Thread: Astak Mentor eBook readers with WiFi and Touchscreen (read-only)
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Old 10-25-2008, 11:02 AM   #964
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
As has been said about a million times on this forum, you CANNOT backlight eInk screens for the simple reason that the screen is opaque. You can sidelight it, as the Sony PRS-700 does, but you cannot backlight it.
Harry, I don't think the person's comment showed a lack of this knowledge, but rather that a different screen technology might be a better choice for him/her at present.
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