How's display color off topic? Steve Ellington [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Cc: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2009 1:40 AM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Blue Displays and Visual Acuity [END of Thread]
> We're drifting pretty far OT. Let' s end this thread for now. > > 73, > > Eric WA6HHQ > Elecraft list moderator > _..._ > -----Original Message----- > From: "Jim Miller KG0KP" <[email protected]> > Date: Wednesday, Jun 17, 2009 12:52 pm > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Blue Displays and Visual Acuity > To: <[email protected]> > > Anybody remember the first CRT computer terminals? They used GREEN > characters. Later amber was prettier, but the green ones were first, > maybe > for a reason. > > 73, de Jim KG0KP > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Brendan Minish" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Cc: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2009 2:39 PM > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Blue Displays and Visual Acuity > > >> On Wed, 2009-06-17 at 12:24 -0700, [email protected] wrote: >> Alan wrote... >> If I recall correctly, the human eye is most sensitive in the >> yellow-green part of the >> spectrum... 565 nanometers is the peak, but that doesn't necessarily mean >> "greatest >> visual acuity" I guess. > >> As someone with short sight I find that yellow - green is much clearer > and sharper at a distance than blue or red. > >> This makes some sense since the refractive index of my glasses (& > Eyeballs) as well as the sensitivity to light is based on the middle of > the the visual spectrum > >> If you want Blue because it looks pretty, then go for it but it's not > 'better'. > >> 73 > Brendan EI6IZ > >> ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
