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Old 10-25-2012, 05:58 PM   #28
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Originally Posted by weatherman View Post
I just got a replacement PW and it's better, though I can't tell how much. I think I'm going to have to use it in the dark for awhile to see the real effect -
It's also worth noting that the new unit is slightly brighter than the old at the same setting. They are about 1-2 levels apart, i.e. if the new one is at a 10, the old one would have to be about a 11-12 to be the same brightness.
Yes, your new one definitely looks better. I do see some light color hues, but it's not nearly as bad as your original. Your original is.. yikes.. pretty awful. Very pink. I have noticed most of the units seem to have blue/green at the top and pink in the middle oddly. It does seem to vary by degrees though. I agree you should use it for a bit and see what you think.

I also had the same issue with different units having varying degrees of brightness, generally by about 2 notches. I had 3 units and all 3 were quite different brightness wise.

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I bet Amazon is banking on people keeping the lesser of evils. I'm still debating on that one myself. Three PWhites in all so I have to settle for the one that's less defective ? Sure its a cool idea but for $112.00 should one keep it just because its kind of cool. Ah... I don't think so and it sends a wrong message to Amazon and their QC. Personally I don't understand why they have not halted sales on these devices. They are obviously not ready for prime time.
I don't understand it either. When I spoke to CS yesterday she said they haven't had any complaints that she knows of and that the majority of people are happy. Who knows.
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