C-Vue LCD questions

[spec@vax2.concordia.ca (Mitchell Spector)]

    I finally got my C-Vue repaired, and for the first time, have had a
chance to see it in use! (in fact I'm using it now to post this message).
Since this is the only one I've ever seen though, I do have a few
questions:

- Is it normal for there to be random garbage on the first few top,
  bottom and side lines? (those not used by Apple screen). I noticed
  if I turn the power on/off rapdily a few times it clears up more or
  less completely.

- Is it normal to see slight ghosting near lit-up pixels (it's fairly
  subtle).

- Should the screen be inversed when displaying graphics? (I noticed
  it when trying out MouseDesk, the menu-bar is filled in with black
  and so are is the backgrounds of opened windows. Black and white
  are swapped).

- Should the top of the display to get slightly warm? (I assume this
  is normal since there's a heat-sink attached to the analog board
  inside).

    As for my general impressive of the display, well better than I
expected actually. Text characters are very well defined, in fact
the 80 columns text I'm staring at now looks _better_ than what I've
seen on my monochrome or analog RGB displays! For example, "m" & "w"
have clear gaps in-between pixels, and just overall text looks better.
Even graphics look better than I thought they would, although somewhat
vertically condensed, you probably woouldn't know if you weren't used
to a regular screen display.

    My only complaint (and perhaps what makes the above almost moot)
is it is very difficult to see the display. Not being back-lite makes
it require a strong light source behind you and even then it can be
difficult to see (too bad, since what I can see is very pleasing!).
It's also neat to be using an Apple II and not hearing that familar
15 kHz squeal that old CRT's make (it is dead silent, no fan either).
I'm fond of the combination of the Apple IIc Plus and LCD, all I need
to carry around (besides the notebook-sized CPU) is a 3-prong plug
and the LCD display. It may not be an Apple I or Mark Twain, but it's
almost as cool considering how few people own this particular setup. :)

Mitchell Spector
spec@vax2.concordia.ca