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Old 12-01-2013, 08:23 PM   #41
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Originally Posted by tomsem View Post
I would like to think that glass would scatter less light than the plastic light guide layer does now, and preserve more of the contrast/sharpness and have less susceptibility to uneven lighting.
Decades ago I saw some numbers comparing light transmission of glass and plexiglass, which is, of course, plastic. Plexiglass transmitted 90 times as much light as glass.

I probably saw that sometime around 1970 so maybe it's no longer true with modern glass. And it might not apply to plastic coatings on Kindle screens. I have no idea. But I wouldn't assume that glass was better with light than plastic. It might not be.

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