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Old 11-07-2010, 02:12 PM   #3
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Join Date: Nov 2010
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Device: Kobo
I had a chance to test drive the subject reader this morning and I can elaborate on the display issues. It seems that the vertical line is, in fact, always coloured as light as possible, and the black flashes that I saw were optical illusions at the time. As for the horizontal shading issue, the shading seems to actually be determined by where the text/images were on the PREVIOUS screens. For example, the lightest shaded lines are where the text was on the previous screen, shaded slightly darker are the lines that had text on the screen before that, etc. The result is that the current screen can have text partially backed by a light line and partially backed by a shaded line. Very distracting.

As for returning the unit, I was told that it was final sale because they are clearing out the stock, and that it could only be returned for exchange if defective. When I called them about the defect, they told me there were no more units available. I'm hoping Kobo can help me out, but if not, I will return the unit and demand my money back. I'll probably buy another company's reader with that money, although I love the Kobo's size, weight, and simplicity.
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