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Old 03-03-2013, 07:48 AM   #629
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
The only thing that occurs to me is that perhaps they use different LEDs in different batches? I agree entirely that there seems to be greater variation than one would normally expect from Amazon products, although all the PWs that I've seen personally (probably a dozen in total) have looked just fine to my eyes.
Yes it seems that must be the case Harry - wonder why though. I'd love to know if they actively keep changing parts after production starts, i.e. might have decided the screen needed to be 'whiter' so slightly altered the LEDs. You'd think that would work out way more expensive though.

Maybe because of all the extra components in the PW display, they make even less money on the devices and so the QC has dropped as well. I know Amazon say they make next to nothing on the devices.
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