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Originally Posted by cerem0ny
Then of course, there are people in denial who refuse to accept there are any faulty devices at all! Maybe you're one of the 'lucky ones'. Ignorance is bliss.
The problem is is that reading is such an intimate activity, you're enjoying words for the sake of them, and as such they really should be displayed properly in all of their literary glory . The intimacy of being absorbed in a good book is cheapened for people who've spent 500 bucks on a device promising to be the pinnacle of e-reading only to have the colour of the background change to its primary opposite with every word. And having weird splotches on the side of every book you read, forever. If I was watching Keeping up with the Kardashians or stalking my exes on Facebook it probably wouldn't matter to me as much, if at all. Problem is is that I'm very easily distracted when I'm reading a book, I need the experience to be seamless otherwise it lessens my enjoyment. Same with watching a movie, listening to music, anything that requires me to be engaged properly. It's a psychological concept called 'flow', where all the elements of an activity come together in a way that inspires you.
It's like enjoying your favourite bass riff on a pair of tinny computer speakers - it just leaves you disappointed and angry more than anything. You'd be better off just not listening to the song at all. Or enjoying the best steak in the world with a cheap, sour wine. Take another swig when someone rolls their eyes at you for being too fussy  . Stay positive peeps!  |
I guess I'm just ignorant then. I don't see any sort of color gradient (and according to the color test, I have almost perfect color vision). I do see a difference in the lighting from right to left, and I saw it with my Voyage, PW and AuraHD from bottom to top as well. I see the "shadow cones" or "scallops", but only if I turn the light way up on the device. Again, I see those on every lighted e-ink device I have ever looked at.
I'm sorry that you have such a hard time focusing that your experience has to be "seamless" in order to enjoy an activity, and I wish you well in your pursuit of that. I'm fortunate in that I can find "flow" and inspiration in all kinds of things, whether they are perfectly seamless or not, and I truly feel sorry for those who have such a hard time doing so.
Shari