An «Ambient display» mode lets the screen come on and periodically remind you of your notifications, which simply sips power on an AMOLED display because a full display backlight doesn't need to come on, and OxygenOS also includes a «Dark mode» to flip the primary colors of the interface to black from white, again saving you some power through the course of the day.
One thing to note here is that
the backlight does tend to shine through in darker areas more than what other LCD panels offer, which can get quite annoying at times.
They're always present, though a bright white
backlight does kick in when the screen is turned on.
The gentle backlight doesn't cause any eye strain, even when you're using one of the lower brightness settings, and it is even usable in direct sunlight.
The backlight doesn't stay on when using the kindle app.
I know I put on makeup before leaving the house... Backlighting doesn't do much for my complexion... Haha.
@Sandee, if
backlighting does not bother your eyes, great!
Not exact matches
OLED, as it's known, allows manufacturers to create bright displays that don't require the
backlighting of today's screens; that means they'll consume less energy and be cheaper to make.
And when we
do think about keyboards we often think about the less - important, but easier to distinguish things:
backlights, detachability, and attractiveness.
The watches don't have a
backlight feature.
Although G.skill is best known for its memory, it produces a variety of enthusiast - oriented products, including the Ripjaws Gaming Mouse and KM570 MX keyboard, which doesn't require software to adjust its completely configurable (and animated)
backlighting.
Don't ever use the
backlight button, which I
did and I thought we'd have to reshoot it but we just left it all blown out.
Midnight blue
does not say «This is Me» and neither
does darkness alternating with audience blinding
backlighting.
This huge screen makes use of OLED technology and Corning Gorilla Glass, providing for a thin, curved screen that doesn't need
backlighting, making it easier to see.
Their new upper design is good, but for the U.S. its execution is weak because our laws don't allow extremely dark
backlight and rear - door glass, as is permitted in Europe.
12 The
backlight is flush with the teardroplike upper and
does not wrap into the C - pillar for a very clean look.
The TourX
does indeed have more ground clearance than the SportBack, and its blacked - out fender flares and rocker panels are straight out of the Subaru Outback / Volvo Cross Country playbook, but it's long, low stance (the TourX is 3.4» longer than the Sportback), steeply - raked
backlight, and metal roof rails scream «wagon» to us (and if Buick doesn't like the word, well, we
do).
The white gauge faces are VW specific, too, but they don't cohere well at all with the red radio
backlighting and blue clock / radio display.
The leather upholstery no longer feels tacky as it once
did, and the
backlighting behind the instruments and the radio are softer on the eyes.
I don't know, the lack of
backlighting is a con for me, since it makes kindles useless on airplanes and such.
(I don't ever use my Kindle Fire because the
backlight gives me headaches — I need a dedicated eReader.)
Finally something that doesn't have a
backlight or flicker and doesn't stain the eyes.
There's only one problem and that's the Kindle Paperwhite which
does everything the Kindle
does but includes a sharper screen and
backlight so you can read in the dark.
Hi Bookworm, The Kindle Paperwhite has a
backlight to it, whereas the regular Kindle doesn't.
In addition, I still don't believe the light — which is a frontlight, rather than a
backlight — is as bright or as evenly spread as it is on the Kindle Voyage, with the corners of the Aura H2O noticeably brighter than the middle.
As far as I know all that Battery Saving Mode
does is to reduce
Backlight Brightness and Timeout as well as shut down GPS, Bluetooth and Wi - Fi when necessary.
Clue: e-ink
does not melt your eyes like a TFT with a
backlight...
They don't need a
backlight and supporting optical components so they are considerably thinner and lighter than LCD displays.
Also, unlike traditional LCD displays, typical e-ink displays don't have
backlighting, which makes it a challenge to read them in dim places, and they can't display video.
Do I wish it had a
backlight of some sort so it was usable in a darkened theater during a press conference?
It's light and with the
backlight turned down I don't have glare problems.
Including a frontlight (e-readers tend to have «frontlights» rather than
backlights) on an e-ink screen this big seems like it would have been technically prohibitive so I don't blame them for not putting in a light, though I really hope the next generation of the device has a frontlight.
I will though keep that in mind,
do you (or any other persons) have any comments about a e-ink reader with
backlight / edgelight compared to one without it?
Not so sure I'd buy it if it didn't have a
backlight, though.
I also have a Kobo h20, not so much because it's waterproof, more because it doesn't have the bluish
backlight of recent Kindles, which I found causes me as much eyestrain as a tablet.
The specialty of the Mirasol display technology is that the display
does not depend on
backlight, but instead uses the ambient lighting for it to show text on screen.
Sony's PDF machine is a great try, hobbled by low res and high price, with barely good enough rendering even for PDF... I got so excited initially, until i
did the math and seen the demos: simple PDF's, no zoomable fonts like a normal kindle page (sent from a WWW with Alt - k), no
backlight, no apps and no Miracast... for 1K $
It makes dim images dimmer — it's counterproductive and just strange display behavior... The other Tablet displays have standard
Backlights, which don't vary the brightness with picture content.
The most «updated» version of the nook glowlight
does not allow the «n» button to be held down to turn on the
backlight.
Some people call them
backlights but since E Ink is opaque that doesn't work.
It's readable in sunlight but doesn't come with a
backlight.
A lot of people say they don't like reading books on an LCD screen, but many of them might change their minds if they turned down the brightness of the
backlight.
The Libre Air has a 5 - inch, 480 - by -640-pixel reflective - light LCD that
does not depend on
backlighting and is therefore readable in bright sunlight.
OLED screens are considered far superior than LCD displays, in that OLED screens are more capable of displaying deeper black levels (since they
do not require a
backlight source).
As it
does not involve the usage of plastic guide panels for panel and
backlight attachment, bezel width can be minimized.
The webpage (run through Google Translate) says that it IS a Moebius (flexible screen) and
does NOT have a
backlight.
The monitor doesn't emit a harsh
backlight that can lead to eye issues, headaches, and insomnia.
The Voyage gives you improved contrast, quasi-button zones for turning pages, an adaptive
backlight, and 12 percent less weight than other Kindles, but I don't really think those things add up to being worth the extra cost.
Just to clarify, An OLED
does not require a
backlight.
Unlike the Voyage and Paperwhite, the Kindle with touch doesn't get a built - in
backlight.