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Originally Posted by HarryT
No, of course not. The keyboard is inactive when the device is switched off.
As stated earlier, this is not "burn in", but "ghosting" - it's a completely different effect. Burn-in, on a cathode ray tube, is a consequence of displaying the same image for a long period of time. Ghosting on an eInk screen is simply a residual of the most recently-displayed page, and is inherent (to a greater or lesser degree) in all eInk screens.
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Originally Posted by curstpriest
Only plasma and CRT displays can get burn-in effects =X
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I really don't understand. What difference does it make no matter what you call it if the result is just the same?? Perhaps it is an argument about semantics?? The fact is that what was showing 2 months ago (just guessing) on the screen is still what is showing now, so it is exactly the same as burn in whether or not you want to call it "ghosting" instead.
I have somehow missed reading about this apparently well known aspect of e-Ink screens so I am just a little bit disappointed. I'll get over it though - thus far I really like my Kindle 3. Still, I have no such "ghosting" or "burn in" on my LCD computer screens even after using them for several years, so I do feel it is a downside to the e-Ink screen that such a thing occurs after a year or less of use
I really would prefer not to have this permanent "ghosting" on my Kindle 3 screen - unfortunately, from what the responders in this thread have to say, the permanent ghosting/burn in is inevitable and must be endured.
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