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Old 02-05-2009, 07:51 PM   #21
pox67
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Device: Sony PRS-505 (stolen), Bebook
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
A "pixel" on an eInk screen is a fluid-filled cell containing lots of little particles which are black on one side, and white on the other. They "flip" from "white side up" to "black side up" and vice versa when the appropriate electric current is passed through the cell.
I was using the term pixel as the smallest element of a screen. Thus one of your little flippers.

Either Bebook has a bad batch of eink screens or they are noticeably inferior to the Sony PRS-505 screens. Even when the Bebook is off there is noticeable greying of the screen.
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