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frahse · 04-14-2016, 07:25 PM

I still have my old Kindle KB 3G sitting over on my Desktop Tower stand. The display is frozen with a diagonal slash across the screen showing the text my wife was reading before the display "broke." The other half is blank.

I found a DIY replacement of the screen would cost about $40 dollars but there were no guarantees so we got a $50 Fire for her that was on sale at the time of the screen failure.

Still I have not given up., I see the Oasis is coming and I have again looked carefully at the specifications of it and all available Kindles that have been given

( http://www.the-ebook-reader.com/kindle-comparison.html) ;

(http://www.gadgetscompared.com/kindle-comparison/)

and I still don't see anything that would inspire me to again pay out that original $189 dollars. (I do note that you can buy a used replacement for my KB 3G starting at $29 but again no guarantees.)

My main problem today is the contrast of the screen. Not the finest of the font, dithering of pixels, not the back, side or front lights. As I get older my right knee will ache on stairs and my eyes balks at low contrast print. I am losing weight to help the knee but the eye doc says that I may need an "underside cornea retread" -my words, for the contrast problem caused by Fuchs' corneal dystrophy.

I want a display that compares to a piece of copy/printer/typewrite paper with a Black or dark Navy Blue Pilot G2 rolling ball Gel pen (.7 or 1.0 mm) writing the letters.

Is there such an animal?

Is it 3, 5 or 10 years away or am I just dreaming?

04-14-2016, 07:25 PM	#1
frahse occasional author Posts: 2,315 Karma: 2064403292 Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Wandering God's glorious hills, valleys and plains. Device: A Franklin BI (before Internet) was the first. I still have it.	My next Kindle: Is it available yet? I still have my old Kindle KB 3G sitting over on my Desktop Tower stand. The display is frozen with a diagonal slash across the screen showing the text my wife was reading before the display "broke." The other half is blank. I found a DIY replacement of the screen would cost about $40 dollars but there were no guarantees so we got a $50 Fire for her that was on sale at the time of the screen failure. Still I have not given up., I see the Oasis is coming and I have again looked carefully at the specifications of it and all available Kindles that have been given ( http://www.the-ebook-reader.com/kindle-comparison.html) ; (http://www.gadgetscompared.com/kindle-comparison/) and I still don't see anything that would inspire me to again pay out that original $189 dollars. (I do note that you can buy a used replacement for my KB 3G starting at $29 but again no guarantees.) My main problem today is the contrast of the screen. Not the finest of the font, dithering of pixels, not the back, side or front lights. As I get older my right knee will ache on stairs and my eyes balks at low contrast print. I am losing weight to help the knee but the eye doc says that I may need an "underside cornea retread" -my words, for the contrast problem caused by Fuchs' corneal dystrophy. I want a display that compares to a piece of copy/printer/typewrite paper with a Black or dark Navy Blue Pilot G2 rolling ball Gel pen (.7 or 1.0 mm) writing the letters. Is there such an animal? Is it 3, 5 or 10 years away or am I just dreaming? Last edited by frahse; 04-14-2016 at 09:35 PM.