TC Polytune users- can you read it in sunlight?

[Gar B]

Question for TC Polytune users- can you read it in bright sunlight?

GB

 

[jazzfromhell]

Yes!!

 

[smj]

Haven't had a problem with it.

Sean Meredith-Jones
www.seanmeredithjones.com

 

[Reiep]

OK for me too.

 

[jota]

Yes. Not perfect but a lot better than other displays.

 

[P8t8r]

No! I couldn't read anything. Go for Korg Pitchblack.

 

[Footbutt]

you know... there should be a pedal maker that incorporates some sort of photo-cell, light-sensing thing that ups the brightness in sunlight and lowers it in dim lighting. like an i-phone.

ALSO... i find it funny that all of the previous posters that said they could see the poly in sunlight are from non-USA countries. i'm sure there's a global warming joke in there somewhere, or a smog pun. or something humorous.

 

[oneleftnut]

No! I couldn't read anything. Go for Korg Pitchblack.

Strange, I got rid of my Pitchblack in favor of the polytune because I couldnt read the pitchblack outdoors.

 

[mikeller]

No! I couldn't read anything. Go for Korg Pitchblack.

Exactly the opposite for me. Did a gig last weekend in bright sunlight - couldnt see a thing on my pitchblack. But my band-mates Polytune was visible. Went out Monday and bought a Polytune...

 

[Adman103]

I can read my Polytune in sunlight. I love it.

 

[deebow]

Who plays in sunlight?

 

[jazzfromhell]

Who plays in sunlight?

If you play festivals for example during the summer time youll end up on a lot of stages bathing in sunlight.

 

[jazzfromhell]

No! I couldn't read anything. Go for Korg Pitchblack.

Hell no. The PB is useless in direct sunlight.

 

[doublescale1]

Peterson Stomp Classic - no issues at all in direct sunlight - replaced a Turbo Tuner on my board for an outdoor gig about 8 weeks ago now.

 

[justnick]

I concur: PB is not readable in bright, direct light.

Polytune is the most readable I know of (compared to Boss, Turbo Tuner (which I love) and Korg). In VERY bright light you'll still have squint a bit but it does as well as any other I've seen.

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[jnepo1]

No issues in sunlight. I believe there is a photo-sensitive cell in the Polytune for light?