10-20-2012, 10:36 AM | #31 | |
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Two of the things I noticed fairly quickly were the color temperature of the screen, and the style of the lighting. The Paperwhite is a warmer color than the Nook STG that I'm also playing with. This actually makes a noticeable difference at night with eye strain. The style of the lighting is different as well, but harder to quantify. Instead of looking like the page is lit, it looks like the page itself glows. Is it perfect? No. As Picard says, there are four lights. This means that there are darker patches at the bottom of the screen. The flip side is that the Nook STG uses 8 lights, and winds up over-lighting the part of the page where the LEDs are, and that is more noticeable in practice. Mostly looks like the dark patches left by the LEDs at the bottom to me. Despite being a Sony guy since the 1st gen Kindle, I might return to the fold with this one. |
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10-20-2012, 05:12 PM | #32 | |
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I realize not everybody is experiencing the same problems, but for me this is looking very much like a return and I'm not sure I want to take the gamble on another one. |
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10-20-2012, 05:38 PM | #33 | |
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Just wait for the Kobo Glo, fbr... just be patient. . .
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10-20-2012, 05:40 PM | #34 | |
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I'm pretty much always a night reader so I'll see how it goes tonight and if it's distracting. We'll see! |
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10-20-2012, 07:33 PM | #36 |
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I was able to buy a Paperwhite at Best Buy this morning. I called first and was told they didn't have any despite Best Buy's website showing them in stock. I decided to drop by the store anyway; they didn't have any on the shelf, but when I asked, the guy in customer service said wait a minutes & came back with one.
I was really nervous to turn it on the first time; dreading the rainbow of colors others have on theirs. I'm happy to say mine is almost perfect! Slight shadowing at the bottom when the light is turned all the way up, but other than that so far it's great. I haven't had a chance to read more than a couple pages, but if the screen stays the way it is now, it's a keeper. I'm still trying to figure out which font is the closest to the one I'm used to on my Touch. I need to stop comparing the two and just read! My only complaint so far is the way they've buried the wifi on/off option. A very minor issue that I'm sure I'll get used to quickly. Thanks to the original poster for starting this thread or I'd never have known Best Buy got the Paperwhites in stock. |
10-20-2012, 07:36 PM | #37 |
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One quick way to test your PW is to take it in a dark room. This seems to be where the blobs are most noticeable Of course this will only matter if you plan to read in the low lighting.
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10-20-2012, 11:18 PM | #39 |
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10-20-2012, 11:37 PM | #40 | |
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An extra 17 bucks that I could have spent on apps, books etc. I believe only people in CA have to pay taxes to Amazon, everybody else save a bunch! Especially, if I buy something high ticket, I always go to amazon because of this 'tax break'! I believe I saved nearly $100 when I bought a plasma TV on amazon last , purely on taxes Thoughts? Chuck |
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10-20-2012, 11:39 PM | #41 |
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I shopped at Amazon all the time as well because its cheaper with no sales tax. Since I'm one of those in California, I shop locally more for the instant gratification.
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10-20-2012, 11:47 PM | #42 |
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Well, i was in a Best Buy this morning and they had a few in stock. I grabbed one knowing full well the issues people have been having. But I figured I'd play with it for a bit and see what I thought.
Gotta say, I love it. I think it's actually perfect in the 3 possible reading situations I operate in, though it needs adjusting for each. Brightly-lit room and the PW on full blast, it works great. Regularly-lit room (which for me is no artificial light sources but enough natural light to read by) and I shut the PW down to 0 (as 0 as it gets) and again, perfect. Reads just like my old K3. And then when it's dark I put the light on a touch and again it's an ideal solution. I see the shadows on the bottom, and not everything is perfectly uniform, but for the few times I ever read in the dark it will work fine. Better I think than the clip on lights. So for me, I'm really happy with it. As I say, it's like it adapts well for each situation I would use it for. 3 readers in one. And add in the new (to me) bits like touch screen, cover view, time to read, the absolutely awesome texture of the screen itself, etc, and I think it's a damn-good reader. I imagine the tech will just keep getting better, but I feel like this one offers the best ereader experience i've had so far. |
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10-21-2012, 12:03 PM | #45 | |
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The more I see, the more it looks like the light guide is closer to the Nook than the Kindle. And not a fan of the harsher blue white. I'll have to play with one in store though. It still has the higher res panel at least. |
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