10-05-2012, 11:58 AM | #376 | |
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There are 4 screen* LEDs on every Kindle. What you see on the screen (and in many pictures on the web) are 4 shadows, 3/5 "lights" depending on what you call a light. This is because the LEDs light up the display in a lattice / X-shaped grid. Directly above each LED is a shadow which is why some people are incorrectly saying there are 3 or 5 LEDs. ... Plus a charging LED So technically there are 5 LEDs on every Kindle, but let's not confuse the issue. Last edited by digimuzik; 10-05-2012 at 11:59 AM. Reason: Clarify LED count. |
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10-05-2012, 01:01 PM | #377 | |
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Although if you think you might be interested, I would just order one and see how you like it; Amazon's returns are easy, and to some extent whether you like the screen or not is going to be a personal issue (defective screens aside). Mine is great, in any event. |
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10-05-2012, 01:06 PM | #378 | |
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10-05-2012, 01:54 PM | #379 |
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This is important for me too. With my K3 with lighted cover I have to make sure to cover up the left side of the bed (where my wife is sleeping) with the cover. This is hopefully better with the KPW.
What I want to know, is there any light flickering or disturbance when turning the page with the KPW? I do not want the room to go dark and light for every page turn! |
10-05-2012, 01:59 PM | #380 | |
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I agree with you. I would love to have a better PW screen, but will happily take what I have now. |
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10-05-2012, 02:17 PM | #381 | |
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Is it possible that people are just cranking up the brightness way more than was intended for the conditions? The only time I've had it up even close to full was in the direct sunlight. |
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10-05-2012, 02:36 PM | #382 |
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10-05-2012, 02:46 PM | #383 | |
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As for the device itself? I liked the Nook Glow. I loved that it has buttons for those (like me) who prefer to change pages that way rather than just touch screen. The light variations on the Nook is less noticeable than the PW. The Nook has more fonts than the Kindle. Despite the device, I always recommend the Kindle over the Nook because of the library/syncing convenience. |
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10-05-2012, 02:49 PM | #384 |
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Personally, I think a lot of these "screen problems" are due to a difference in our own vision accuracy. Some may see these minute variations as large and others simply may not be able to see them at all. Those with better vision may see problems where those with poor vision may not see them.
In addition, we may be comparing the eInk screens to LCD screens. eInk will never be as clear as LCD but LCD has more glare in bright light than eInk. |
10-05-2012, 03:20 PM | #385 | |
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10-05-2012, 03:25 PM | #386 |
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I haven't noticed problems with the screen lighting nearly as bad as some of the photos in this thread. The lighting isn't perfectly and evenly spread, and there is some splotchiness along the bottom, but overall I think they did a pretty good job. It would be nice to have one of those models shown in the Amazon advertisements, though.
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10-05-2012, 03:53 PM | #387 |
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I'm having a mixed 'first impression'.
On the plus side: - I like the cleaner look of Home screen - I like quick access to Cloud, and the addition of 'Recent' sort there (as compared with Kindle Touch) - Finally found the Go To feature on Home screen: tap 'n/n' label in bottom right corner. - The new fonts look reasonably good, even at smallest text size - touch response is less balky - page turns are a bit faster than KT - like the grouping of reading options at the top of the screen where you tap up there. Having to move finger down to the bottom to get to Aa/Go To/XRay on KT is silly. On the minus side: - Blacks look washed out, even with the light turned off (='all the way down'). When I get the light adjusted right, the background is of course whiter, but with the grayer text it is a bit of a wash. Is it '25% better contrast'? Really hard to say. It seems about as readable as KT. - where is the screen capture feature? - I miss the Home button. Would like to see a gesture for this instead (e.g. double tap in upper left corner, maybe a 3-finger pinch). You have to tap, wait a beat for the menu to come up, then tap again. I can think of several other multi-touch gestures I'd like to have for better navigation, but I don't know if there are really any prospects for that. - The implementation of Panel View (comic books) is flawed. It always zooms the panel to fit the screen, which usually results in upscaling artifacts/fuzziness, because panels are generally less than 1024x758 in resolution. Ironically, it looks better (perfectly crisp) on my Kindle Keyboard in 'Actual Size' zoom setting. KPW lacks any zoom settings, and though you can zoom/pan, that does not let you get crisp images. For that you need to be able to get it to 'actual size' or some nice multiple of that. On the yet to be seen: - have only done limited 'lights out' test so far. I do see some very pale color ('reddish' and 'greenish' washes), probably prisming due to slight variation in the thickness of the capacitative layer (which is said to be sprayed on). Not sure it is going to bother me more than uneven lighting of an external light, and maybe my brain will stop seeing it over time, or maybe the screen will even out eventually. - battery. is performance better than my KT3G? Summary: I was hoping to be more impressed by this point than I have been. But I'll need to spend more time with it before I can conclude whether the upgrade was worth it (or not). |
10-05-2012, 04:06 PM | #388 | |
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On the K3 with lighted cover there's a brief "brownout" when changing pages where the light dims, which I never seem to notice when I'm reading, but notice a lot when my gf is reading on hers. My understanding on the paperwhite [which I've only seen mentioned, not in person] is that the screen blanking phase of refreshing causes the light to appear much brighter briefly, possibly equally annoying. |
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10-05-2012, 05:05 PM | #389 | |
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10-05-2012, 05:15 PM | #390 | |
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I'm waiting for a Kindle PW as well.. if it is better then the Nook Glow in terms of screen color temp, contrast, etc.. it will be "good enough" for me as I'm tired of some of the B&N annoyances such as not being able to zoom pictures/diagrams, no cloud integration for the wishlist, poor contrast with the light off, etc.. If the Kindle PW does not have the odd blue tint of the nook LEDs and it does not give lose it's black level compared to non glow readers it will be a big improvement IMO. My nook has a lot of the uneven lighting issues that people mention in this thread. |
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