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Originally Posted by TheSmitty
Sounds like they still stay with the inferior adhesive going forward and just mask it with the software fix. Maybe when the next color hardware version comes out I will consider. ;-)
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I don't understand what is wrong with a software fix. The adhesive was selected for some good reason out of the available options (at the launch announcement they made a big deal about how many hundreds of variations they tried with the display before arriving at this one). There are always tradeoffs, and in this case it amounts to having to change some code. And this didn't take them months, they are not going to change it in production, it meets spec. Sure we can expect the next one to be better, but only because of advances in materials and components. But this is Kaleido 3, already better than 1 and 2.
My Colorsoft either does not have the issue, or I'm not able to see it (I have tried everything I can think of to tease it into perception). It does not matter which of those are true.
I registered it 2 days ago and it's running 5.18.0.1.0.1; people who registered last week have 5.18.0.1. I'm guessing I have the fix. Others who have the newer version report that they do not see it or it only shows up when they have warmer lighting (and even then it does not bother them).
We'll know more when people who have the issue get the update and report that it's been mitigated. There will still be people who choose to exchange or return, because they had higher expectations for color in the first place.
I have color Kobo and PocketBook devices and Colorsoft does have better color IMO. But they're all good enough to replace B&W (again IMO).