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	A new kind of screen The Cybook shows an outstanding black and white screen, utilizing a breakthrough technology: the Electronic Ink Display (E Ink®). The screen acts like a paper page made of tiny ink particles which can migrate and modify the layout of your screen in less than a second. Paper comfort The Cybook screen is viewable under a wide range of lighting conditions, including direct sunlight and possesses a paper-like high contrast appearance. Like a sheet of paper, it can be viewed from nearly any angle, doesn't show any flicker effect and has a high resolution. When you read, you have no eyestrain and it definitely gives you the experience of reading from paper.

Ultra-low power consumption An Electronic Ink Display achieves ultra-low power consumption in a thin, light form. These display modules only need energy to change the display content. Once the image is written, it will remain indefinitely without consuming any additional power. The E Ink® display technology is thus energy efficient and drastically reduces power consumption.	Electronic Ink Display E Ink® Corporation is the leading developer of electronic ink display technologies. E Ink® manufactures the electronic ink which is used as optical components in paper like displays.

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Frequently asked question: Screen and readability

Can I read in the dark with the Cybook?

No. The Cybook screen is not backlit. As a sheet of paper the Cybook E Ink® screen uses ambient light to enlighten the reading surface. Your Cybook is thus readable in full sunlight which is not the case for almost all standard LCD displays.

Is there a touchscreen or a stylus on the Cybook?

No. There is no touchscreen and no stylus on the Cybook.

You control the Cybook with its buttons.

What is the dpi (dots per inch) value on the Cybook?

The screen offers a 166 dpi (dots per inch) resolution. Thanks to character anti-aliasing technology, the resolution perceived by the human eye is even higher.

For comparison, the resolution of a LCD screen of a standard desktop or laptop computer varies from 70 to 100 dpi.

Which kind of screen does the Cybook offer?

The Cybook shows an outstanding black and white 6 inch screen, utilizing a breakthrough technology: the Electronic Ink Display (E Ink®). The screen acts like a paper page made of tiny ink particles which can migrate and modify the layout of your screen in a second.

The Cybook screen is viewable under a wide range of lighting conditions, including direct sunlight and possesses a paper-like high contrast appearance. Like a sheet of paper, it can be viewed from nearly any angle, doesn't show any flicker effect and has a high resolution of 600 x 800 pixel resolution corresponding to 166dpi (dots per inch).

When you read, you have no eyestrain and it definitely gives you the experience of reading from paper.

The screen can be used either in portrait or landscape mode, it proposes 4 grey levels and use a special dithering method which enables a high quality picture rendering.

The screen is based on the Vizplex^TM electronic paper screen. Vizplex^TM is the newest, fastest and brightest electronic paper display yet from E Ink Corporation, with an 80 percent improvement in refresh rate and an 25 percent improvement in brightness over the previous version of electronic paper.

Can I read on the Cybook for a long time?

The Cybook screen is viewable under a wide range of lighting conditions, including direct sunlight and possesses a paper-like high contrast appearance. Like a sheet of paper, it can be viewed from nearly any angle, doesn't show any flicker effect and has a high resolution. When you read, you have no eyestrain and it definitely gives you the experience of reading from paper.