Thread: Kindle Voyage - First Impressions
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Old 11-10-2014, 12:23 PM   #1152
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Originally Posted by judith009 View Post
It's pretty obvious that many people here are wishing the KV had the even lighting of the PW V2. We're not talking about gaining new technology. We're talking about Amazon making the lighting at least as good as the previous, cheaper model.
I'm not. We tried two PW2 (20014 edition, with 4GB) and both had similar gradients to the two "better" KVs we tried (one of which I kept). Maybe we just had terrible luck.

The tempting part of the PW2 for me was that it was only $99 w/o special offers with a deal I found at Staples. But side by side with the KV, I much preferred the KV over the PW2. I also much referred the lighting of the KV, which in two of our units was more white than the PW2 (which has, to my eyes, a bit of an unpleasant yellow tone).

I assume it's all just a matter of personal preference. The big sticking point for me was that I assumed the KV would be closer to "perfect" than it turned out to be given the stellar reviews and premium price. I found it to be superior to the PW2 for my needs, but far from perfect. And the variance among the three units I saw – one in particular – was inexcusable.
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