[jbr5049]

Anyone else having trouble seeing the information displayed on your HUD while wearing polarized sunglasses?

I remember having issue seeing my E90's radio display when wearing polarized glasses and would have to tilt my head to the side to see what song was playing. I am having to do the same thing with my new F30's heads up display.

Looking to see if anyone had a fix other than to buy cheaper sunglasses.

[DarkTrigger]

Buy non-polarized and keep them in the car (they're cheaper anyways). It's what I do. I keep them in the little cubby hole under the headlight switch.

[JohnVidale]

There's a thread on HUD and polarized sunglasses over on the electronics forum:

http://www.f30post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=805592

[jbr5049]

I should have hit .

Thanks for the info, consider this thread closed!

[justinnum1]

polarized>non polarized

[OC40]

My prescription polarized work fine.

[Holset]

Though polarized sunglasses improve comfort and visibility, you will encounter some instances when these lenses may not be advisable. One example is downhill skiing, where you don't want to block light reflecting off icy patches because this alerts skiers to hazards they are approaching.

In addition, polarized lenses may reduce the visibility of images produced by liquid crystal displays (LCDs) found on the dashboards of some cars or in other places such as the digital screens on automatic teller (bank) machines.

With polarized lenses, you also may be unable to see your cell phone or GPS device. Boaters and pilots also have reported similar problems when viewing LCD displays on instrument panels, which can be a crucial issue when it comes to making split-second decisions based strictly on information displayed on a panel.


http://www.allaboutvision.com/sunglasses/polarized.htm

[zibawal]

Originally Posted by jbr5049

Anyone else having trouble seeing the information displayed on your HUD while wearing polarized sunglasses?

I remember having issue seeing my E90's radio display when wearing polarized glasses and would have to tilt my head to the side to see what song was playing. I am having to do the same thing with my new F30's heads up display.

Looking to see if anyone had a fix other than to buy cheaper sunglasses.

Darn I thought my car ran out of battery as display got washed out