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Originally Posted by Jabby
I'm an older person and the ever dwindling crowd I hang out with don't feel that way at all. There was no TV when we were growing up. We did watch the transition of B&W to color movies. I remember thinking at the time that it was a shame that movie makers were relying on the novelty of color to fill the theaters, neglecting plot and acting skills.
I think the older set would say that the most important attribute of an ereader is not black and white vs color but contrast. Its the eyes you see. They are as old as the rest of me!
In poor light I read with a tablet (in black and white.) In good light and outdoors I use my K3. Come to think of it most of my hardcover books are in black and white. So no, I don't think the older folks think of black and white as inferior.
Regards - John
P.S. I've pre-ordered one of the new Nooks.
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Sorry, I didn't mean to overgeneralize
I should say that the older people that I know that do not understand technology (can barely turn on a computer) have expressed that to me. For example, I had a nook color, and still have a nook classic, and a Pandigital novel. My mom, aunt, and others couldn't understand that they were different, and that the nook color and especially the Pandigital Novel weren't necessarily better. They would say "but that one is only black and white." I actually think that the nook classic blows away the Pandigital Novel...