 64MB, 6GB, philpem@dsl.pipex.com | ViewFinder, 10BaseT Ethernet, 2-slice, http://www.philpem.dsl.pipex.com/ | 48xCD, ARCINv6c IDE, SCSI ... Don't believe in astrology. We Scorpios aren't taken in by such things. -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.