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Old 05-12-2009, 04:31 AM   #24
HarryT
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Originally Posted by DixieGal View Post
Harry, let me ask you a question that I've wondered about for a while now. Does the screen necessarily have to be opaque? Can't the plastic be made semi-transparent? Then a light under it would be perfect, sort of glowing through to light it up.
I suspect that, due to the way that eInk works, it has to be opaque. If the little "capsules" that form that image were not opaque, you wouldn't get "solid" text on the screen.
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