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Originally Posted by Martyd
So based on all I'ved read in this thread, Amazon didn't see that there may be a perceived difference in the brightness/contrast of the K4, and so they ship replacements with no problem. I think they are more than aware of what's going on and hope that this thread, and their customer support records, will educate them, and perhaps they will come up with a solution. Bezel change, software, or whatever.
Is the eye fooling the brain?
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The biggest improvement they can make is to go back to the graphite bezel to make the background appear brighter, and to go with bolder (thicker) default fonts, even for the smallest font, to make the text appear darker. This will drastically improve readability and PERCEIVED contrast. Truetype fonts must be rendered on eInk displays using dithered bicolor PRINTER algorithms, not multiple brightness level DISPLAY algorithms. They are using display rendering with antialiasing used for light-emitting displays, which is a huge mistake.
This was pointed out to amazon many times a couple of years ago, but the warnings went unheeded. Marketing triumphs over science once again...
