02-04-2013, 03:12 AM | #151 |
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You will do. That is assuredly the reason for it.
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02-04-2013, 01:33 PM | #152 |
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I have received a replacement PW which is much better and makes the whole front-lit reader experience far more enjoyable but I would still be happy to consider buying a non-lit device as for me the light isn't something essential.
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02-04-2013, 01:41 PM | #153 |
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I'm still using the original Kindle touch with the built-in lighted cover. It works so well that I just haven't found a good excuse to buy the Paperwhite. (Particularly after the newest software update)
Before the lighted cover, however, I went through at least 10 different reading lights.....none of were really satisfactory. If and when my Kindle Touch goes bye-bye, it's definitely a front lighted replacement. Long battery life and reading in any lighting condition are paramount for an ereader in my book. Love my tablet, but never read books on it just for those reasons. cheers |
02-04-2013, 03:06 PM | #154 |
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e-ink readers do seem to need a lot of ambient light, I use the built-in booklight on my case frequently, so a lighted eReader is a good idea. I haven't bought one yet, since there are features on my Kindle Keyboard that they don't have (audio, unhampered 3G, extra space), but eventually I'll will probably buy an eReader with a built in light.
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02-04-2013, 03:09 PM | #155 |
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My wife and I have ereaders that don't have the front-lit feature and we both want one that does. I can't imagine ever getting one without if I can afford a new ereader.
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02-04-2013, 03:28 PM | #156 | |
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02-04-2013, 03:48 PM | #157 | |
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The first PW I received was bad: murky with pink and green blotches and frankly not really usable in the dark or in less than good reading conditions. The replacement is good: brighter, better contrast and no nasty colour blotches. The difference between the two is staggering. It's obviously not totally even in low ambient light but it's not causing me any issues. |
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02-04-2013, 05:01 PM | #158 | |
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This is also the reason why I do not like to read in complete darkness. No matter how low I set the screen, it obviously always glows. Reading on the Kindle makes no difference to reading on a tablet, at least not for me. I have to have *some* ambient light, and then I adapt the brightness of the Kindle or tablet to it. If I read on the Kindle in complete darkness, then the screen becomes some sort of white-blue-ish half-translucent "thing": like liquid light being poured between to sheets of glass, with letters floating in it. For some reason, the fonts are also smaller. They aren't of course, but it looks like that. Yesterday night (yesternight? ) I was reading in bed using my overhead light. I like the Kindle to be set to 12 or 13 to create a "I am reading a very high quality hardback"-experience. As soon as I switch off the light, the fonts seem to become two sizes smaller. I actually have to go in and increase them by two settings to keep the screen readable. It does not matter if I set the Kindle to 5, 13 or even 24. (Higher than 15 isn't even possible because it's just too bright.) So, I use the Kindle's front light to augment the ambient light to a level at which the screen looks nice to me, not to read in complete darkness. Of course, the front light enables me to read in places where I otherwise would have needed to use a clip-on light. |
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02-04-2013, 05:57 PM | #159 |
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I use the Arc & Mini combo for my reading, but I'm pretty sure my next e-reader will have lit tech included. I can see it as a standard feature within the next generation or two.
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02-04-2013, 09:13 PM | #161 | |
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02-04-2013, 09:53 PM | #162 |
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Curious, isn't it? Reading on my tablet (websites) in complete darkness does not have this effect. The screen just stays the same, as do the fonts. Only the Kindle has that "liquid light between two sheets of glass with smaller letters floating inside"-effect.
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02-04-2013, 09:55 PM | #163 |
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Against the grain here.... Just bought a Kobo mini.... All my readers do not have lights and they read just fine. As one said earlier....yet another thing to go wrong. At night, in bed once in a while read on my android phone...otherwise daytime... never had a problem with any screen from any reader...even going back to the 505 and the originally Cybook...
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02-05-2013, 05:45 AM | #164 |
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Interesting to see that most here are really happy with their frontlit readers.
I only had a negative experience with a Paperwhite that was not as sharp as my Kindle Keyboard (first series) which has kept me from making another trial so far (using my Kindle Fire instead), but there seems a good chance that I might be happy with another trial at some point in the future, when product quality is seen generally as stable. Best regards, Andy |
02-05-2013, 06:33 AM | #165 |
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I'm happy to wait for the moment. It seems to me that the technology remains immature. But ultimately I do want front-lighting.
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