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Contrast ratio of E Ink is like 10:1. I don't know exactly how it compares but backlit LCD is approx 1k:1, OLED is 1m:1 in contrast(pun intended).


You can't compare the contrast of an emissive (backlit LCD/OLED) and a reflective (eInk) display.

Put your OLED display in direct sunlight on a bright summer day and you will get effectively get no contrast at all, the screen will reflect so much sunlight that your puny LEDs won't do much of a difference. Backlit LCDs will get some weak contrast because the backpanel is a bit reflective, but eInk displays will always be 10:1 because they use ambiant light instead of competing with it.

These ridiculously high contrast ratios of OLED displays only take into account emitted light and only make sense in a dark room, or VR headset.


10:1 is nevertheless quite low. Black is really dark grey, and white is light grey. Having bad eyesight, I find e-ink displays too straining to use in most lighting conditions.


> Put your OLED display in direct sunlight on a bright summer day and you will get effectively get no contrast at all,

Recent iPhone oleds are dull but usable in direct sunlight.


Which brings us back to another thread, brightness.

Freakin' OLEDs are brighter than the bloody sun!!! The sun! I half expect my face to get sunburned looking at them!


It’s certainly not, not even close. Try this: set your brightness to maximum, put it in the direction of the sun and use another device to take a photo of them both.


It is as if the sun has become one with my PDA.




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