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Cactusgod · 01-02-2010, 08:38 PM

So, being the picky person that I am, I have a rather intriguing question for those of you who own a PRS-300.

Warning: Those of you who are the type of person that doesn't notice a problem until it's pointed out, I recommend you stop reading here! haha.

This isn't necessarily a problem though. My eyes are kind of dumb, and today I seemed to notice that my background didn't seem was white as it did yesterday, using the same book. So, what I did was, I started to angle the PRS-300 in different ways, and I noticed that if you hold the book completely flat right in front of your eyes, so that you're actually looking into the USB port, (so the reader is facing up, not forward) and then you tilt the book slightly so that you can see it, the background of the reader is this pristine white upon which the black words look absolutely BEAUTIFUL.

If you look at the reader directly, like a book, you'll notice that the background kinda fades to a tanner looking background and the words are a tad bit less clear because they kinda mold in with the background. If I've lost you so far, thats ok, because like I said...I'm a freak.

I also noticed that the screen looks much better, as far as the background goes, when it's turned off, if that helps anyone compare. I was wondering if there was anyway to lighten the background of the reader while its displaying characters. Changing my font might help as well, but I figured there was no harm in asking. Right now I'm using Fontin, but just yesterday I thought it looked fantastic.

Has anyone else noticed/experienced any of this? Haha

Much appreciated.

01-02-2010, 08:38 PM	#1
Cactusgod Enthusiast Posts: 40 Karma: 252 Join Date: Nov 2009 Device: none	PRs-300 Background Question So, being the picky person that I am, I have a rather intriguing question for those of you who own a PRS-300. Warning: Those of you who are the type of person that doesn't notice a problem until it's pointed out, I recommend you stop reading here! haha. This isn't necessarily a problem though. My eyes are kind of dumb, and today I seemed to notice that my background didn't seem was white as it did yesterday, using the same book. So, what I did was, I started to angle the PRS-300 in different ways, and I noticed that if you hold the book completely flat right in front of your eyes, so that you're actually looking into the USB port, (so the reader is facing up, not forward) and then you tilt the book slightly so that you can see it, the background of the reader is this pristine white upon which the black words look absolutely BEAUTIFUL. If you look at the reader directly, like a book, you'll notice that the background kinda fades to a tanner looking background and the words are a tad bit less clear because they kinda mold in with the background. If I've lost you so far, thats ok, because like I said...I'm a freak. I also noticed that the screen looks much better, as far as the background goes, when it's turned off, if that helps anyone compare. I was wondering if there was anyway to lighten the background of the reader while its displaying characters. Changing my font might help as well, but I figured there was no harm in asking. Right now I'm using Fontin, but just yesterday I thought it looked fantastic. Has anyone else noticed/experienced any of this? Haha Much appreciated.