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Portégé R500 with Transflective LED Backlit Technology

The World’s First Notebook... with Sunglasses!*

It’s summer, the sun is shining, and you would love to take
your notebook out for an escapade and use it outdoors, *Note: Reference

in a nicer environment… to sunglasses and

the sunglasses on
the notebook are for
contextual and illustrative
With a conventional notebook, you can do this, but the screen purposes only; sunglasses
will be difficult to view while out in the open air because of the are not delivered with
this notebook
high ambient brightness and the sunlight reflection, even if
with a very high contrast display.

But with the Portégé R500, this is no longer an issue:

An innovative technology named Transflective LED Backlit is
embedded, which ensures that you can read your screen - even
in the sunlight.

August 2007 eu.computers.toshiba-europe.com

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How it works… 4
As the Transflective
Backlit LED is thinner
and lighter than a
standard display, it
greatly contributes
to make the
3 Portégé R500
The Transflective Backlit LED is the lightest
composed of a thin mirror. Once notebook in the
the light coming from the back world (779g*).
of the display is turned off, the Also, as its power
mirror sheet can fully reflect the consumption
2 ambient or sunlight, which then
illuminates the LCD panel from
is very low, it
ensures longer
Once outdoor, simply press the the inside. The content on battery life while
Transflective Backlit LED icon on the the display then becomes you are on the
keyboard to turn-off the backlit visible. move.
of the display, and obtain
improved readability in a very
bright environment.

1
When used indoor,
the LED display of the
Portégé R500 acts like
a standard transmissive
display. It emits a 215nit
brightness, ensuring a
high-quality readability. *Depending on configurations

August 2007 eu.computers.toshiba-europe.com

Copyright Toshiba Computer Systems 2007