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Originally Posted by HarryT
There is an outer layer of clear plastic which is on top of, and entirely separate from, the "real" eInk screen which lies below it. It's purely there for protection. You've scratched the "outer" plastic screen, but fractured the "real" glass screen which is under it.
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Huh. It's separate (and separately replaceable) from the rest of the screen? That's unfortunate for me, but it'd be handy to know for people whose screens get scratched up and could be repaired relatively cheaply, at least.
Where did you find this out, Harry? I've been googling and the most explicit resource I could find was
this 2007 article from iRex. They describe the three layers, the topmost of which is the Front Plane Laminate, though from what I read, it seems to contain the pigment cells.
Edit: Oh, is it the PET layer, shown
here?