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Originally Posted by CandyNJ66
NO e-ink screen looks good in low light.
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There is actually a noticeable difference between the 900 and the 300/505/nook/Kindle/etc screens in low light. Say you have a reading light with a dimmer. Start at the brightest setting, and then dim it slowly. The first to become hard to read would be the 600 and 900. The readers that don't put anything on top of the e-ink screen will become hard to read later on (less light).
The touch screen hurts readability because of the reflections, in two ways: less light reaches the e-ink making it appear dimmer, and the reflected light acts to obscure the e-ink. With good lighting focused on the screen, you overcome both of these.
Because my apartment lighting is usually not overhead lighting (built around floor lamps plugged into the wall), something like the 900 is harder to use without a dedicated reading lamp nearby (within 5 feet of the reader). Something I never had to do with my 505.