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It's a question I've asked myself, actually. I only got my DX this year, so my child's formative 1-5 years were spent watching me with DTBs, and he is a formidable reader. (Reading at 3rd-4th grade level at 6 years old.) He certainly is aware that I'm reading when I'm staring at the Kindle, though whether he would have been AS aware at 1-2-3 years old, I can't know.
That said, the process of reading with him was more important to his development than him watching me read, I think. Me reading books to him, and following the words with my fingers so he could see each word as I read it, helped him to learn quickly, and get him excited about stories. That might be the same process with an ereader, but it'd probably have to be an ereader with good picture display, like an iPad, since very young readers respond so strongly to illustrations. JMHO.
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