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Originally Posted by Quoth
This makes no sense if you are using the reader in higher ambient light. It's only valid if you have no electricity.
A separate removable overlay stained on the underside is the way to go.
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Maybe I'm just overly sensitive to it, but I notice the lighting gradient even under reasonably bright light. And besides, I like to read at night with the lights off, which is one of the reasons I like ereaders so much.
I think you are right about an overlay being necessary, but I think I will need to apply the stain to the Kobo anyway—the screen protectors all have an adhesive on the underside. To stain the underside, I would have to rub a cloth or brush against the underside, which would not work well with the adhesive.
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Originally Posted by Dr. Drib
I'm thinking some kind of nail polish, but then I don't wear it so I can't comment on the efficacy or lack thereof.
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I considered that (and some related possibilities like translucent glass paint, or even spray-on window tint), but I think nail polish and paint create a layer
on top of the thing being painted. This means that they can flake off, have a different texture and sheen, and probably will interfere with the touchscreen. I think we need something akin to wood stain, which gets into the wood itself and changes the color of the wood, rather than sitting on top of the wood.
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Originally Posted by NiLuJe
Since you mentioned not being bothered by the sidebar of suck, which I previously assumed was your main issue with the device, random requisite remark that an uneven *vertical* gradient is grounds for requesting a replacement device.
(As opposed to an even but slight *horizontal* one, which makes sense given the tech, and is nonexistent to extremely faint on Formas in my experience).
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Sorry for the miscommunication, then. Do you mean that a "vertical gradient" of the kind in my first diagram (where there is a big dark patch that happens not to extend all the way up and down the screen) is uncommon? I probably will not do the replacement program, because I don't want to go without an ereader for a month. But I may just buy another one from Walmart and return the one I have.