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Originally Posted by junkyardwillie
Thanks, yea I think in one of the first videos a couple days ago the guy said that the Kindle has a better white than they do which I assume would be the contrast he's referring to. His Kindle was dead in that video so he didn't show it at the time but that's probably what you're seeing now.
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Indeed, the kindle basically has a white or black background. PixelQi 's technology actually uses a modified LCD screen with a reflective background.
Meaning, even if the background is as white as white can get, and as reflective as possible (to reflect the sunlight near to 100%),the light still needs to travel through a bunch of layers (glass, polarization filters, and LCD crystals) TWICE (meaning once to the back layer, then through these layers again) before it becomes visible to the user.
The light will lose some of it's intensity,and there's not much that can be done about that; but just for reference:
Pixel Qi's contrast is better than the Sony PRS-700, due to the 700's touchscreen.
So if you're happy with the PRS 700, you certainly will with Pixel Qi's screen.