I'm only on my first Voyage, and I found that mine is also pretty tolerable at the maximum brightness, but it's when set it between 8-20 brightness that it's far more noticeable. To me that is a lot more important, because honestly, how often do you ever actually use it on full brightness? However, brightness around 8-12 is what I use all the time when reading in bed in the pitch black, and the experience is soured on the Voyage screen