- Don’t be fooled by the display’s current state of black lifelessness. When powered on, the LG-manufactured 7″ (diagonal) display gives users an eye-pleasing array of 16 million colors at a resolution of 1024 x 600 pixels.
- Sharing the screen with friends and family is made easy thanks to the application of In-Plane Switching (IPS) which allows for a wider viewing angle.
From what I could find the LG Display manufactured LD070WS2 line of 7-inch LCDs have these specifications:
I’m not certain the LD070WS2-SL05 is 8-bit. Most likely it’s 6-bit plus A-FRC to simulate 16.7 million colors. Another interesting spec is the 170/170 viewing angle. Most IPS LCDs sport viewing angles of 178/178 with a minimum contrast ratio of 10:1.
Update: Anand Lai Shimpi, AnandTech, took display measurements and they look quite good:
The Kindle Fire beats the iPad and iPad 2 in terms of white brightness, comes behind both iPads in black levels, and lands in between the two iPads in contrast ratio.