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Originally Posted by Barty
For me, the kpw looks better when there is inadequate light. The k3 plus good light (as in, natural light during day and a good lamp, not a book light clip on thingy, at night) looks better than the kpw in any light.
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In low light the PW is a better read than the K3 without the cover light on but I find that in a totally dark room I prefer the look of the K3 with cover light, by the time I've boosted the PW to a similar brightness the fonts have become wishy washy.
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Yes kpw has finer font. However, the screen is grayer. The contrast is worse. I need to put the light at around 6 to get the background lightness to match the k3, but turning up the screen light also makes the text lighter.
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Agree completely, same experience for me.
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The front light is easier on the eyes than backlit LCD, but it's not as easy on my eyes as k3. It's like I'm looking through a layer of something, which of course I am; I'm looking through the diffusion layer / light guide. Remember the first time you saw a kindle and thought the ink was some kind of sticker on the screen? The extra layer takes away some of that.
I'm in the extreme minority, though.
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Ditto, there's a slight haziness on the PW but it only really bothers me in the evening when I turn up the light, in bright sunlight I think the K3 and PW are pretty damn close.
I'm a bit torn, I really like the improvements to the user interface and the touchscreen is much nicer than I expected but I'm not really feeling the contrast boost that Amazon promised. There's something very readable about my Kindle 3's font since the firmware update made it more bold, also I got lucky with mine as the surface is as close to white as I've seen an ebook get so far.
At least I have a white to decide, Amazon have always been excellent with me when dealing with returns.