02-01-2013, 09:42 PM | #256 | ||
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As for the fonts, the font on the PW on the left is Georgia fat (which I got from Katsunami) and the font on the PW on the right is Gentium Book Basic, the font you gave me. (I really like those two fonts a lot.) I'll attach the pic again so people don't get confused which pic I'm referring to. Last edited by sparklemotion; 02-01-2013 at 09:57 PM. |
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02-01-2013, 09:55 PM | #257 | |
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I really don't know their process, but I can say the box is always sealed with the little tear off strip and the last some replacements I have received seem to all be new. The box states G as compared to R. I was once told they were going to have an engineer go over it before sending it to me, but who can really know if they did. The boxes have always been sealed. Maybe they check it over and then send it to be packaged? All I know is if they do check them over they are obviously not as color sensitive as I am. :\ |
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02-01-2013, 10:00 PM | #258 | |
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02-01-2013, 10:41 PM | #259 | |
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I had to go through 5 Paperwhites before I got a good one. They all looked different. Not one of them had a screen that looked exactly like another one. The one I kept still does have hues, but I don't notice them unless I'm really looking for them. |
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02-01-2013, 10:59 PM | #260 | |
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02-01-2013, 11:05 PM | #262 |
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02-01-2013, 11:45 PM | #263 | ||
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Btw, I live in Southeast Asia and my replacement came from Shenzhen, China, which maybe explains why I got the newer 603 and some others (you included) have still been receiving 500 units. A lot of good that's done me though I just thought they would ship out all units directly from the US. |
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02-02-2013, 04:27 AM | #264 | |
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Sparkle: sorry to hear that you received yet another disappointing one. I still don't know what to do with mine - I've realised that I only really like reading on it with the light right down to the minimum, when I turn the light up, even slightly, then for some reason it just becomes annoying. If I didn't already have the K3, I would probably be happy with the PW but it just seems a bit silly to not use the light when it is after all the point of it. |
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Hi sparklemotion
I know you are having problems with your kindle PW. I have just received one but I`m not sure if it is OK. I can see that the light at the bottom is not uniform and also the light comes from the side. I think that are not the typical shadows because of the leds. Can you advice me about it? You have to copy the link in order to see the picture I think Thank you in advance Sergio Last edited by sergiomobile; 02-02-2013 at 05:16 AM. |
02-02-2013, 06:37 AM | #266 | |
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Pity, it looks as if they still can't get the screens to be consistently good. For anyone who has swapped a few already, I'd now be either giving up on the PW for now, getting a refund and looking elsewhere (Kobo Glo, Cybook Odyssey HD FrontLight), or just settling for one of your replacements that you can live with.
If anything happens to my Kindle Keyboard, my first action will certainly be to order a PW to replace it, but if it's anything like the bad screens posted on here, I'll just return it and tell them I'm going to try the Kobo Glo instead, as there seems to be less variation on them. Really I hope my KK will keep working for a while and perhaps a 2nd generation of lighted readers will show some improvement. Quote:
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I've decided that mine will be going back to Amazon, however being either too optimistic or too stupid, I'm giving them one more chance and have asked for a replacement which should be here by Wednesday.
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I agree it might not be worth keeping the PW if you will never use the light. That said, if you like the design more, I suppose it might be worth it then. I'd probably use it exclusively for a bit and see what you decide. What I love about the PW is I can read in bed in a totally dark room with the light on about 3 and it works perfectly for me. I personally really don't like using book lights. Quote:
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02-02-2013, 11:21 AM | #269 |
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Uh oh! You know, I think it's worth trying for a replacement really. Quite clearly I do! But seriously, you never know, you might get a good one and be really happy. Here's hoping you do, good luck!
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02-02-2013, 11:37 AM | #270 | ||
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Uh oh indeed. I did try my best not to laugh when the CS agent asked if I had tried rebooting the PW to see if that would fix the problems with the screen |
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