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Hop-frog · 12-29-2016, 12:24 AM

I bought an e-reader in 2010. It worked fine until I took it out into the sun. The middle of the screen quickly developed a large black spot, making it unusable. I was surprised that the instruction book never warned about going out into the sun, and I've seen marketing for e-readers showing people reading at the beach. I have searched these forums for mentions of problems caused by sunlight, but the most recent posts I could find about this problem were from 2008. Is sunlight no longer an issue for e-readers? Is this a problem that only impacted older models? Or specific to e-readers with certain E Ink technology?

12-29-2016, 12:24 AM	#1
Hop-frog Member Posts: 18 Karma: 300000 Join Date: Dec 2016 Device: Hanvon N510Ⅱ	Is sunlight still a problem for E Ink readers? I bought an e-reader in 2010. It worked fine until I took it out into the sun. The middle of the screen quickly developed a large black spot, making it unusable. I was surprised that the instruction book never warned about going out into the sun, and I've seen marketing for e-readers showing people reading at the beach. I have searched these forums for mentions of problems caused by sunlight, but the most recent posts I could find about this problem were from 2008. Is sunlight no longer an issue for e-readers? Is this a problem that only impacted older models? Or specific to e-readers with certain E Ink technology?