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Originally Posted by ZodWallop
Of course, people on this board are more likely to be particular about the quality of the screen. I have seen complaints about the Voyage in the past. I can't speak to the Kindle problems. I can barely speak to the Aura ONE problems.
My point is only that on the Kobo board, most any thread relating to the Aura ONE is going to have discussions about issues with the front light. I don't see the same happen with discussions on any other Kobo model.
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Hmmm... I seem to remember that many of the problems are complaints about colour which would not have been any issue for any earlier Kobo ereaders which did not have the colour temperature control (ComfortLight Pro). Gee, my colour TV has colour matching issues which my old B&W TV did not have.
My experience has been that the KA1 does not have that many issues with the front light at normal settings. A lot of the complaints I've seen are from those using the ComfortLight Pro at or near the maximum brightness and minimum colour temperature setting, preferably in a dimly lit room.
I compared a KA1 to a Tolino epos which have the same size screen and colour temperature control. On both, I can see the LEDs along the bottom edge when I set the brightness to maximum and the colour temperature to it's lowest (warmest) setting. With my usual settings, the screen looks very even on both of them. If I look along the screen from the top towards the bottom no matter what the brightness settings, I can see the LEDs -- is there anytime that looking at the screen at a 5 degree angle is how anyone is going to read? And yes, that was a complaint by one poster about his Kobo ereader.
I tend to browse the Internet quite a bit looking for damn near anything-- there are times at work where I am waiting for something to break at 3AM and it's browse the Internet, read or whatever it takes to stay awake. There is a rather large number of complaints pretty similar to this one: "
The display seems to have a left-right gradient, where the screen is visibly darker at the side opposite the buttons and brighter at the side of the buttons."
Along with such gems as "
I just talked with the Amazon Customerservice about that issue. They actually advised me not to send the kindle back, as a replacement would likely have similar issues. Wow"
On Mobileread, try a search in the Kindle forums on gradient. Or limit your search to the
Got my new Oasis today, first impressions thread.
Anyhow, time to stop and have an illicit sip of bubbly... Happy New Year!!!
