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Originally Posted by gribley
So now I have several questions. First, am I crazy? Do others have this experience? Is the solution a flush screen? I hadn't thought that was important before, but now it feels to me that that would really change the experience. Does it?
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Nope. You've pretty closely described my own experience with front-lit eReaders. I like the way they look. I would love to be able to use them (still planning on trying with the Nook GlowLight 3 at some point), but it's like I'm constantly trying to refocus my eyes when using them. Almost like a 3D effect, flat fonts in a pool of water. My non-lit eReaders, on the other hand, have fonts that stand out – clear and sharp. I just use an M-Edge reading light for the eReaders that don't have lighted case and I'm happy. If I could find a non-lit eReader with 300 ppi, I would be happy as a clam.
As for the Kindle Keyboards at Woot – they got them back a couple days ago, but now they're saying "only a few left." These really are nicely made eReaders. Woot sent me one without ads and with 3G, but I don't if that was luck of the draw or normal – I'm guessing Amazon no longer cares what which one they sell to you any more. I decided I didn't like the backgrounds included with the K3, so I turned on ads to get away from them. (I might look into a background image (screensaver?) hack down the line.)
If you like the K3, you'd probably like the K4 as well. It's basically the same but smaller and without a keyboard or headphone jack (and 2GBs instead of 4).