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Originally Posted by vostro
i noticed someone complained "slight gradient in light intensity diminishing from thick side to thin side" for oasis 2 screen, is this isolated issue or wide spread issue?
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i did comment on this in my review a while back, but in comparison to other units which use a similar technology (Voyage, Oasis 1), i think is far superior. if you look on another thread i have posted, i have gone through 4 Oasis 1's and all of those have a much more noticeable gradient than the Oasis 2 i had for a week. on the other hand, the one i saw at Best Buy had a very noticeable gradient in the couple of lighting conditions i could try it in (full on lit store, dark, under the shelf of the display). if i could have found a way to comfortably hold the Oasis 2, i'd still have it. i can only wish that this original units "slight gradient" were on the Oasis 1 units i tried out. after seeing a screen with that negligible gradient and no light cones/shadows/scalloping made me realize what was possible with these front lit readers.
so, bottom line: it will vary a lot from unit to unit, and also depend on how sensitive you are to such things. i'm pretty sensitive, IMHO, but i'm sure there may be even pickier folks out there.
i'd say, if you are interested: order or buy with the acknowledgement that you may want to return it or try a couple units out. good luck!