MobileRead Forums - View Single Post - Aura Polyester stand mat effect in screen

bramepc · 02-17-2014, 01:02 PM

The upper 2 - 3 cm region of the screen of my Aura has a rather annoying polyester strand mat pattern inside the top layer of the screen.
These are not scratch marks, the reader is brand new, it is really is under the surface.
The effect is only visible under certain angles (a relation between your head, the kobo and the light source), and is not visible if I turn on the backlight.
I tried taking a picture of it, which is a real PITA, but best effort so far is in attachment.

I cannot reproduce the effect in the lower 3/4 of the screen, so I am starting to think this is some kind of production defect in the upper area of my screen. At first i thought maybe it has something to do with the touch capability of the screen, but it looks too chaotic to be a matrix of some sort. Maybe some kind of stretch marks ?

Does anyone else see this ? Any insights ?

Edit: argh typo: stRand

02-17-2014, 01:02 PM	#1
bramepc Member Posts: 10 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2014 Device: kobo aura	Polyester stand mat effect in screen The upper 2 - 3 cm region of the screen of my Aura has a rather annoying polyester strand mat pattern inside the top layer of the screen. These are not scratch marks, the reader is brand new, it is really is under the surface. The effect is only visible under certain angles (a relation between your head, the kobo and the light source), and is not visible if I turn on the backlight. I tried taking a picture of it, which is a real PITA, but best effort so far is in attachment. I cannot reproduce the effect in the lower 3/4 of the screen, so I am starting to think this is some kind of production defect in the upper area of my screen. At first i thought maybe it has something to do with the touch capability of the screen, but it looks too chaotic to be a matrix of some sort. Maybe some kind of stretch marks ? Does anyone else see this ? Any insights ? Edit: argh typo: stRand Attached Thumbnails Last edited by bramepc; 02-17-2014 at 02:52 PM.