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Attention all PowerBook 165c Owners

68kMLA Hardware 3 posts Feb 26, 2010 to Mar 10, 2010

#1 Fri, 26 Feb 2010 - 19:35 68kMLA

What are your opinions on the screen of the PowerBook 165c? Is it the worst of the worst of passive matrix or is it one of the better ones? Better or worse than 1400cs?

#2 Fri, 26 Feb 2010 - 20:24 68kMLA

I'll respond because you called out *all* PB 165c owners.

The screen is usable. I've worked on it quite a bit. Unfortunately, it's the only color passive matrix screen I own (or have used), so I can't really compare it to any other passive matrix screens. There is no comparison to an active matrix screen... my Duo 2300c is much better.

#3 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 - 17:18 68kMLA

The richness of the color on the 520c is slightly better in my opinion, but they both have comparable levels of ghosting and the same "shadow" images of window outlines, etc. I've avoided the 1400cs like the plague, so I have no frame of reference there.