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Old 12-20-2014, 06:49 PM   #1386
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Originally Posted by DuckieTigger View Post
The light source has nothing to do with it - you could use a candle and the gradient would be there on the Kindle. It is how the light reflects / refracts / absorbs / turns in the lightguide layer that makes a difference. The surface treatment of the rough (simulates paper - haha) surface on PW / Voyage may have something to do optically as well. Is the H2O perfectly smooth like a sheet of glass? If so, that might be the main difference between Kobo and Amazon.
Yes, the h2O is smooth. I don't notice the light layer when the light is off.

Do you think maybe the capacitance touch layer might have something to do with the color shifts? The H2O doesn't have such as it uses IR touch.
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