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Originally Posted by Tony1988
Sad that some will leave sony because of the light. I think i may eventually get a t3...depends on the software. I am not too crazy about ereader lights right now due to the issues they seem to have with tears. plus the color of the screen and glow just remind me too much of a tablet or those flourescent digital watch lights. Many covers with lights now do an excellent job of illuminating the screen.(Refer to the link in my earlier post) If a built in light can acheive the soft glow of a white or yellow light on paper like the clip on or cover lights....im all in. But as of now they have a long way to go in that regard as well as their stability.
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If you have seen ereader front lighting that resembles a fluorescent digital watch than there is something seriously wrong with that ereader, or its light setting was absurdly high.
In everyday use setting the frontlight at its minimum setting or just slightly higher is enough. In the day time people who do not know my Onyx reader has frontlighting do no even notice it is on and are surprised about the whiteness and contrast of my ereader surface. But when I turn the lighting off the screen is just as grey as that of other readers like Sony's.
It is truly amazing, even when used at day time.
And I can't even begin to describe the ease of use at night. It is so cool to have a reading device with everything you need build right in.
Really, if you have used a reader with good quality front lighting like the Onyx or the Kobo I assure you that you will never want one without this feature again.
I love my Sony PRs-950. In my mind it is the most beautiful reader on the market with its 7" screen, great software, great selection of dictionaries, internal silo for the stylus and its beautiful and strong aluminum body. But Sony has lost almost all of that. And they refuse to incorporate the most innovative ereader feature of late: build-in front lighting.
It is incomprehensible to me.
Why would I buy an expensive Sony ereader that lacks almost everything it had going for it if I can buy the Kobo Aura HD for the same price?
If Sony had upgraded the PRS-950 with a higher res screen, stronger processor, larger internal memory and front-lighting I would have been willing to pay a huge premium without even thinking twice. As far as I am concerned they could have asked 400 bucks for it and I would have run to the store to get it.
As it is now I will leave Sony behind. Just as other ereader brands have left Sony far behind them, standing still on the road of innovation and progress.
My disappointment is indescribable.
After my experiences with the magnificent PRS-950 I had such high expectations of the PRS-T3. I really felt Sony would finally produce an ereader that would again rule them all. But instead it appears to be not even close to the hardware other ereader brands like Kobo and Onyx are producing.
(EDIT: corrected some of the errors and typos)