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Originally Posted by flybor
I am in California and was also unpleasantly surprised when I saw the dark shadows at the bottom of PPW3, just bought from Amazon. I am in a poorly lit environment most of the time and need some light and the shadows are visible and start bothering me from level 8 and above. They are very distracting for me for the last few lines of text.
I got another unit from Amazon. This one has a much yellower background, so the shadows are slightly less visible because there is less contrast between darker and lighter areas, but otherwise they are the same..
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I had the same problem last November. I bought a Kindle Paperwhite during Amazon's sale, and had to return it because the uneveness in the screen and the shadows really bothered my eyes and gave me headaches.
I got a replacement which was yellower, and just like you said, the shadows were a little less visible but the contrast was poorer. I ended up having to return that one also. (And they charged me for return shipping even though it was defective, which was kind of annoying.)
I have a Boyue T62+ with a Carta screen and frontlight, and it is perfect - no shadows or blobs or discolorations at all. I really expected a similar quality screen from Amazon. I was thinking I would have to get a Voyage some time if I ever wanted a nice screen, but now I am starting to wonder if even those of often defective.
I wish Amazon paid more attention to quality control.
I was also very frustrated with the font size options and not being able to bold the fonts to compensate for the higher ppi... so I suppose it's best for me to stick with the open Android eReaders for now.