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Originally Posted by ThomasC
I think we need to let Amazon CS know that it looks like they have lowered their screen quality since last year and that they need to address this.
I've recently been down to a Sony store and their new 6 inch reader's screen and it is the same good original K3 quality (almost white background). I know what reader I'll be buying next time.
Cheers,
Tom
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Here's the note I've sent to Amazon Customer Services;
Dear sir,
This is the 2nd replacement K4NT that I have received. In my opinion the screen quality of this unit is not nearly as good as my +12 month old K3 wifi/3g or DXG readers. Both of these older units have a much lighter (off-white) background and much better contrast.
Also, I have compared this with the new Sony 6 in reader screen quality and it is identical to my older K3 and DXG readers.
The newer K4NT has a much greyer background screen and because of this the contrast is not as good, esp. in low light conditions. Under strong lighting it is fine. However, under normal low-med indoor lighting conditions I find I need to go to a larger font size in order to read it comfortably.
In my opinion the current E-ink Kindles screens are not as good a quality as the +12 month old Kindles (or the new Sony reader). I strongly suggest that Amazon technical services review this issue asap.
While I do not intend returning my current replacement K4NT I'm certainly not 100% happy with it. I'll probably order a lighted cover for it when they are available to see if this helps. I have experimented by placing it over my K3 screen and using it's lighted cover improves the K4NT contrast quite a bit.
I'm probably only going to get the usual polite 'thanks for you input' reply, lol!
Cheers,
Tom