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Toyota Crown Hybrid has full LCD meter panel

Posted February 22, 2008 9:43 AM

From Coolest Gadgets:

I guess the days for analog dashboard panels will be over sometime in the near future, as the hybrid Crown from Toyota already features a full LCD meter panel. These meters and the LCD panel were joint-developed by Denso Corp. and Sharp Corp., respectively. The meter panel ain't too shabby at 12.3″ in size, featuring a resolution of 1,280 x 480, boasting an operating temperature range that lies between -30 to +85°C. Guess that's pretty hardy to last just about anywhere you park on this earth. Finally, meter colors can be changed according to one's whims and fancies, while the meter frames are color coded so that you know whether you're in "sports mode" or "eco mode".

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02/22/2008 7:14 PM

...what's WRONG with old-fashioned, round, moving-dial, white-pointer over black background, ANALOG meters?

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Re: Toyota Crown Hybrid has full LCD meter panel

02/23/2008 1:00 AM

And for only $55,000 you too can own this Gilded "Turd"ota. Steady Brother, steady. It's another distraction. Yet another attempt to dress up a pig in a petticoat. (nothing against pigs)

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Re: Toyota Crown Hybrid has full LCD meter panel

02/29/2008 11:20 PM

It has been well proven that our sight and reaction time responds best to analogue measure.

So those wonderful digital meters are actually harder for us to comprehend in emergencies.

It is called "Sensory overload" and is a common cause of airplane crashes.

And when the battery of that fancy car dies, you cannot locate a starting handle, to crank start the thing - it's just become so much expensive junk, a'littering the highway.

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