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Originally Posted by log
Feel like I posted this 10 times on these forums, but the best explanation came form the manufacturers themselves IMHO. Tom's Hardware contacted e-Ink about this when doing their K4 review:
"We called up E Ink Corporation to ask if this was a batch-related issue, and was told that this is most likely due to Amazon choosing a particular grade of display panels. So, while the new Kindle comes at a lower price, the company is probably cutting its costs as well by using a slightly cheaper display."
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And I feel like I keep reading you citing this everywhere, and hope someone will answer, so here again (Harry T did answer you the same on another thread): this is NOT a reliable source.
MY K4 display is whiter than MY K3 display, and the contrast appears to be stronger, but what this says is that IN MY CASE K4 trumps K3. Others have had other results, so there you go.
Another example: I have had 3 PB 360 in my hands lately. Each of them had a different display, some darker, some lighter, on one the contrast was much stronger, on another one not at all. Same thing with the various Nook ST I looked at in a shop. Not one with the exact same relation display background/contrast as another.
MY K3 Display is darker than my neighbor's K3 Display. Both were ordered and delivered at the same time.
DUH.