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Originally Posted by Nate the great
There is a good chance it is still using the old screen.
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I doubt that. The improved contrast and whiter background with the new Vizplex screen is a significant improvement. If Amazon was using the old screen, the complaint level on the gray background would be too high. Even with the new Vizplex screen, I expect that we will see reviews bash the screen as not white or contrasty enough.
If the 4 gray scales is not a typo, then it is likely a constraint of a hardware design freeze of the video hw that predates the release of the Vizplex screen. I also disagree that 8 versus 4 gray scales is irrelevant - while 8 versus 4 is not a huge improvement, it does make for better images. If people are going to be viewing newspaper photos with the Kindle, people should not have to look at the picture for a while to figure out what it is. OTOH, the improved contrast of the Vizplex will help with the pictures.