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Originally Posted by krazy4katz
I am not in a hurry to update to Kindle2, but I was wondering if you had any impression regarding the screen. Do the 16 levels of gray make a difference in the clarity of the screen? Thanks, k4k
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The screen is exactly the same as the screen on the K1. All currently made 6" eink screens are the same Vizplex screen. What Amazon has done is used the new Epson screen controller that gives 16 shades and faster screen updates. The 16 shades gives much better graphic rendering as the K2 now has more native shades to play with when it comes to dithering for images with more than 16 shades/color. The K1 only having 4 shades did not do all that wonderful a job of dithering (from the photos I've seen). But the K2 will do a lot nicer job at displaying graphics with 16 or more shades/colors. And do so faster then the K1.
One thing nobody has really mentioned is that the K2 has a faster processor. My guess is it's the same as the processor in the Sony PRS-700.