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I have a new PW2 2014 and a KV.
The contrast is superb on the KV and the pixel count is nice. The lighting is brighter compared to the PW2. The interface is faster as long as you aren't changing pages (that's all I care about). My KV's screen is touch iffy in several places, including the "buttons", and they don't work well so I turned them off, which leaves the screen - lovely, but flawed - and everything else is a no go for me.
The buttons also don't function in logical places - the store, the settings interface, are a couple of examples. I didn't try using the buttons for the experimental browser or Goodreads, but I suspect they don't work there either. I'll try to remember to test that before I box it up for return.
I use my Kindles without a case when reading so with the KV it's like holding a metal tray or touching a cold piece of glass. When it's cold, the KV is uncomfortably cold to hold. By contrast, the PW is much more comfortable in cold conditions and warms quickly, the screen is warmer to touch also. The PW's screen is much more even in comparison, but then I have a KV with the color graduation. I like the more white color of the KV screen, but my PW1 also has the whiter screen.
The KV is a nice idea that for me doesn't translate well. The hard edges and the metal back were concerns for me before I got it and they remain as part of the issue. I have somewhat adapted to the hard edges, but I really dislike the backing.
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