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Old 04-10-2017, 07:32 AM   #10
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Originally Posted by Sweetpea View Post
I often call it a backlight (ok, I don't write reviews, but still). I still think that "frontlight" implies a device you put on the reader that will be external and lights up the screen from the front.

And it still comes from the screen, be it from a layer behind the "display" layer or on top of that "display" layer. For the majority of non-technical people it's identical: light comes from the screen and you don't need an external source of light.
What's wrong with saying "light", then? "Light" is accurate. "Lit screen" is accurate. "Frontlight" is accurate. "Backlight" is just plain wrong.
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