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xendula · 10-13-2012, 12:41 PM

I am on the fence about it.

They are sending me a replacement for one. I may try a replacement for the second one as well, though the replacement may end up being worse. This one has an overall pink hue, which is almost even, but it also has a spot of light accumulation that interferes with the text towards the last four lines of text in a book. At least no green or blue hues on this one, though, so that makes it the best of the four screens I have seen so far, sadly.

I really really like everything else about the PW, so I find it impossible to forget about this device. But what if the screens of whichever ones I think I can live with get worse? It happened to my second one after 2 days!
What if the units that come out in January are perfect? I'd feel cheated.

I never buy refurbished things, because I just would rather spend the money for something new, so I would rather not need a replacement after 30 days and end up with someone elses broken, scratched up stuff. I had one very bad such expeience with a laptop when I was still in college and that put me off off refurb replacements for good.

10-13-2012, 12:41 PM	#18
xendula eBookworm Posts: 2,300 Karma: 4525746 Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: East Coast brrrrr Device: Kindle 4B/K ~ Nexus 7 ~ Kindle Paperwhite 1&2 ~ iPad Air	I am on the fence about it. They are sending me a replacement for one. I may try a replacement for the second one as well, though the replacement may end up being worse. This one has an overall pink hue, which is almost even, but it also has a spot of light accumulation that interferes with the text towards the last four lines of text in a book. At least no green or blue hues on this one, though, so that makes it the best of the four screens I have seen so far, sadly. I really really like everything else about the PW, so I find it impossible to forget about this device. But what if the screens of whichever ones I think I can live with get worse? It happened to my second one after 2 days! What if the units that come out in January are perfect? I'd feel cheated. I never buy refurbished things, because I just would rather spend the money for something new, so I would rather not need a replacement after 30 days and end up with someone elses broken, scratched up stuff. I had one very bad such expeience with a laptop when I was still in college and that put me off off refurb replacements for good.