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Originally Posted by automa
It degrades the text? So it would be better to get a kindle touch or DX which does not have the text degrading and instead by some sort of lighting gear to read in the dark? What kind of lighting gear do you recommend?
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Originally Posted by AnemicOak
It does have some of the best resolution, but the extra stuff on top of the screen itself is noticeable, at least for me.
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Originally Posted by rcentros
I can't speak for the Paperwhite (not yet, I'm thinking of buying one) but I did pick up a cheap Nook Simple Touch with Glowlight at a pawnshop (as a backup), and there's definitely some loss of quality in the text when comparing it with my NST (when the light is out). It's something I can live with at night (because the light is nice), but I'll probably be using the NST for most of my Nook day time reading. I honestly didn't expect the difference. But, to be honest, I probably wouldn't have noticed much if I didn't have the NST to compare it to.
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The light on the Paperwhite is a plastic layer that is placed on top of the eInk screen. I don't know about others, but I've never seen any plastic layer that was as clear as glass. This plastic layer degrades the text because you have to view the text through a much less than perfect layer of plastic. To see the difference, go to a retailer and compare a Paperwhite next to the non-touchscreen Kindle. Even though the resolution is lower on the non-touch Kindle, its screen is crisper and sharper, whereas the Paperwhite screen looks a bit fuzzy due to the extra plastic layer.