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Mambo · 09-14-2006, 04:43 AM

I just received my iLiad yesterday. It works very well, however, I was astonished by the greyness of the screen. I definitely not expected to be as white as on the screenshots, but at least the ability to refer to it as "whiteish" or "close to white" or as a minimum lighter than plain grey.
Maybe I have a deffective unit or different from yours I don't know. If I will have time I will post a picture comparing to the screen of my old ipod that has black-and-white LCD. The screen is only a little bit better IMHO.

To give you an idea if you open MS Excel, select all cells and click on Fill: gray-25% so that the full screen of your computer will be grey that would give you a faint idea of how gray is the screen of the iLiad.

If you - still in Excell - go to Options=>Color tab => Modify. And under the custom section choose Red 177, Green 186, Blue 172. If you apply this to the whole screen, this will give you a more closer approximation to what I see when I look at the iLiad.

All in all, the screen is so greyish that it is unbelievable. That may undermine the potential of use of iLiad for many people, who may think the screen is not white enough, so I am afraid that this is a really big hardware problem. I was talking to my father and my wife and both agreed that the greyness of the screen is unfavourable and hard to the eyes to read in some circumstances. Even could effect your eyesight if you don't turn on lights in the room, - felt my wife.
(Edit: I mean when there is plenty of light still for reading a book, it may not be convenient for using the iLiad)

So it would be great if iRex could make the screen more whiter in the next generation of eink technology, I think this is the most crucial issue that may prevent this device becoming the most popular handheld document viewer.

On the other hand, in every other respect the iLiad is very cool and I enjoy using it!

If you have different opinion or if you can confirm my opinion please put it here. I just would like to emphasize that the screen is not white and speaking about the whitness of the screen is not really correct.

09-14-2006, 04:43 AM	#7
Mambo Gadget fan Posts: 147 Karma: 3968 Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: London Device: RM Tablet PC, iLiad, PRS 505, iPod Touch	I just received my iLiad yesterday. It works very well, however, I was astonished by the greyness of the screen. I definitely not expected to be as white as on the screenshots, but at least the ability to refer to it as "whiteish" or "close to white" or as a minimum lighter than plain grey. Maybe I have a deffective unit or different from yours I don't know. If I will have time I will post a picture comparing to the screen of my old ipod that has black-and-white LCD. The screen is only a little bit better IMHO. To give you an idea if you open MS Excel, select all cells and click on Fill: gray-25% so that the full screen of your computer will be grey that would give you a faint idea of how gray is the screen of the iLiad. If you - still in Excell - go to Options=>Color tab => Modify. And under the custom section choose Red 177, Green 186, Blue 172. If you apply this to the whole screen, this will give you a more closer approximation to what I see when I look at the iLiad. All in all, the screen is so greyish that it is unbelievable. That may undermine the potential of use of iLiad for many people, who may think the screen is not white enough, so I am afraid that this is a really big hardware problem. I was talking to my father and my wife and both agreed that the greyness of the screen is unfavourable and hard to the eyes to read in some circumstances. Even could effect your eyesight if you don't turn on lights in the room, - felt my wife. (Edit: I mean when there is plenty of light still for reading a book, it may not be convenient for using the iLiad) So it would be great if iRex could make the screen more whiter in the next generation of eink technology, I think this is the most crucial issue that may prevent this device becoming the most popular handheld document viewer. On the other hand, in every other respect the iLiad is very cool and I enjoy using it! If you have different opinion or if you can confirm my opinion please put it here. I just would like to emphasize that the screen is not white and speaking about the whitness of the screen is not really correct. Last edited by Mambo; 09-14-2006 at 04:50 AM.