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Originally Posted by Sylver
Shadows from the screen bezel? I tried very hard and cannot figure out how to get the shadow - it's not like the screen is 2 inch recessed. It will take quite some effort to see the shadow of the bezel. I dont understand the rationale behind the design to have the screen sink a little bit, but I never had any issue with shadow from the bezel (in every lighting condition that I tested, just curious, can you post a picture of the shadow from the bezel that so bothers you - maybe I am missing something). I have owned several and seen quite a few more ereaders and more or less there is a little bit reflection and all of them have contrast issues, the nook is actually among the better ones that I have tested/seen. I don't like the touch screen very much as it is not responsive enough and it drains battery but I can live with it. I dont like the so-called piano paint on the frame which is too shiny, but I dont find it bothering at all when reading. Now if you don't like the button, you should even love the touch screen much more as when inactive it can be used to swipe through the pages so you dont have to use the button - on a kindle you have to live with the physical button. Personally I also think the nook is a little too heavy. But all in all I cannot understand the complaint about the shadow (of that tiny bezel ?) and I find it very very hard to get the bezel to cast any shadow on my nook - well if there is no other light source and I position the reading light at the edge of the device to mimic a sunrise, I do get some shadow, but to me to complain about such shadow takes same level of imagination to put a reading light behind the kindle in a dark room and complain the kindle is totally unreadable.
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The shadows aren't large I'll admit, but, if I'm going to spend money on an eInk based reader which is a replacement for paper and backlit products I
at least want the screen to have the qualities of paper with
no intrusions. None. Why else would I bother spending the money? At least my iPhone (or an iPad for that matter) has a backlight which counteracts the reflectivity and gloss artefact issues well enough when reading inside where 99.9% of my reading is done. Yes, they have other large drawbacks but I don't care that much about them when I'm
reading.
And that's the thing. For an eReader to be an attractive option for me it has to offer something better than the alternatives, and for me the Nook's low contrast screen is not enough to overcome the shadows and the bezel glare/reflections. Now, if these issues don't bother you, great, be happy, but they do bother me and a few others I've seen posting here and there. On the face of it, the designers of the K3 seem to have got it right at least - which is not really a very difficult thing to do if you ask me.
I can try to capture the shadow on a picture for you when I get home from work later today. Not sure if it will show up and even if it does I guess it wouldn't bother most people. But really, I'm not "most people" and it's me that has to be satisfied when I pick this thing up to read.