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But around 8:13 in this youtube video, you can see glo HD on the left shows a similar lighting as the second picture you uploaded previously about Clara HD. |
To be clear: the issue isn't the cones of light at the bottom of the screen (those in the
yellow circle). Those happen on all lighted e-ink screens under some lighting conditions (usually if you have the light set low in a very dark room). The light bleed is the light on the side (the
red circle). That is a defect of the Kobo manufacturing process that needed to be fixed.
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I know Clara is the newer one but on page 9 of imx6 CPU series portfolio, you can see glo HD's CPU imx6 solo has doubled L2 cache and 3D graphics while Clara HD's imx6 sololite is only 2D capable.
More importantly, glo HD seems to have a greater edge in that the screen is infrared not capacitive, so in winter wearing gloves is not an issue.
I know Clara HD is on sale now, but I am running into hesitancy because of the bleeding screen of early batches and an inferior CPU.
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I'll leave the research and decision making up to you. I don't have a Glo HD to compare the Clara to. I wouldn't hesitate from buying a Clara
only because of the light bleed. Like I said, I believe it is fixed and if you get a dud, you can exchange it.
Sounds like you have other reasons to buy the Glo HD. But since Kobo hasn't made the Glo HD for a while, you're buying a used, years old device and possibly paying more for it. Something to consider.