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Originally Posted by ziegl027
...could you run a test for me? Take your reader outside in the sun and bring up a picture. When I've been testing the stock "baby" pic seems to work best because it's not very "busy", but I also just made a quick black rectangle with Paint and saved it as a jpg. Cover half the screen and flip back and forth between the test image and whatever other images you may have. Do that a few times, then uncover the screen and look at the test image. Do you see a line?? If you do the test with text, is the clarity of the text rendering on the unshaded side acceptable to you?
The reason I ask is that my first reader faded unacceptably in sunlight, to the point where it is hard to read. I got an "advanced replacement" refurb unit. Here in Minnesota's weak Spring sunshine, the text seems to remain OK, but if I put it through the above test, it still fades detectably. Sony is now trying to tell me that this is "normal, the screen does it to protect itself", and that I should "find a tree or other source of shade". I'm worried that come Summer, when our sun is stronger, the new unit will also fade unacceptably.
It wouldn't bug me so much (it's fine if you shade it during page turns) if I hadn't been majorly jerked around by their customer support, and if reading clarity "outside in the sunshine" wasn't specifically and repeatedly promised in their marketing materials.
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PRS-600 Screen Washed Out
Seems like its a some what known issue you can maybe exchange if it bugs you enough as it seems some people have