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Old 04-08-2012, 11:14 AM   #16
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I keep waiting for these things to happen. They need to hurry up, I'm getting impatient.
Why not just get a lighted cover? They work very well.
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Old 04-08-2012, 01:15 PM   #17
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what?! But isn't that like looking directly into a flashlight and making it harder for you to sleep after bedtime reading?
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Old 04-08-2012, 01:22 PM   #18
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No. With a lighted cover (at least with the Amazon lighted cover) the light is shielded; it shines onto the screen, not into your eyes.
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Old 04-08-2012, 01:25 PM   #19
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what?! But isn't that like looking directly into a flashlight and making it harder for you to sleep after bedtime reading?
If I understand correctly, an LED has been built in the ereader frame and angled so that it will evenly shine ACROSS the surface and NOT towards your face.
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Old 04-08-2012, 03:26 PM   #20
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not much different than dimmed backlit LCDs. Don't forget optical phenomena only happens precisely because light bounces around and eventually reaches your eyes.

and you still gotta get "headaches" for reading "in the dark"...
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Old 04-08-2012, 04:30 PM   #21
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I want a better screen, not a more gimmicky one. I think this will probably just add weight, bulk, and encourage me to read without adequate lighting, which is worse for me eyes.

And isn't the advantage of eink not having light emanating from the screen. Not the same thing as backlit LCD, but seems closer to it than to outside light source.
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Old 04-08-2012, 04:50 PM   #22
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I assume you can turn the light on and off, right?
Light waves hitting the eye will be indirect reflections from the e-ink screen and not direct light like LCD or LED?
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Old 04-08-2012, 04:53 PM   #23
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If the next eInk Kindle has a 1024x768 plastic screen with front lighting, I think I would be tempted.

i.e. I'm hoping all the rumoured new tech makes it into one product!
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Old 04-08-2012, 05:23 PM   #24
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If the next eInk Kindle has a 1024x768 plastic screen with front lighting, I think I would be tempted.

i.e. I'm hoping all the rumoured new tech makes it into one product!
I won't even need to think about it; my credit card will be smoking.
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I won't even need to think about it; my credit card will be smoking.
Ok, I'll trade my first born.

This is a competion, right?
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Old 04-08-2012, 06:33 PM   #26
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what?! But isn't that like looking directly into a flashlight and making it harder for you to sleep after bedtime reading?
Not at all. I have a light cover for my 650 and I can get to sleep just fine after using it at night. I don't use it as much as I used to since I bought a light at Ikea that clips to the headboard that I use to read in bed at night. The Ikea light is very even and doesn't use any battery of the reader.

This front light is no worse then the light cover for the Kindle as both use the Kindle's battery to power the light.
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Old 04-08-2012, 06:34 PM   #27
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A 1024x768 screen would be much nicer then a front light (IMHO).
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Old 04-08-2012, 06:38 PM   #28
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Does anyone know why this technology is so late in coming? This doesn't sound very different from the the backlight used in modern LCDs or the frontlight used in ancient LCDs.
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Because it can't impact the clarity of the screen.
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I'm sure we all remember the fiasco of the Sony PRS-700 with its built-in light. The light worked fine; the problem was that the diffuser used to distribute the light made the screen look as if you were reading it through thick fog. I'm sure that no manufacturer wants to repeat that disaster.
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