About the difference between normal liquid crystal and inverted liquid crystal

2019年7月10日

We often receive questions about whether a digital clock with an inverted LCD screen is difficult to see.

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Is the inverted LCD difficult to see?

Even on a watch with an inverted liquid crystal display, it can be used as a dial.The more light hits it, the clearer it becomes.It looks like.

However, it may be difficult to see in dimly lit places or depending on the angle of the watch.

If you were to choose simply for ease of viewing, you would choose a regular liquid crystal, but the black liquid crystal is visually appealing.CoolnessThere is.

Actually, I have a Protrek with an inverted LCD, and I've never had a problem with it being hard to see when checking the time.practical levelI think you can use it.

Let's compare

Let's compare the popular 5600 series inverted LCD and regular LCD.

If you point it in the direction of the ceiling light, the light will hit it firmly, so you can see the inverted LCD clearly.

As you can see, if you tilt it a little so that the ceiling light doesn't hit it, it will be difficult to see.

I don't think you'll see it from the side very often, but it's hard to see both the inverted LCD and the regular LCD.

I tried switching places. Normally, you can see the LCD, but the inverted LCD is even harder to see.

We hope this will be helpful to those who are confused between inverted LCD and regular LCD.

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