[DixieGal]

Elsi - Yes, the backlight was the deal breaker for me, because I'm always reading in bed, commuting, etc. As long as I kept the reader under a shade, it was OK, but not great. So I rigged up lots of ways to make a "shadow." The best thing that worked for me was to put it inside a baseball cap and let the brim shade it. A girl can get pretty creative when it is a matter of reading or not reading!