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Originally Posted by cutterjohn42
Thanks guys, but I really feel now that the integral lighting issue or lack thereof is truly my overriding concern given the variety of lighting situations that I tend to use whatever device I read on in. This has been made more apparent to me by speaking to an acquaintance on IRC who owns the Sony PRS-500, who pointed out that the integral lighting was probably the biggest factor, and that it was making him look into acquiring a PRS-700BC for that reason.
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Permit me to point out that the PRS-500 has a "first generation" eInk screen, which had much poorer contrast than the 2nd generation "VizPlex" screens used on all the current devices. You can read the current devices in any lighting conditions in which you can read a paper book and of course (something you can't do with a paper book) simply increase the font size if you're in poor light.
There are numerous "external" lights available, ranging from "clip-on" booklights (which many people use) to "covers" with built-in lighting.