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Old 01-06-2013, 05:32 PM   #58
fjtorres
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Originally Posted by Barty View Post
The core eink tech did not change with the PW. Amazon added the front light themselves.

There's a higher resolution, but I think that has to do with the controller. As I understand it, the display was always capable of much higher resolution.
No.
There are two parts to the eink display; the eink film itself which is (techically) very high res, and the TFT backplane (LCD-derived tech) with the matrix of transistors that drives the actual pixels which is what determines the resolution of the panel. *That* is what determines the panel's resolution.

So there is a genuine generational difference between the SVGA pearl panels and the new XGA panels that goes beyond the frontlight/capacitance touch laminate.
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