PRS-600 in search for an anti-glare film for the prs600

[lacymarie7575]

Originally Posted by Secretlyowned

I was able to get a free sample of the AMR200 Anti-reflection. For those that want to try to get one, what I did was say I was a doctor, and put in the name of a local hospital, with my home address. Reason: For touch screen devices.

http://solutions.3m.com/wps/portal/3.../ordersamples/

Thats interesting...the company i work for is a distributer for 3M...I am gonna see if i cant get my hands on this. If i do I will let ya'll know.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by lacymarie7575

Thats interesting...the company i work for is a distributer for 3M...I am gonna see if i cant get my hands on this. If i do I will let ya'll know.

If you do, please get some before and after photos.

[NoHolyGrail]

Originally Posted by Onecanuck

The glare is caused by the extra layer from the touch sensor film. Essentially putting the text that much deeper into the unit. So adding an anti-glare film will only exasperate the problem.

I'm not sure I understand how glare would be caused by distance between the text and the surface. But assuming this is correct, is an anti-glare film the wrong direction to go? Maybe a material that absorbs light or a material that diffuses the light reflection evenly would work better? Any technical people hereabouts that can offer their expertise?

[eric11210]

Originally Posted by NoHolyGrail

I'm not sure I understand how glare would be caused by distance between the text and the surface. But assuming this is correct, is an anti-glare film the wrong direction to go? Maybe a material that absorbs light or a material that diffuses the light reflection evenly would work better? Any technical people hereabouts that can offer their expertise?

I don't have an answer to the question you pose, however I can tell you that the issue is not the distance between the text and the surface. That only impacts the contrast since you are looking through an additional layer which other readers don't have.

However, the glare is caused by the touch screen layer, which is, by its nature, shiny rather than matte. E-ink screens by their nature are matte which is why, with every other reader on the market, people often comment that they can't believe it's really a screen (or so I've been told -- where I live, ereaders are still extremely rare and I've yet to see one other than the one I happen to own myself so I've never seen a proper e-ink screen. In fact, the only person to ever ask me about it [when was eating lunch at the mall] to date assumed I had an iPad. When I told him what it actually was, he asked me if it was a Kindle and looked confused when I explained that it was similar to a Kindle, but was not actually a Kindle either).

Eric