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Old 01-09-2010, 10:31 AM   #11
akira28
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Originally Posted by jj2me View Post
e-Ink advantage: whiter background.

Not saying this is an advantage for everyone. We all have preferences. Some hate glare, some hate flicker, some hate dark backgrounds (of all current e-Readers). Those latter type want the whitest possible background, and would likely prefer a Kindle or 505/300 over an Ectaco.
Sounds like we're grasping for straws coming up with the advantages that e-Ink display has. Even Kralik has not yet been able to state one.

The base color of e-Ink is certainly grayer, or if you please, less toward green, but not whiter. You say perception but these things can be measured. Some may prefer the gray to a slightly greenish-gray, but I haven't heard of this objection before. Are ebook reader buyers passing on the Jetbook because of this perceived color difference?

Some people may very well prefer one technology over another despite the disadvantages it may possess. There should not be any objections to this, as long as they are making informed decisions and not making assumptions about other technologies. But I suspect that most of us here have purchased the Jetbook for mainly one of two reasons: we think the screen is the best (do I dare say superior?) or due to the lower price. Of course, the screen technology is only one aspect of a device, albeit an important one, the others being the hardware case/buttons and the software.

Now to verify my suspicion of why we are buying the Jetbook, how many here bought it over other ereaders solely because of the superior case/buttons or because of the superior software (no laughing, please)?

@rickyoon, vegas
I don't think you should be chastised for stating your conclusions that you think the Jetbook's screen is "superior" or "better" than e-Ink in this forum. Diplomacy is one thing but censorship is something else. However, had you posted them in the Kindle forum I would say you deserved whatever you might have received. Thanks for posting.
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