An original, such as a 35mm slide or transparency, which light passes through to produce an image. Opposite of REFLECTIVE. In general, transmissive originals produce higher-quality scans than reflective originals.
A display that uses a backlight shining through the LCD to produce the image. Good in regular or dim lighting. Not for use in sunshine.
A viewing mode that cannot be read using front lighting to provide the illumination for the display, it therefore must use a backlight.
displays are conventional LCD screens found in most laptops, tablets, televisions, and older PocketPCs. These displays work extremely well in no-light or dim-light conditions, fairly well under most indoor lighting, and are usable outdoor on cloudy days. Transmissive screens are known for rich colors, high contrast, and even lighting. The main drawback to transmissive displays is that transmissive displays "wash out" in bright lighting conditions such as you would encounter outside on a sunny day.
A direct-view display, such as an active matrix liquid crystal display (LCD), where the light is created by a source and is colored and switched separately. The light that an LCD emits is created by a fluorescent or light emitting diode (LED) backlight, the switching is provided by the thin film transistor (TFT) array, and the color is provided by the color filter. See also Emissive, Reflective, and Projection.
refers to displays that are illuminated from behind. See Backlight. This type of illumination is best used in dark environments. In very bright environments such as sunlight the image looks dull unless the display has high brightness backlight. See High brighted.
LCD modules selectively transmit subpixels of backlight through the liquid crystal cells to the viewer. They are best at indoor light levels or nighttime.
An LCD which does not have a reflector or transflector laminated to the rear polarizer. A backlight must be used with this type of LCD configuration.