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Originally Posted by ApK
Just to make sure: I think when people talk about not liking the light layer, they do not mean they don't like light (well, some do, I guess). I think they are referring to detrimental effect the light diffusing layer has on the sharpness. I know my son's PW2 looks soft compared to my K3, when viewed in bright room light.
jswinden, correct me if I'm wrong, but if a lit Kindle looked just like an unlit kindle when the light was off, and still had even front lighting, you'd have no problem, right?
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That is precisely the issue I have with it: it is a trade-off. There is also another (sprayed on?) layer to confer capacitive touch, which I suspect contributed to the discoloration (red & green 'clouds') in the first Paperwhite (and perhaps later ones as well). It took me a few months before I was ready to get rid of my Kindle Touch, and more time before I forgot what I was missing in terms of 'clarity'. I appreciate the convenience of not needing external light, and I suppose there is no going back for me (e.g. getting non-frontlit Kindle), but then I'm doing about 90% of my reading on backlit devices: to me the display quality is generally superior, and I like the superior responsiveness of such devices, audio, color etc.