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Originally Posted by dorino
The screen has a higher contrast ratio. The background is actually slightly darker on Pearl screens than Viziplex, but the Pearl screens are much sharper, and with much deeper blacks. The difference in background color is hardly noticable when compared to the difference in blacks. They're much, much darker.
Courtesy of smashing118 at hi-pda.com:
The Kindle 3 is on the left, and the Kindle 2 (sporting the same model screen as the nook) is on the right. |
You didn't need to go to a completely different site for a comparison photo.
For a general idea of the difference...courtesy of LDBoblo at MobileRead.com:
Or for Chinese...courtesy of LDBoblo at MobileRead.com:
Or for much more accurate apples-to-apples photo...courtesy of LDBoblo at MobileRead.com:
So yep, you're pretty much right. Pearl has roughly equal background white reflectance, with the variability in individual screens being greater than the generational difference; and a much darker text (not just bolder).