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Originally Posted by jersysman
Maybe they do not believe it, but for the vast majority, once shoppers have experienced a frontlit reader they will not be going to a non-lit screen again. Sure, there will be some who will, but not enough to make a dent in what would be needed to make inroads on Amazon and Kobo.
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Well, that is my experience.
I believe that build-in front lighting is the best thing since the invention of the reader itself. I feel the lighting of the Onyx Firefly is near perfect. I cannot think of any disadvantage.
I use the light all the time on its lowest setting and it in daylight makes your screen appear just a tad whiter and gives it more contrast, while in the evening the convenience is indescribable. I am so sick of those clip-on lights or those covers with lights.
Front lighting is so convenient to use compared to those clip-on nuisances. I would have been prepared to pay double the price of other brands if Sony had only added front lighting. They could have even kept the low res of the old screens as far as I am concerned.
I love Sony's dictionaries and software, but they seem to live in the days of yesteryear. To me having no front lighting on a modern ereader is like having a car without headlights, but instead having a guy with a lantern on a stick walking in front of it to show you the road.