Sparkfun LCD, ok without backlight, or in sunlight?

liudr:
I don't know if your white-on-black is similar to my white-on-blue but for my case, I had to keep back light on all the time indoors. But if I turned off the back light, I can see outdoors. I had to readjust the contrast a bit though.

Thanks. I haven't messed with the contrast outdoors with the backlight off. I'll give that a try.

Also, a friend of mine said he flipped the polarizing screen on some LCD's to get the negative LCD image. Has anyone tried that on these LCD displays? Will it turn my white-on-black into a black-on-white LCD? It looks like it will come apart easily with a few metal tabs.