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Originally Posted by WatchAdam
The backlight is the deal breaker for me, not the resolution. I'm on a computer all day at work and it's nice to go to the e-ink screen for relaxation. iPad (and Kindle Fire and other tablets) do have an advantage for magazines and newspapers I think. Just an easier interface overall for that format.
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This thing about backlights has always puzzled me. I have to look at the matter as a physicist. You "see" when photons enter your eye and stimulate the optic nerve. Your eye doesn't care whether those photons are emitted by a screen, or merely reflected from it, and if you have your screen brightness set to the same level as the ambient light level in the room, the total number of photons entering your eye will be the same. Rationally speaking, there should be absolutely no difference between reading from an eInk screen or reading from a backlit screen whose brightness is correctly set.
I can only think that people who complain that they can't use backlit screens perhaps have the brightness set too high?