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Originally Posted by robko
In my experience you really have to qualify if you're talking a "perfect" screen with natural light setting set to ZERO versus WITH natural light turned up. From what I've seen the lighting is pretty close to perfect IF you leave natural light at zero. Things only get funky if you start turning natural light up. So if you're not buying it strictly for the natural light, you should still have a screen as good as an H2O (in my direct comparison).
And yes I can see the rainbows in most of the complaint pictures posted on MR, so it's not that I don't see them.
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Originally Posted by alizarin
with just the white LED light (natural light in "off" setting) there are some peaks and troughs in the color gradient especially along the borders, but that is no worse IMO than other ereaders. It's not *perfect*, but it should be *acceptable* to all but the pickiest consumers.
But when you turn natural light "on", that's when things begin to unravel. There aren't just gradients in the orange level, but also blotches of green and yellow that become super obvious especially when you set overall brightness to low levels. I think a higher percentage ofboth picky consumers as well as the I-can-live-with-this folks will be more likely to be sensitive to changes in both *hue* and *tone* than just tone.
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Thank you both for your input. I did try various settings and noticed that with natural light at 0 it did look better. It did not look as good as my H20, however. Maybe the Aura One I was looking at isn't as good as some others. From my experience with e-readers, the same make and model can vary quite a lot.
The font on my H20 was also darker. (I had my H2O with me when I compared them) Not by a huge amount, but it was easily noticeable to my eyes. In general my H2O simply looked better to my eyes, so I couldn't bring myself to get the One despite wanting the larger screen. I am very happy with my H2O so it's not a big deal to me either way, but I do love the larger screen on the One. I guess I'll see what the next model brings, assuming they keep the larger screen in their line.