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Originally Posted by stumped
same here - do the various Kindles use the same basic design as Kobo for evenly spreading ( or not) the light ?
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The light guide system is pretty much the same on any frontlit ereader. You may remember the complaints about various eInk Kindles and their lighting issues? And ditto for some of the other players though quite a few of those complaints were from translated pages.
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Originally Posted by stumped
i am off put by the prospect of going through the buy and return dance to get a perfectly lit one, whenever I think it's time to treat myself to some new e-ink device
& as far as I can tell by reading all the relevant threads, you run similar risks of being disappointed whether you buy Kobo or Kindle
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So far, I've either been very lucky in the frontlit ereaders I've owned or the number of devices with visible display issues is a relatively small subset of the total devices.
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Originally Posted by stumped
i am honestly surprised that after what - 5 years? - neither manufacturer has really nailed how to mass-produce defect-free lighting systems
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AFAIK, neither Amazon nor Kobo manufacture their own displays. Controlling quality at a 3rd party factory is a pain -- just ask Apple and Samsung.