"Rob O'Donnell" <classiccmp.org at irrelevant.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:
One I actually had myself, must be 20+ years ago, was
a LCD based
portable TV from, I think, Tandy (Radio Shack) which had an
/optional/ backlight! Only about 2 x 4 x 0.5 inches, from memory. I
think it used a mirror to capture ambient light instead.
I have that one!
The LCD is on the inside of a fold up door. The outside of the door
is a transluscent diffuser. Open the door, light shines from the outside
through the diffuser, through the LCD, then onto the mirror and
then you see it.
Unless you have the optional backlight, in which case the door
supports the weight of the backlight (in other words it barely
stays up!)
The LCD was a bit sluggish for anything but the most static
video. If anything moves quickly it leaves an obvious ghost behind.
I'm guessing that much of the Radio Shack stuff was designed
in the far east (Japan? Taiwan?) and sold both there under
some other brand name and in the US under the Radio Shack name.
Tim.