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I think part of how happy someone is with their PW is often going to come down to how color sensitive one is. I have seen people on here and other forums post photos of their PW's and say the screen is perfect and they're happy with it, but when I look at the pics of their perfect PW's I see tons of colors. It surprises me that they see it as perfect. It's great for them that they do, but for me it wouldn't be the case and I would be unhappy with the device. Therefore, while I agree most people seem to be happy with their PW in the Amazon ratings, the ratings hold little value to me personally because of this. |
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02-09-2013, 06:23 PM | #347 |
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02-09-2013, 10:39 PM | #348 | |
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I didn't even know I was more color sensitive than others until I looked at my first Paperwhites, so at least something good came out of the returns merry-go-round: I learned something about myself. I actually wish I were less color sensitive, as the color blotches on my PW have gotten more pronounced in the past two months. Last edited by xendula; 02-09-2013 at 10:44 PM. |
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02-09-2013, 11:30 PM | #351 |
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I am find I am light sensitive to the PW. I've been trying to read with the wrong settings causing my left eye to burn after 30 minutes of reading. Last night I got my Kindle Fire out and read on it for 30 minutes and it went away but I miss my PW. I then set the PW brightness close to my reading brightness on the Kindle Fire. No more eye strain and read for a couple hours without needing drops. So reading 5-3 in the dark it what is causing me to have use drops. 10-8 it goes away. Same with day reading was reading at 10 went back to 8 and no more eye strain.
So those of you who are color sensitive it could be worse. I've never had this problem on any other Kindle including the Kindle Fire. |
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That's interesting, Blossom. It's good that there is a setting you've found where you can read and not get the burning. I don't seem to be light sensitive at all. I can read on pretty much anything for long periods, dimly lit or brightly lit, and it never seems to bother me. I'm fortunate in that way.
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02-09-2013, 11:43 PM | #353 |
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I think a lot of the reactions to the PW, positive and negative alike, come down to a personal feeling with the device. Which may be obvious, but most tech I know of is objectively good or bad when it comes to the hardware. People will certainly use tech in a variety of ways, so there will be all sorts of variance depending on how someone uses their tech, but generally the hardware is objectively good or bad.
But with the PW, I think people can find both good and bad, and it just comes down to what they're willing to accept. Like for me, if I shoot the brightness way up, I see the uneven colors and it hampers my reading. But after tinkering I've settled on a 3 brightness setting for all reading, and it's perfect in light rooms, dark rooms, outside, etc. Now I fully admit the screen looks bad at higher settings, but I also accept that at the 3 setting its better than any other kindle I've used. So where exactly does that fall in the spectrum of a "good" or "bad" model? I'd be willing to bet a lot of other people who love their PW feel the same, in that they've just hit on a setting that works great for them. While others may not be as willing to forgive the defects at the higher light settings? |
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I've been using the one I kept for almost a month now, I think, and I haven't noticed more pronounced color hues at all. As I've said in the past, it still has hues, but they are so faint that I practically have to get out a magnifying glass to see them, so I never notice them. No change in intensity or I would have noticed, believe me. The first one I had got steadily more pink every day. By the time I sent it back, I'd have to say that 80% of the screen was quite pink. The other 20% was a lovely shade of green.
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Thing is that all the Paperwhites I have received from Amazon had color blotches at the very low light settings as well, which are my settings of choice.
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02-09-2013, 11:55 PM | #359 |
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Most of mine have only had the colors at high settings. My current one looks perfect until I put the light up high. How is your sister's?
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I also read in complete darkness so I thought 5 was good but now I know I need a little bit more to read with for long periods of time. That said I believe one could be more color sensitive and I am light sensitive and there's probably not many who own a PW who has my problem. |
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