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It's not Kindle vs ... (I've tried Kobo, and seen a good range in stores). The point is that e-ink has a effective monopoly and even all the Carta (the newest o
by glangdale 7y ago
It's not Kindle vs ... (I've tried Kobo, and seen a good range in stores). The point is that e-ink has a effective monopoly and even all the Carta (the newest ones) displays are the same color when they are trying to be 'white'. Apparently the black tends to show through a bit from the back of the cell, so I think this is a hard physical problem.
But trying to make it white again by shining a light on it is a hack, and not one that is really in keeping with the promise of the tech.
In the absence of competition, and the fact that this isn't really a very dynamic area (apparently a lot of other people are happy to read on their phones or not read at all), I'm not optimistic this problem will be fixed.
- criddell 7y agoI see. Thanks for clarifying. I'm pretty happy with e-Ink. I have the poorly named Kindle Paperwhite. I sometimes read on my iPad and I tend to set the colors to either light gray text on a black background or black text on a light gray background during the day. For me, pure black on white isn't comfortable to look at so I dial the contrast down a bit.