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Originally Posted by fearindex
I agree with your sentiment that there does seem to be un an unusual amount of quality variance in PW1/PW2. However, I do disagree this is the same thing as e-ink or improvements to e-ink on other Kindles (e.g. the improvements to Kindle 4 you mention around the time the black 4B or "5" version came out).
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When the K4 first came out. It was in a Silver Bezel and the quality of contrast varied greatly. Some users went through 5 to 8 replacement before getting a good one. I went through one replacement and kept it and was never happy with it. Let me show you a
pic. As you can see the K4 Silver contrasts sucks compare to my K4 Black which is just slightly better than my Kindle Keyboard which has good contrast.
I had a K3 first then order the K4S and It was like taking a step back from Pearl. Others agreed with me and others told me it was all in my head or my eyes. Some went through multiple exchanges and some got good ones on their first try. Then the K4B was released and I got an amazing one on the first try and to our surprise pretty much everyone else did too. We all sang the praises of the new K4B's amazing contrast because Amazon had actually fix that problem.
Fast forward to where the PW1 comes out and it's the same thing all over again!
Contrast is okay but not as great as the K4B with the default fonts. Easy fix is to put a custom font on it and add some weight. Problem solved. So I was excited when Amazon announced the Carta screen I'm sure we all thought it would blow the PW1 out the door like the K4B did to the K4S but it's like they took a step back again when it comes to contrast.
Once again the Quality Control isn't that great.
So while contrast on eInk varies I know Amazon can fix it like they did the K4 problem. Once you turn off the light on the PW underneath it's still just an eInk reader. All the light does is illuminate and distort the eInk underneath. If the eInk underneath is of quality like the K4S then it's going to look like crud once the light is on.
I have seem some PW2 pics with good contrast and I have seem some that remind me of my K4S. I do think the light on the PW2 seems to be stronger thus when you turn it up the look of the screen becomes white washed. It's what it looks like with the light off that counts. If the text isn't black then the contrast is going to be yucky once you turn the light on and the text is going to become too light to read with.