Some folks have trouble seeing the display on stage, but that hasn't been my experience. It's on my pedalboard and I've
never had a problem seeing the display in any type of stage lighting. Maybe I'm just lucky or something. I do have the backlight option for the LCD on all the time, which helps a great deal. My guess is that they'll upgrade the display to the higher-contrast one in the new V-SAM when it comes time for them to revisit the VS-1 with an eye to improving it.
I also figured that I've saved enough by doing my own *accurate* setups (and some for friends) to have paid for it several times over. I've had numerous needle-type electronic tuners, starting with a Seiko way back when, but the VS-1 is so far beyond anything I've used it isn't even fair to compare it to anything else (other than another strobe tuner).
Read more about the VS-1 here:
http://www.petersontuners.com/forum/...asp?FORUM_ID=6
Cheers,
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Don