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Originally Posted by Asterra
2b) On the issue of brightness, which is perhaps my single greatest concern when it comes to these devices, are the listed figures accurate? 32% for the old, 40% for the new. I'd rather have the brightest (most paper-like) screen possible. Otherwise I may as well be staring at an oldschool graphic calculator.
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Here are my thoughts on brightness issue:
With indoor and artificial lighting conditions, some people will tell you that the background is not any more gray then the recycled paper from some newspaper or paperback book -- I have to say that I haven't seen such a paper yet, the background on my Iliad is much grayer, it can't even be compared. With extra lighting you can get slightly better result, but you will have to use some heavy duty light bulbs for your room, or use over head lamp, which is not always possible, and also you will likely get some glare. In fact your comparison with graphic calculator would be quite close in this kind of conditions.
With natural lighting the things improve dramatically and you could compare the background with the paper from a paperback book, but not in any way with the white sheet of paper.
Unfortunately this is the state of the technology at the moment. Also some people are more sensitive to this background issue than others. I have to say that I have adapted to it over time, and I have no trouble in using my Iliad, but more whiter background would be my biggest wish for the display improvements.