I've been on a meter kick lately as I needed higher degree of accuracy plus my project has a number of power supplies that need to be monitored. This led me to wanting a new backlit meter but wanted to try it out before going overboard. I bought a Fluke 115 at Sears for $119 with leads and manual. I noticed that the display looks best with/without backlight from an angle where the meter is held flat in your hand, not slightly rotated so your view would be perpendicular to the plane of the meter face. At first I thought this was a defect and now I'm not sure. I have another backlit meter and it acts the same way (e.g. the meter contrast is best looking at it from about 70 or less degrees opposed to 90). Not to put to fine of a point on it, but if you lay the meter flat on a table and look at it, the contrast is superb. But it you lean it on the back stand, it looks ghostly. Both meters, two different manufacturers. So is this common?