Zen MicroPhoto display - help

I am very happy with my Zen MicroPhoto...apart from one thing. On a direct sunlight I can't read a thing on a display. I've got to look at it from all impossible angles in order to be able to change an album to play. Is it like this with all of them or is it only a fault of my one? Please help - as summer is here

Most color LCDs, even the transflecti've ones, have issues with viewing under direct sunlight. This is because the backlight in the display is overcome by the powerful sun light so it's very hard to see the image.
Mind you, these are OLED displays which are much better than the TFT displays in many other devices.

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