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EldRick · 07-10-2011, 02:43 PM

Here is an image of the negative ghosting that I see on the KT after a single page turn. Notice the blotchy appearance of the first few lines of (Rockwell) text and the last couple, compared to the darker appearance of the line or two starting at ATHENA.

There are chunks of letters that are visibly lighter than they should be, and pieces that almost drop out on some. I have satisfied myself that these are in fact lighter-toned negative images of the text on the previous page, overlaying the text on current page.

Ghosting on the KT is sometimes VERY obvious when you go to a graphic page, as in the settings or library pages - on some graphic pages you can read some of the previous-page text.

This Does Not Happen on my NT or my K3 - not at all, not ever. It is the reason why I have set the KT Page Refresh to 1 = refresh every page as a (hopefully temporary) expedient.

I'm hoping that the Kobo guys can improve on this issue with future software changes - it's obviously possible to do better with the e-ink Pearl screen, as Kindle and Nook have demonstrated with their current products.

07-10-2011, 02:43 PM	#30
EldRick Evangelist Posts: 470 Karma: 112801 Join Date: Aug 2010 Device: Aura H2O (i86, M96C, Mini&Glo, PRS-950, STR, K-Touch, K-DX, K-3)	Here is an image of the negative ghosting that I see on the KT after a single page turn. Notice the blotchy appearance of the first few lines of (Rockwell) text and the last couple, compared to the darker appearance of the line or two starting at ATHENA. There are chunks of letters that are visibly lighter than they should be, and pieces that almost drop out on some. I have satisfied myself that these are in fact lighter-toned negative images of the text on the previous page, overlaying the text on current page. Ghosting on the KT is sometimes VERY obvious when you go to a graphic page, as in the settings or library pages - on some graphic pages you can read some of the previous-page text. This Does Not Happen on my NT or my K3 - not at all, not ever. It is the reason why I have set the KT Page Refresh to 1 = refresh every page as a (hopefully temporary) expedient. I'm hoping that the Kobo guys can improve on this issue with future software changes - it's obviously possible to do better with the e-ink Pearl screen, as Kindle and Nook have demonstrated with their current products. Last edited by EldRick; 07-10-2011 at 02:46 PM.