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Old 03-14-2013, 12:11 PM   #17
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Originally Posted by gers1978 View Post
Why oh why they couldn't just give us an option to turn it completely off?
There are several ways of how to switch the light off completely.
- KUAL has a module for doing that,
- JBPatch,
Duokan,
and my favourite - Coolreader by CrazyCoder.
There are a few more options, but those haven't moved out of very early beta stage yet, or I haven't tried them out yet.

As for why ...
When you switch the light off completely in a moderately lit room the difference between the '0' and really off is quite big. With the light off you have just ordinary e-ink - which I happen to like. They wanted people to think that the screen is Paper White.
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
The obvious question that springs to mind is why you bought a PW if you don't actually want to use the light?
Because sometimes, like when I go for a holiday and I want to read in a really poorly lit room, or when I go camping, or when in public transport early in the [winter] morning, the light does come in handy. For everyday use I prefer unlit screen. I have been happily using unlit e-ink screens for more than five years.

There are a few similar threads, like:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=205272
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