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Old 08-24-2009, 06:44 PM   #11
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Originally Posted by bzpilman View Post
Taking advantage of codeMonkey's necromancy ritual, I'd like to ask for the bottomline: does that exposure bring permanent damage to it's circuits (i.e. is the heat enough for damaging whenever contrast is affected) or is it only a cool gimmick ?
Reading in the melting sun is so much fun!
If the screen actually gets too hot I guess that might damage it. From the specs:
Operating Temperature : 5 to 35 °C (41 to 95 °F).
As for the washed out screen in the sun, some have suggested that it might be caused by the UV radiation making E-Ink particles lose their charge and "float away", so to speak. Don't know if it's true, but sounds plausible.
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