09-08-2012, 04:55 PM | #16 |
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09-08-2012, 05:35 PM | #17 |
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Surface Detail - Iain M. Banks.
Trying to catch up before he releases the new one. |
09-08-2012, 05:40 PM | #18 |
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Hi!
Just a little question if the black K4 has the same firm 4.1.0 (1615370055)... is there anything new?. What about the time to read? just por the KP? |
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That is a big difference in text contrast! They have improved something. Wow I want yours. Mine has such bad contrast. *sigh*
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It's just an optical illusion because of the black cover, like this: http://forum.rustycooley.com/viewtop...f3859b7d9570f2 |
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Let's not start that again!
I tried the black trick it doesn't work. I bought a black skin and it didn't do anything but it made the screen look dirty. I've tried everything. There is 100 page thread here on this issue so I'm not going to beat a dead horse again. It looks like they changed the finishing on the glass? It looks clearer like the one the K3 has but still matted. The shadow is gone too on the sides due to the new bezel which makes it look cleaner. I do see some improvements. The text does look better, darker. Now it could be they got lucky and got a good one but I do see a difference. I've looked at hundreds of K4 pics. Seen three different units. I love to see a pic of it in normal lighting with flash off to be sure. |
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Didn't people also say that the touch had a better display than the k3? And that has a lighter bezel.
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My K69 has a better display than my K4NT. You can see it in the picture but up close there is more of a difference (and it's not because of the black bezel). When you hold the units over each other, you can tell the difference. At least my particular specimens of each unit show that the K69 is an improvement. This may not be the case for others. |
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My two K4s were purchased about a month apart and came with different firmware versions. To the naked eye, their displays are identical to each other and to my K5. There is no visible variation between them, but they all have worse contrast than my 5 earlier K3/DXG units (and worse than all three of my Nook Simple Touches). So, my personal experience is contradictory to what "people also say". Last edited by geekmaster; 09-08-2012 at 08:46 PM. |
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The pictures look great AintLDS. Thanks for sharing.
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Once they are a few years old, don't most eInk devices wind up with rather similar contrast?
Maybe someone with both an original Kindle, and a Kindle Keyboard purchased in 2010, could comment and either confirm or say I'm all wet. Now, the more light, the higher the contrast. I presume this is why Amazon is hoping to get away with calling the new generation Paperwhite. |
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