(29 Jun 2019, 9:40 pm)Andreos1 wrote

Not being argumentative or owt, but how are they easier to see?

Is it down to reflection/glare or contrast?

I personally find the scrolling text frustrating, mainly because of the limited space.

If you happen to glance up a moment too late, you've potentially missed a key piece of information.

XC use them on their services and when in a weird or wonderful (but unfamiliar part of the country), it can be annoying to only catch the end of something potentially important.

I think the LED displays hark back to the days of yore.

SJP and the IS were well known for their scoreboards.

https://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=326386&page=20

Granted the technology was in its infancy then, but with everything else that's moved on and the technology which is available to us...

Both the lack of reflection and contrast. The LCD displays are just far too dim.
I sort of agree with you on the scrolling, but that's because I think they made the text too big, when it switches over to show the current stop and time, I think that's perfectly legible, no need to make it full height

(29 Jun 2019, 9:44 pm)JP6004 wrote

I think the TFT screen badly catches the light making it hard to see. Where as the LED display is individual LEDs with a different covering that doesn't really cloud the image behind it

That's exactly why I prefer them, I think if they used a matte screen it wouldn't be so bad, but then the screen would have to be even brighter still!

(29 Jun 2019, 10:01 pm)deanmachine wrote The small text on the TFT screens makes it really hard to see as someone who needs glasses to drive but doesn't wear them all the time. I can actually see what the next stop is at the back of a streetlite, never could sitting at the back of a Merc on the 4.

Exactly, when I have to sit at the back of the X21, it's literally 10 metres to the display and it's still perfectly readable, even with the small font. When I was on the 10, I could barely read the screen from the seat behind the stairs!