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You can see here the screen differences between the Clara and the Glo....
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....the above, after watching the video as well, might be more of a "taste" issue than a fault per se. I am forming an impression that the Kobo screens which use a comfort light have the hue over that of non comfort light screens, but I do not have enough experience or Kobo usage to know that for sure.
Placing both units in sleep mode and you can still see a difference in the screens....
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Sorry, I can't really use those photos to compare the screens. The lighting is to uneven. The difference in the lighting of the label above the ereader makes that obvious. Plus, you need to make sure the screens are in the same refresh state as each other. The first shot makes me think the device on top has just had a full refresh. Or that someone has been changed the weight of the font on one but not the other. For the last shot, I don't know which you think is better, or why.
It's possible the difference you are seeing in the last photo is caused by the capacitance layer for the touch. The Glo HD uses IR touch, so there is no extra layer. There has been a consistent complaint about this over the years, but I don't have enough experience with the capacitive touch devices to comment. I didn't notice it with the Aura ONE, but I also haven't really compared them as directly as you are.
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The "BLB" might not be the appropriate technical term to use considering how the lights are applied in the Clara but it suffices for my description and also by user jlynton when they quoted to say that they too had the similar issue of "bleed" and returned the device the same day.
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The problem is that if you use the wrong terms, it is extremely easy to completely discount you. And jlynton agreed with the effect, not necessarily the term.
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If you watch this video from the time stamp at 9mins you will see how the blue hue compares to the Amazon reader, similar results were seen for us on the Glo to the Clara comparison......
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And if you keep watching, it shows how to adjust the screen of the Clara HD to a completely different colour. It is possible that Kobo needed to choose bluer LEDs to achieve the overall affect as the colour is adjusted.
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Coming back to the BLB. I have tried another device and that was the same. In this comment section.....
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And most of the references are just to "light bleed". More than one person calling it by the wrong name doesn't make your term correct.
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...you will note the use Karinatwork has tried a total of three Clara readers and each of those had problematic BLB.
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Very unfortunate. But, without photos of them, we don't know exactly how bad it is. And as you seem to to think it is a big problem, I find it strange that you didn't post photos of yours. I will note that in the review above, there is no apparent light bleed in the Kobo device and the reviewer didn't comment on it. I don't think I have seen a photo that demonstrates this well and it will be probably be a few months before I get the opportunity to see for myself.
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As I have noted holding the Clara to see between the bezel and the screen the amount of light leakage from the white LED's, the Orange being less noticeable, is very noticeable. On the Glo HD, obviously no Orange LED's, the "leakage is confined to a small section at the bottom.
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I'm not sure what you are saying in this. It feels like you are saying that you have to hold the device in a way that is unnatural for reading to see the light bleed.