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Originally Posted by CatherineStewart
So I got my replacement today. A few differences but not overall better or worse. I don't think they have yet perfected the natural lighting for us picky readers. I have a feeling the rainbow colors (at least to some extent) is "normal".
So I'm giving up the dream of a "perfect" screen and have decided to keep the old one and send the replacement back. I feel like my old one is better. Or maybe I'm just used to the placement of the "rainbow" now and seeing a slight change (not necessarily better or worse) on the new one just makes it feel like my old ones seems better. Here are some pics...
Old (original one one the left that I'm keeping). The new replacement one on the right that I'm going to send back. Not sure if this helps anyone but I promised an update so here it is.
Sorry the pics are blurry (smart phone in the dark) but it's not to show clarity anyway, but the shadows and rainbow colours. And for what it's worth, I typically read at night in bed with the natural light -- so this is important to me -- and usually at 1% brightness and 90% natural light as per the last comparison photo posted below). So while others may say the new one (on the right) "looks better", for me I read at the settings as shown in the last photo and I think my original one (one the left) looks slightly better at those settings.
*I tried to put the lighting sliders on each reader at exactly the same spots for comparison. As you can see there is a big difference on the first pic at 100% brightness and Zero Natural light.
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Personally I prefer the one on the right! My A1 at 0 red light is far too cold a blue - its like looking at the Windows screen of death. I also have some funny shadows around the side of the device but they dont distract me in the slightest. I will say that I do miss the way the text 'popped' on my Voyage but I dont miss its hideous gradient. Either way, after my godawful experience with my Oasis (which was literally two distince colours, changing from left to right) i'm pretty forgiving. I love my A1! First time, first purchase. Looking forward to when they iron out their many software bugs.