MOTM

--- In motm@y..., "Paul Schreiber" <synth1@a...> wrote:
> 
> c) Q: would you be willing to pay $20 more for a 2 line x 16char
> LCD display (with backlight) over a 4 char. LED one? Maybe like
> the Yamaha displays, where the characters are "reverse video"
> so you see yellow dots on a black background (I always thought
> that was clever).

I guess I would lean to the 4 alphanumeric LED displays.  The thing 
that sucks about LCD is the viewing angle problem - usually really bad 
from the sides and for above/below/straight on you need to adjust the 
contrast to match your "normal" viewing angle.  It seems like this 
could be problematic with a modular - particular if you have a lot of 
panel space you might not really have a "normal" viewing angle for the 
display.

The flip side is that, limited to 4 alphanumeric LED digits, the UI 
will be more cryptic.  (Less digits for description of what is 
selected, etc.)

I really liked your idea of the decimal points indicating gate 
activity, etc.  This also would work great with LED displays - but 
would be far less effective on an LCD.  (LCDs also have the "slow 
update" problem - a slow blinking dot tends to fade instead of blink, 
and a fast blinking dot would just be a blur.)


Seth