My Voyage has the best screen of any of the light-layered versions of eInk readers I've ever owned. But big whoop, that isn't saying much. My Voyage does NOT have any color blotches, but it still has murky, shadowy areas on the screen. It is like a dim, dirty smudge. As a photography enthusiasts I know fully well that placing more glass in front of a lens is an incredibly stupid thing to do. It might not degrade the image noticeably, but it most likely will degrade more than help out, and in many cases the degradation will be very noticeable. Pro photographers know to avoid using filters on the front of their lenses. As long as eInk readers have a light layer on top of the eInk layer, it will be a degraded screen. Many will choose to ignore or deny that, but it is the nature of adding layers. There is NO such thing as a perfect light layer. There is also no such thing as an eInk screen (light-layered or not) with as crisp and dark of text as a high quality tablet screen. You can put as much lipstick on a pig as you want to, but it is still just a pig. You can put as many bells and whistles on an eInk reader as you want to such as waterproofing and light layers, but it is still an outdated technology that will never again see a major improvement in text quality.