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Kenneth_irl · 02-16-2011, 07:17 PM

Hi guys,

I am slightly bothered by glare from my Kindle's screen to some degree. Now I've had my Kindle for about a little over a month now, and at first it didn't bother me terribly, but lately it's starting getting on my nerves a bit.

Now Amazon clearly states:

"Kindle's screen reflects light like ordinary paper..."

Well, this seems like a half-lie, half-truth. In my experience the Kindle is mostly glare-free, but there is glare zone about 15 degrees wide from a direct source of light. Now this is normally easy to prevent by changing the angle of impact by the light if there is only one light source; like the sun during the day. BUT if there are multiple sources of lights, like in my living room at night, it can be really difficult avoiding 'some' glare.

I'm not going to return my Kindle or anything, but I just feel a bit cheated having read about it supposedly being glare-free.

I'm I the only one bothered by this?

02-16-2011, 07:17 PM	#1
Kenneth_irl Addict Posts: 212 Karma: 55934 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Denmark Device: Kindle 3 + Paperwhite 7th gen	Bothered by glare Hi guys, I am slightly bothered by glare from my Kindle's screen to some degree. Now I've had my Kindle for about a little over a month now, and at first it didn't bother me terribly, but lately it's starting getting on my nerves a bit. Now Amazon clearly states: "Kindle's screen reflects light like ordinary paper..." Well, this seems like a half-lie, half-truth. In my experience the Kindle is mostly glare-free, but there is glare zone about 15 degrees wide from a direct source of light. Now this is normally easy to prevent by changing the angle of impact by the light if there is only one light source; like the sun during the day. BUT if there are multiple sources of lights, like in my living room at night, it can be really difficult avoiding 'some' glare. I'm not going to return my Kindle or anything, but I just feel a bit cheated having read about it supposedly being glare-free. I'm I the only one bothered by this? Last edited by Kenneth_irl; 02-16-2011 at 07:58 PM.