10-15-2012, 11:01 AM | #121 | |
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For myself, I'm going back to thinking they all have it again. If everyone took a bunch of pics in different lighting, I think my eyes would see it on all of them at some point. I have some very slight pink on my replacement, but it's not enough to make me return it. Sometimes I don't see it at all, and then other times I do. All in all, I'm fairly happy with my replacement, as I like it better than using a clip on light, but I'm still bothered that they have this problem at all. |
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10-15-2012, 11:05 AM | #122 | |
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10-15-2012, 11:09 AM | #124 |
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I'll trade you mine for yours. On the pictures, those look good. I can see a faint coloration (mostly green with pink bottom left) but much less than on anything I've seen before. I could live with this one.
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10-15-2012, 12:21 PM | #125 |
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Cataracts?
Is it possible that all those who voted five stars on Amazon had cataracts as well?
Maybe other eye illnesses like nearsigtedness, farsightedness, glaucoma, macular degeneration, astigmatism, color blindness also obscure the color blotches. Most Americans do have one sort of eye problem or another. Maybe color blindness to even a minor extent changes the view from unacceptable to very acceptable. Its even possible that the QC people in China, who inspect the final output, were never examined by an ophthamologist. Then, be happy, if you see color blotches, you have great eyes. The rest of us with eye problems now have a compensating benefit: GREAT PAPERWHITES. Actually, EVERY photo I've seen in this Forum of PW screens show very faint colors. None of them would really bother me. They are simply not that annoying. The official photos I've seen from Amazon at very low light levels show a greenish glow which is more pronounced than any photos I've seen here. However, in that set of 4 photos the high light levels of the same unit cover up even that faint, green glow. Last edited by sirmaru; 10-15-2012 at 12:28 PM. |
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10-15-2012, 12:38 PM | #126 | |
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After that they can follow up with Germany. I can wait for a couple of months. |
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10-15-2012, 01:33 PM | #127 | |
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Taken with iPad camera. (Sorry, that's all I got.) Photo unedited but scaled down for sanity. PW light @ 16 in room plenty bright enough to read a normal book in, but a little dark for eink, hence a good test scenario. |
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10-15-2012, 01:41 PM | #128 |
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Given that I (unfortunately!) seem to notice most of the colour blotches, waiting at the very least until the end of January before even considering putting in an order is probably my best option... Between the ooooh-new-kindle rush and the Xmas presents rush, Amazon are going to be churning them out at a rate of knots, then there's going to be quite a few replacements being shipped I guess... Now of course if the QC minimum standard was something like the units that Booklover6 and BenG have, it wouldn't really be such an issue.
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10-15-2012, 01:45 PM | #129 |
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Ooooh colours everywhere... Did they send you the nightclub version?!
Edit: what I see is a very large green area in the centre, and some light pink around the green Last edited by Yolina; 10-15-2012 at 05:26 PM. |
10-15-2012, 03:40 PM | #130 |
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Here are my pictures of my Paperwhite. I got it on October 2d. The first picture is how I usually have the light (at 15) while the second is at full brightness - which I find to be too bright. The picture was taken in my home office with no artificial light on (there's a window to the left - it's a cloudy day at 3:30 pm EST). I took the picture on my iPhone 4S with no flash.
Sometimes, I can see some green or pink. But, I really don't notice any discoloration while reading. Marilyn |
10-15-2012, 04:40 PM | #131 |
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Barty, your PW looks great to me. I don't see any colors.
Mickey, I think yours looks great, too! |
10-15-2012, 05:12 PM | #132 | |
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10-15-2012, 06:56 PM | #133 | |
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10-15-2012, 07:01 PM | #134 | |
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Pink tints.
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Try boosting the PW light to level 22 and post another picture showing the light scale open. I'm curious if that stronger light would obscure the faint pink areas. In the Amazon official 4 photos the green areas obvious at level 5 PW light totally disappeared at level 24 both in the same dark room. Also, turn on Page Refresh. I certainly would not call them dark pink color blobs. |
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10-15-2012, 07:04 PM | #135 | |
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Brightness obscures the pink.
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