Chaosrider
Well-Known Member
OK, now this is helpful!The Pro Controller will probably have 1000+ nits sustained brightness (Sustained is important. The few phones that can be that bright will throttle to lower brightness when hot like in sunlight on a hot day). It can possibly provide better wireless performance because of the antennas. Also, it provides a clean HDMI (1080p30fps on the mini 3) out which you can use for connecting to displays or what I would use it for which is connecting it to my computer as a streaming video source with OBS.
I've always thought of a nit as something that you pick, so I did have to look that up. Odd name for a unit.
The HDMI out is a definite plus, enough for me to consider getting one eventually.
I'm having a hard time getting an apples-to-apples (or nit-to-nit...) Comparison between this brightness, and my Samsung Galaxy S20 Note. All of the articles I saw on a quick scan either gloss over, or don't make, the distinction between the S20 Note, which I have, and the S20 Ultra, which I don't have. 720 nits for the Note, and 1500 nits for the Ultra? Does anyone have clean data on this?
The reason that this matters to me is that even at max bright, my S20 Note is essentially unusable for this purpose in direct sunlight, without a sunshade. Could you see the Pro Controller screen well enough to use it as a navigation device in direct sunlight?
In the full-sized aircraft world, "Sunlight Readable" has a very well defined meaning when it comes to instruments, and my S20 Note doesn't even come close. How well does the Pro Controller meet that standard?
Perhaps, but I have a Mini-2, and I don't have an Air 2S, so the -2 vs -3 comparison is what interests me!It will blow the mini 2 out of the water (or air?). A more apt comparison will be the Mini 3 Pro vs the Air 2S.
Thx!