The color display on my Corsair II is just dandy. Green and Red. I was once
a very competitive shotgun shooter. Everyone was using Orange lenses in
their shooting glasses because you could see the Clay Pidgeon better in the
sunlight. I took an advanced shooting course from the number 1 trap shooter
in the USA. His comments on the subject of color were that, sure they work
alright in sunlight. But what happens if the sun goes away in the middle of
a 100 bird shoot? His suggestion: learn to shoot with clear glass. It will
work in any situation. When I can afford my Orion, black and white display
will not be a problem (remember, some of the most vivid pictures ever
photographed in the USA were by Ansel Adams, and they were Black and
White!). Cheers. Vern N2YZS
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron Notarius WN3VAW" <wn3vaw@fyi.net>
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, May 18, 2003 4:54 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Display color
> Just one comment on the color display:
>
> If all else were equal, then yes, having a color display is superior in
many
> ways to a monochrome one. As others have pointed out, it gives you the
> capability of using multiple colors to provide more detailed or additional
> information.
>
> But, having said that, and having seen the Orion and the pictures of the
> IC-7800... it takes more than a color screen, and that ICOM sure looks
> "busy" and complicated. The Orion is almost intuitively easy to use. I'd
> feel a lot more comfortable sitting in front of one of those cold than
many,
> many other radios.
>
> Now, having said that, I'm hoping that by the time the Orion II comes out
> in a few years, the cost of small color LCD screens will drop to the point
> where a color display is an affordable and practical addition. Why?
> Because even though the monochrome vs. color screen issue is truly one of
> cosmetics, the fact remains that cosmetics often sell over the features --
> sometimes you need the sizzle to sell the steak. And I keep in mind as I
> type this all those times, way back when, when I put an Argosy on the
store
> bench along side a TS-430, and proved that it was a better radio in most
> operating respects... and sold the 430 because it was a 100 W out rig, not
a
> 50W, and it had the neat display and memories etc. So it goes...
>
> 73, ron wn3vaw
>
> "And if I claim to be a wise man,
> It surely means that I don't know"
> ---- "Carry On (My Wayward Son)," Kansas
>
>
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