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funny. i own one too and it blows every computer screen- especially when i want to read on the couch or in bed or on may veranda or in my garend- in short in su

• hollerith 11y ago
  In sunlight, yes, it is far superior to LCD technology, of course. It's rare for me to want to read in sunlight, however. To those who don't own one: just like any LCD, that is, any display in a modern laptop, tablet or smartphone excepting only smartphones with electroluminescent displays (which are probably restricted to some high-end models by Samsung, which have AMOLED displays) the display on the Paperwhite has a "diffuser", a white semi-transparent sheet of plastic inside which light bounces around a lot and an LED light source attached to one or more edges of the diffuser. It is not possible to turn off light source completely off without turning off the Paperwhite's display (which means you cannot continue turning pages) though in daylight the light source is as good as off because of the much greater intensity of the light coming from the sky. Point is that the "electronic ink" display technology in its latest iterations (i.e., since the introduction of the Paperwhite) is not that different from LCD technology; and I personally prefer the details of the implementation of LCD tech -- for reasons I cannot explain, but which probably derive from the fact that much more engineering effort has been expended on refining the tech.