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Old 09-27-2012, 07:29 PM   #44
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Originally Posted by pdurrant View Post
I think that without the front light, the eInk screen will have the same contrast as the entry level Kindle without a touch screen.
Unless someone with expertise in optics can correct me, I'd assume that adding a uniform light source to any surface would result in a uniform reflectance across all regions. The blacks and the whites would both reflect 100% more light if you increased the front light by 100%. So I don't see how the front light would increase contrast as measured by a photometer.

Amazon's Kindle sales numbers are so full of smoke and mirrors that your skepticism over their technical specs doesn't surprise me. I tend to believe them for just one reason: when I see side-by-side photos of the Paperwhite and previous Kindles, 25% looks accurate, if not conservative. It doesn't look like the PW will have the same contrast as paper. All I care about is that it's better than the Kindle line's traditional greyscale display.
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