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SUSGOD · 09-26-2007, 11:17 AM

On 09-21-2007, 02:33 AM Harry posted:

"Even if someone did add a backlight you wouldn't be able to see the light. eInk screens are opaque. You could side-light or front-light an eInk display, but you cannot back-light it."
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...ight=backlight
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AAAHHHHHHH! Slaps palm to forehead…. Generation issue!!

I have watched the younger generations play their handheld video games in the dark. Never having seen an e-book reader in person, I simple assumed that I would be able to read the handheld e-book in the car at night while my husband drives or while I’m in bed with the lights off. Now I find out it does not have its own lighting system. Oh dear! Oh dear!

09-26-2007, 11:17 AM	#118
SUSGOD Connoisseur Posts: 84 Karma: 21 Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: NJ Device: Aluratek Libre-eBook reader PRO	No Light! On 09-21-2007, 02:33 AM Harry posted: "Even if someone did add a backlight you wouldn't be able to see the light. eInk screens are opaque. You could side-light or front-light an eInk display, but you cannot back-light it." https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...ight=backlight __________________ AAAHHHHHHH! Slaps palm to forehead…. Generation issue!! I have watched the younger generations play their handheld video games in the dark. Never having seen an e-book reader in person, I simple assumed that I would be able to read the handheld e-book in the car at night while my husband drives or while I’m in bed with the lights off. Now I find out it does not have its own lighting system. Oh dear! Oh dear!