I always found the light on the Kobo to be more blue (Aura H2O excepted), maybe it just shows the variance you get in them all! The sharpness and clarity of the text on the Voyage is very good, I'm not sure any other reader beats it in that respect (very close with the H2O) its just a pity about the slight gradient. For me, its still far, far better than the PW2 I used to own, even though it had a very evenly lit screen. I hope you can get used to it, although at the same time I appreciate spending all that money on something you want it to be as close to perfect as possible. That's exactly why it took me a while to try the Voyage