Thread: Paperwhite Second Gen: First Impressions
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Old 10-09-2013, 03:42 AM   #898
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Originally Posted by Blossom View Post
Yes but it really all boils down to Quality Control and Contrast is the most important out of them all. If you can't read on the reader the other stuff really isn't going to matter but it would seriously suck to get a one with good contrast and have green glowing specks in the middle of the page. The blobs seems to be almost completely fixed on the PW2. So QC has improved in that case. Now we have a sepia issue. Yellow background with poor text contrast makes for one yucky reading experience then add in specks, pinholes and light bleeds and you really are taking a gamble getting a good unit. It's the PW1 all over again
Sure, but QC on PWs is a whole different can of worms compared to past e-ink issues, so multifaceted! But I appreciate your contrast concern. If that is your most important issue then I understand completely. For me a lack of consistency on the screen is a much bigger worry, an uneven screen with specks etc. is terrible.

Here are some splotches on PW2:

http://www.kboards.com/index.php/topic,128460.525.html
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