colour strip on vr3 cool or crap?

[narked at 90]

i talked to delta-p today because i would like the colour screen on my vr3,
but i realy dont like the coloured spectum they have printed down the glass, as for me it has made my very exspencive state of the art computer look like a throw back to the days when Cinclare where the top home computers
so what i wanted to know was can i and my friend have the colour screen but keep the old blue glass!
deltap said they were shocked at that requste and i then said i had a few friend who would have the computers changed over if they could keep the old glass, deltap said they were doubley shocked!!
so i want to run a poll on what you lot think!
regards john routley

[bruceb]

who cares about the surrounding glass? The colour screen is ace, clear and bright, using lithiums and the unit on full time u/w no real battery drain yet.

[Andy]

i keep the old screen

Andy

[Pierre Farrugia]

Nahhhh a rainbow on my dark VR3 noooooo. I would keep the blue colour!

[nigelH]

Huh?
Mine went back for the current upgrades a week ago so I'll tell you what I think when it comes back. I really don't like logos and graphics on anything much.

My only diving comitments for a few weeks are a Wraysbury trip to help a friend keep his hand in before going to Bikini (I might just turn his gas off and stuff him in the container) and Horsea with club newbies. Neither call for a Trimix CCR deco computer.

[Dr T]

keep the original one. IMHO the colour screen looks a tad cheap and the coloured bits do nothing anyway !!

[bang-on]

I have recently recieved my unit back from delta p with the colour screen upgrade and the latest version 3.03 software added and i have to say i am very impressed with it.
The colour screen has five area's defined and in each area the colour can be self selected from a choice of 10 colours.
Along with the new font with version 3.03 that supports the colour screen it does make a diference and i would give it a big thumbs up as for the colour strip down the side of the vr3 it's not something i would be that bothered about either way it's more the dive screen i'm interested in.
At 190 stg the colour screen will appeal to some and not to others, I am well happy with it but as you probably know i am a vr3 fan anyway.

cheers
Barrie

[jptaylor9]

I've found it much easier to read on dark, low viz dives in UK. Just used it for a week in Egypt, not so easy to read in bright conditions with back light off. Think monochrome screen easier in these conditions.

Ran it with back light on & was clear/easy to read. Using an Energizer 1.5V Lithium & it's holding up well. Binned to cheapo Lithium battery that DeltaP supplied.

Think best solution is to have two, colour & monochrome as backup

[Mark Chase]

Originally Posted by jptaylor9

Think best solution is to have two, colour & monochrome as backup

Class M8 pure class

ATB

Mark Chase