Comparing Displays: iPad vs. Kindle at 400x Magnification

Geek.com: "If you’ve ever used an e-reader with an E Ink display, and then compared it to an LCD panel, there is a noticeable difference. The E Ink display is geared up for reading for long periods of time — it’s as close to paper as a screen gets at the moment. LCD offers up great motion, a bright display, and is perfect for watching movies. However, reading off of one can get tiring. Well-known Flash developer Keith Peters owns both an iPad and a Kindle, he also recently got a Veho VMS004 DELUXE USB-powered microscope. He then did what any geek worth his salt would do–looked at the iPad and Kindle displays close up. And we mean really close up ..."

In Praise of the Amazon Kindle DX (Graphite) Screen

From Computerworld:

What a difference a display can make. All it took was turning on the Amazon Kindle DX (Graphite) second-generation large-format e-reader to see that Amazon's claims of a higher-contrast display than its predecessor were true. The E-Ink display on the new Kindle DX ($380, price as of 7/9/2010) indeed reflects a significant improvement in contrast, as evidenced by the clarity of the crisp text, and the darker blacks of graphics and words alike. ...