Polarized sunglasses and 2020 S560 W222 display?
07-22-2022, 12:07 PM
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Polarized sunglasses and 2020 S560 W222 display?
I'm trying to set up a test drive. I was browsing the manual and found this. Does anyone find the display hard to read with polarized sunglasses?
Automatic temperature-controlled switchoff feature: if the temperature is too high, the brightness is initially reduced automatically. The display may then switch off completely for a while. % If you are wearing polarized sunglasses, it may be difficult to read the display.
07-22-2022, 01:26 PM
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Not unless you tilt your head. Displays are polarized the correct way so that if you are looking at them normally you can read them, but if you tilt your head 90 degrees you will see nothing and it will fade anywhere in between. I wear polarized sunglasses all the time and displays are never an issue. What is an issue with polarized sunglasses is the HUD. The polarization of the HUD due to the nature of the light being reflected on the windshield generally gets filtered out by polarized sunglasses. However, I recently drove the EQS 53 in Germany and was surprised that I could see the HUD fairly well, however it was overcast, so no bright sunlight.
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Not unless you tilt your head. Displays are polarized the correct way so that if you are looking at them normally you can read them, but if you tilt your head 90 degrees you will see nothing and it will fade anywhere in between. I wear polarized sunglasses all the time and displays are never an issue. What is an issue with polarized sunglasses is the HUD. The polarization of the HUD due to the nature of the light being reflected on the windshield generally gets filtered out by polarized sunglasses. However, I recently drove the EQS 53 in Germany and was surprised that I could see the HUD fairly well, however it was overcast, so no bright sunlight.
I x cos^2(90°) = 0
07-22-2022, 08:43 PM
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I didn't spec the HUD on my G because the one on my Lexus was polarized to disappear with my prescription polarized sunglasses, and it semed a useless option. However, my new X7's HUD is brilliant and readable with polarized lenses. Great improvement.
