To make a short story long: when we had just bought a Commodore 64 (way, way back in the day), it was partly on the strength of a glowing recommendation of a friend who especially lauded the graphics of newer games. The older games were pretty pixelated he said, but he promised me a copy of Ghostbusters, which apparently was one big smooth-scrolling, high-resolution pleasure.
Except of course it wasn't. I could still clearly see the individual pixels, and there was no getting around the 16 colour palette of the machine.
The other day I tried to show a friend why I watch Youtube so much. I showed her a number of clips of Tubers I like, and she could barely hide her disgust. And suddenly I saw what she saw: amateurs doing amateur bits from their living rooms. "Ah, but this girl got a contract with a major American broadcaster on the basis of this clip," I tried to save my face. Her reply: "The world's going to hell in a hand basket."
E-Ink really does look that bad. It looks like xeroxed paper, made on a xerox machine that is getting a bit old in the tooth. Then again, the screen of your TX isn't exactly the high-resolution wonder people have been dreaming of for ages (for at least since we got our Commodore 64, in 1984). So the question is: is this good enough for you? If you want something backlit, but with a big screen, maybe you should consider buying an
Ebookwise 1150 (rebranded Gemstar).