Laptop screen visibility in the sun

[dern]

Any tips? Brightness turned up to the max, screen facing away from the sun and it's just about ok but are there any magic tricks to making this more usable?

[Stamp]

Worst, i'm sat in the garden pretending i'm working thread ever!

Short of cocooning yourself in a shed or tent, i'm not sure there is anything.

[dern]

Stamp said:

Worst, i'm sat in the garden pretending i'm working thread ever!

I'm not working

Cheers anyway.

[zax]

Arse.

Was hoping somebody had come up with solution I'm sure this was posted last summer and nobody had the ultimate answer. I've experimented Blue Peter style with black cardboard, with limited success. How about a pair of VR goggles?

cheers,
Zax - on the sun terrace, because I didn't plant the lawn yet

[Stamp]

dern said:

Stamp said:

Worst, i'm sat in the garden pretending i'm working thread ever!

I'm not working

Cheers anyway.

Sorry,;)
Have you googles screan shades? I know there was a company making funny looking shades that fitted around the screen. I'm sure they did laptops as well.
( It looked like an old camera )

[lazy_b]

There are plenty of hoods/shades advertised, which should improve visibility (just Google "laptop hood" or laptop shade"). Alternatively, if you're not too bothered about appearances, you could just rig up a DIY hood from cardboard.

[dern]

lazy_b said:

There are plenty of hoods/shades advertised, which should improve visibility (just Google "laptop hood" or laptop shade"). Alternatively, if you're not too bothered about appearances, you could just rig up a DIY hood from cardboard.

I'll give that a go, thanks.

[fade2grey]

OLED screens are the way to go