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Old 09-10-2012, 07:13 PM   #427
Andrew H.
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Originally Posted by JSWolf View Post
With no light, the screen has a lighter background then the previous screen Amazon used. I don't think it's 25% lighter. Not from the photo the Verge took of the PW and the Touch together with the light off on the PW. The screen is still greyish. It is the light that gives the optical illusion of being white.
When the pearl screens came out with 50% better contrast, I read at the time that the number is based some sort of contrast test used by photographers. I've forgotten the details, but that's probably the case with the 25% increase, too.
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