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Originally Posted by Duke
No wonder the contrast ratio "is" lower on the Glo when the Kindle has a much lower minimum setting on the light. They should have meassured them on equal terms, they should have adjusted the light on the Kindle to match the Kobo's higher minimum setting but no, the cheated... oh, yes they did, see animated gif below.
So, I don't trust the reviewer or the review because of this, oh, and there's also no info on the tools used to measure the alleged contrast ratio, no info on font weight etc... etc. |
I was talking more about the situation with the light turned off (or as low as possible for the Paperwhite) which is what the microscope pictures show. The reviewer states that the contrast in that case is about 11.5:1 for PW and 10:1 for Glo. The numbers are not really important but both pictures seem to be with the same lighting level as stated and and to the naked eye the results seem to indeed show PW as having darker blacks at least.
The numbers for the case in which both devices are lit up are further in the text (stated as 15:1 and 12:1 respectively) but that is of little concern to me and as you said is different to judge without more details on the methodology of the tests.