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Originally Posted by Parker Lewis
I will probably end up with an Oasis 3, though some people have apparently had gradient/uniformity issues with those so that might be another lottery in itself.
It's a little disappointing to think about spending almost an extra $100 for the Oasis over the Libra when I prefer almost everything about the Libra other than the lighting uniformity.
I'll likely try 1 or 2 other Libra units first and hope that maybe I get one with a more even lighting system, but if those don't pan out then the O3 seems like my only option for a 7" reader with a warm light feature at this point.
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Honestly, try the Libra. Some people are sensitive to the defects, others aren't, and since they're difficult to capture accurately with photos and it's rather hard to get ever MR user together in a room to physically compare, it's hard to say for sure how bad the line as a whole is. Initial reports from reviewers stated the issue wasn't there.
I also am on a second Forma (USB port went bust on the first) and neither has a defect to the degree that it'd bother me. The lighting does seem different on the new one, but I literally have to hold them next to each other to even see this, setting it up on its own I didn't notice a difference.
Having the comfort light at 10-20 percent, which doesn't add a whole lot of orange, also cuts down on the issue.
And finally if you really have an issue with it, I'd suggest trying inverted mode (which is something you can easily enable with a patch or by searching for "devmodeon" from the Kobo home screen then going to Settings-Device Information-Developer Options- and enabling invert mode, the patch puts this setting in reading settings in place of ADE page numbers). Personally I prefer white text on a black background anyway, that this seems to even further make the unevenness less noticeable is just a perk.
Yes in an ideal world it'd just be perfectly even.