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Originally Posted by Prestidigitweeze
Reading various posts stating that Kobo is the only one of the three major e-reader companies to implement the front-lit screen and actually "do it right," I feel as if I'm reading MR in a parallel universe.
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I agree. While the Kobo Glo seems to be having a smoother launch than the Kindle Paperwhite (as far as hardware goes, we won't mention software glitches ;-), I'm not sure I'd go so far as to say
"the light technology is where we want it if you do it right."
I was seriously considering a Kobo Glo (and still might get one), but there are clearly a bunch of posts reporting a variety of issues, albeit not on the scale of the Paperwhite.
One post in particular that gives me pause:
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Originally Posted by trevormorse
I just spent 1/2 hour at Chapters returning my pre order because of a bright pixel and the 3 they opened for me at Chapters all had bright pixels.  The manager shut it down with a "We can't open them all, take one of these or we'll give you your money back.".
I choose the one with a bright pixel in the black bar so at least it's not in the text. Can't say I'm real happy though... |
And then there's this one:
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Originally Posted by Lunchtray
I spend the first day I got my Glo at chapters going through 5 devices until I got one with the least amount of problems. Mine has a small bright pixel in the top left corner where no text is ever shown.
I think no matter what there's going to be a small imperfection in the Glo layer no matter what due to manufacturing it and the way fibreoptics work.
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It seems to me that either the technology isn't quite there -- or maybe it's just the manufacturing/quality control that still needs attention, in which case Kobo isn't doing it entirely right, they're just doing it better than anyone else so far.
It will be interesting to see how well Kobo's display holds up to use over time, or if scratches become an issue.