Thread: Transflective Upgrade - THE RESULTS

Update: This is available now at the mp3car store http://www.mp3car.com/store/product_...roducts_id=245


Okay folks, Here is what you have been waiting for. Not only you but me as well I promised to take pics of my screen and give you my honest opinion of the results of FPD's trioLCD Enhancement otherwise known as a transflective upgrade. So i made myself the guinea pig, paid 400+ bills and waited 3 weeks for my screen to arrive. After some tinkering and fiddling, I got my screen installed, got the touchscreen set up and im back in business!

First off let me just say that Nathan and the peeps at FPD have all been extremely helpful. They answered all my questions and offered help without me having to ask. They are good people to work with and definately take care of their customers.

Now, I took the pics at 6:45 pm after washing my car so the sun was setting ever so slightly. Its a beautiful clear day out here in SoCal. The sun is hitting the screen DIRECTLY through my rear windshield and lighting up my entire dash. You can see it in the pics. I DO NOT HAVE TINTED WINDOWS AT ALL!!! So this is the full sunlight on the screen. Also, I JUST WASHED THE CAR AND THE REAR WINDSHIELD IS CLEAN, you could eat off it. sooooo, here you go

This is a pic of the folder browser (Im using Mauris RR skin) looking at the screen head on


This is a pic of the screen with Prison Break playing on it. One of the most complained about things is watching videos when sunlight hits the screen. ****, it doesnt even fade the transflective!! This is from the drivers perspective


This is from a low angle looking up at the screen, you cant make out anything on the screen as the polarizer cuts out the light coming out. Who looks at their screen at this angle anyways??


The same location from a higher perspective looking down on the lcd, probably what would be seen from the passengers perspective


Another head on shot


and another


Here is a head on shot with me blocking the sun with my body


Here is from the drivers perspective but zoomed in. My nav screen


Same angle but of my Audio Player skin


Here is a shot of the screen without sun. the contrast is super enhanced as you can tell from the pic. I took this in my Garage.


Look at the contrast in this very dim shot...Prison Break, Lincoln holding a candle up to his face


And another shot



thats all folks. I think the pics speak for themselves. ITS DIRECT SUNLIGHT VIEWABLE!!! ALSO: Let me just say, as with everything the pics dont do this justice. It looks soooooo much better in person. Peeps who come out to the SoCal June 24th meet at HB will see with their own eyes. I welcome them to post back up here their thoughts.

I do however have some complaints.

1. The time it takes to do this process is long. I knew that going in, Nathan said it would take 3 weeks and it took exactly 3 weeks. But its still a long time. Oh well, cant rush this kind of stuff i guess.

2. Finger prints and dust become very irksome with the AR coating on the touchscreen. they stand out. So, that means that I have to keep the screen clean, again, this is part of the deal when doing something like this. I had this same problem in my Acura TL-S with the navi touchscreen.

3. THIS WAS FOOKIN EXPENSIVE!!!


THE END!