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anacreon · 09-10-2016, 09:22 AM

Not only are our eyes different, the devices are different too. There are some with glaring defects, which we exchange, but some look good, and we keep them and like them - one gets attached to those companions during hours of reading. But if we compare them with another of the same model, they might have a slightly different tint, a slightly different lighting. Not to speak of we read with different level of lighting: I tend to be at 100% during the day for most of my devices (I feel the One needs less), contrary to many people her.

That's what just happened with me for the One.

I had battery problems, but it improved when, after a few days, the new F/W arrived, and when I added "PeriodicAutoSync=false" to the configuration files.

I had written to the French customer service just to inform them about that bug, and explain that the battery went better after modifying the configuration, but they pushed me to exchange. I still had some battery problem, and some people in this forum advised me to exchange, so I thought why not, even though I thought part of it could have been due to software problems, specifically that the light/natural light gestion needed improving, but I was afraid that if it persisted I might have problems exchanging the One.

So I exchanged it on the 8th. It is too early to know about the battery: the first full cycle completed on the 9th afternoon - the last 60% in 6 hours reading with light at 74%, natural light off - but I'll see how it goes after the second full cycle.

If the battery proves better, I wont regret exchanging the first One, but I do regret its screen/lighting when reading in good daylight: it was whiter when natural light was off; the second One feels like the first with the natural light one step up. No problem at night of course.

Regarding comparisons, with MY eyes and MY devices, I feel

the Glo HD screen is sharper than the H2O
the Glo comfort light is better than the H2O's
the Glo screen color is less comfortable than the H2O's reading in very low lighting, but that's when I need sharp characters
I've just put all 3 device at 100% lighting in a well lit room: I see a slightly higher sharpness on the capitals in the heading, but no real difference in the text - and the real estate makes everything so much better that for hours long reading I much prefer the One.

I might continue bringing the Glo when commuting, or for long trips with no charging possibilities, but since August 31th, I've only done it when charging the One.

EDIT: the pictures http://ipparis.fr/documents/jpg_sortie.zip

I had difficulties with the focus, so I did one each with a different device center stage (and focus), plus one with the color checker not cropped to compare white levels.

In this light, to my eyes (not photos), there is a VERY slight blurring due to the capacitive level, which makes the Glo HD sharper than the One, but the One beats the H2O because of the sharper definition (300 instead of 265). The Glo HD has the whitest screen, my second One slightly pinker (the first One was better, though still less white than the Glo), the H2O is too yellow.

I still prefer reading on the One because of the real estate.

09-10-2016, 09:22 AM	#370
anacreon Guru Posts: 978 Karma: 3475832 Join Date: May 2012 Location: France Device: Elipsa, Sage, Libra 2	Not only are our eyes different, the devices are different too. There are some with glaring defects, which we exchange, but some look good, and we keep them and like them - one gets attached to those companions during hours of reading. But if we compare them with another of the same model, they might have a slightly different tint, a slightly different lighting. Not to speak of we read with different level of lighting: I tend to be at 100% during the day for most of my devices (I feel the One needs less), contrary to many people her. That's what just happened with me for the One. I had battery problems, but it improved when, after a few days, the new F/W arrived, and when I added "PeriodicAutoSync=false" to the configuration files. I had written to the French customer service just to inform them about that bug, and explain that the battery went better after modifying the configuration, but they pushed me to exchange. I still had some battery problem, and some people in this forum advised me to exchange, so I thought why not, even though I thought part of it could have been due to software problems, specifically that the light/natural light gestion needed improving, but I was afraid that if it persisted I might have problems exchanging the One. So I exchanged it on the 8th. It is too early to know about the battery: the first full cycle completed on the 9th afternoon - the last 60% in 6 hours reading with light at 74%, natural light off - but I'll see how it goes after the second full cycle. If the battery proves better, I wont regret exchanging the first One, but I do regret its screen/lighting when reading in good daylight: it was whiter when natural light was off; the second One feels like the first with the natural light one step up. No problem at night of course. Regarding comparisons, with MY eyes and MY devices, I feel the Glo HD screen is sharper than the H2O the Glo comfort light is better than the H2O's the Glo screen color is less comfortable than the H2O's reading in very low lighting, but that's when I need sharp characters I've just put all 3 device at 100% lighting in a well lit room: I see a slightly higher sharpness on the capitals in the heading, but no real difference in the text - and the real estate makes everything so much better that for hours long reading I much prefer the One. I might continue bringing the Glo when commuting, or for long trips with no charging possibilities, but since August 31th, I've only done it when charging the One. EDIT: the pictures http://ipparis.fr/documents/jpg_sortie.zip I had difficulties with the focus, so I did one each with a different device center stage (and focus), plus one with the color checker not cropped to compare white levels. In this light, to my eyes (not photos), there is a VERY slight blurring due to the capacitive level, which makes the Glo HD sharper than the One, but the One beats the H2O because of the sharper definition (300 instead of 265). The Glo HD has the whitest screen, my second One slightly pinker (the first One was better, though still less white than the Glo), the H2O is too yellow. I still prefer reading on the One because of the real estate. Last edited by anacreon; 09-10-2016 at 10:40 AM.