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Originally Posted by badbob001
On the kindle, does having the bezel much whiter than the screen make the screen darker, lighter, or no difference? I wonder if irex's decision to make the dr800sg's bezel of a similar shade to the actual screen a design decision to make the screen appear whiter in the psychological sense. I think one needs first hand experience with a device to judge this and not rely on a flash photo. Any users with both the kindle and iliad?
Check this out: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Same_color_illusion
Square A appears to be darker than square B...
but's it's only in your mind (it helps to use your hands to block out the surrounding squares or cut two holes on a piece of paper and apply it to the first image).
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It's totally subjective, but on the Kindle applying a solid black (or dark color) skin to the bezel increases the contrast on the screen - makes the text look darker & sharper.