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Originally Posted by RoboRay
The Pixel Qi screens (or, at least the older one on my OLPC), while grayish in color with the backlight off do produce white with the backlight turned on.
I've noticed that I do tend to pick a somewhat larger font than my wife does on her Kindle, which may be helping me compensate for the lower contrast by using larger type.
The contrast is good enough for me, especially considering that you've got a color display with the backlight turned on. I use the device for general websurfing and reviewing photographs, too, so I'm willing to sacrifice a bit of contrast in low-power reflective mode.
As has already been noted, the Pixel Qi screen really isn't designed to be a perfect e-reader screen... It's an all-purpose screen that functions as, among other things, a good e-reader screen. Jack of all trades, master of none. If you're going to keep a laptop or tablet PC around along with your e-reader, Pixel Qi may not be the best choice for your reader. I love it because it lets me combine those two devices into one.
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That's what I was looking for : an "all-in-one" device, if the reading part is not too bad...I mean if reading an hour or so on it doesn't hurt the eye. The best would be to be able to compare them both, I'll try that if the PixelQI screen hits the mass market. I don't know how much a standard tablet PC costs, but if it gets pretty low, I fear E-Readers will suffer from it and maybe disappear, even if they're better at what they do. Or they would have to be considerably cheaper.
One thing I didn't quite understand : when the backlight is turned off, you get automaticely in black & white / higher resolution mode ?