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I switched from Kindle Voyage to Kobo Glo HD after my second Voyage broke on me and Amazon wouldn't honor the warranty even though my first replacement was less than a year old and I was just over a year since the original purchase. The first Voyage was always resetting itself, the second's screen broke for no reason. Anyway, I like the Glo HD far better. Some points of comparison to help you and others decide:
1) Yes, the Glo HD looks much whiter than the Voyage with the backlight off.
2) I find the IR touchscreen much more sensitive and responsive than capacitive. My wife has naturally sticky/oily fingers and has huge trouble with capacitive ereaders. No trouble with the Kobo.
3) Many many more font and typesetting options than Kindle.
4) Ability to easily "hack" it to add an inverse color "night mode".
5) Huge flexibility compared to Kindle. Not all library eBooks are available for Kindle, but all are for ePub. And it can read MOBI too so you won't even need to convert many of your old Kindle books. Super easy sideloading of content. (Calibre is amazing!) All my converted Kindle books look fantastic.
6) Expandable memory (yes, even if you have the non-SD card slot Glo HD!)
7) When you actually buy some books rather than use the Library, you get a permanent 5% discount at Kobo if you go through eBates.com. Does not exist for Amazon.com or BN.com ebooks.
8) Easy to adjust the light with a gesture rather than dig in menu. I don't find it to be blue. It's not yellow either. It's just "neutral white". I looked at the latest Nook and it was super blue which was a deal killer. Excellent screen uniformity, no splotches.
9) There are missing features compared to the Voyage, but I never really used them! Side buttons? I tended to use the touchscreen. X-Ray? Only worked for certain books and when it did the information was minimal or useless. Goodreads? Never used.
I have finally broken out of the Amazon ecosystem and it feels incredibly liberating!
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