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Old 05-06-2010, 07:48 AM   #8
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Originally Posted by ChrisC333 View Post
On a more serious note, it may make a difference where you live. I'm in Western Australia where we have very clear skies and almost laser like sunlight and UV. If I sit outside with my iRiver Story e-ink screen reader the surface temperature on the screen can fairly quickly heat up to the maximum quoted working temperature, and above. It then starts to fade. This happens even when the shade temperature (which is what we get on the weather report) is well below that figure. You can see the same effect by lying a glass thermometer in full sun - it goes way above the quoted maximum for the day.
You may have a point there... It might have some relation to temperature, but it might also have some relation with UV radiation...

Personally, I actually noticed the opposite. When I'm reading outside (not only in the Netherlands, but also in Southern Spain), the contrast became higher than when reading inside. Not sure if it is because the "paper" looked whiter or the "ink" blacker...
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