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readingaloud · 08-22-2007, 04:35 PM

I just received my second iLiad. I'd been planning to buy another--it's just too precious to me to risk being without if I should lose it or break it. And I'll be glad to have one to lend to friends. (Yes, I do call the second one the "Odyssey".)

I was going to wait for the version with the larger battery. But my first has developed an annoying problem--horizontal lines on the screen, and I figure I'll soon have to send it to iRex for repair. (I hope it's soon--iRex support is working at a very stately pace on my request.)

A couple of notes on the new device. As reported elsewhere, it does now ship with a case, apparently the shoulder bag. This was a nice surprise. A less nice surprise was that it still ships with the incredibly silly docking connector--I was hoping that they'd started using the smaller, redesigned one.

What surprised my most, however, is how much nicer the fresh screen looks. I hadn't realized it, but over the last seven months or so my first reader has lost contrast--the light grey background has become a somewhat darker grey. I suppose this might be a function of whatever screen malady is causing my lines, but I don't think so. It appears that, at least with heavy use (I'll soon read my 100th iLiad book), the display loses contrast over time.

Have other people noticed the same thing?

08-22-2007, 04:35 PM	#1
readingaloud Enthusiast Posts: 34 Karma: 55 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Switzerland Device: iRex iLiad; Sony Reader; Amazon Kindle	Second iLiad -- loss of contrast I just received my second iLiad. I'd been planning to buy another--it's just too precious to me to risk being without if I should lose it or break it. And I'll be glad to have one to lend to friends. (Yes, I do call the second one the "Odyssey".) I was going to wait for the version with the larger battery. But my first has developed an annoying problem--horizontal lines on the screen, and I figure I'll soon have to send it to iRex for repair. (I hope it's soon--iRex support is working at a very stately pace on my request.) A couple of notes on the new device. As reported elsewhere, it does now ship with a case, apparently the shoulder bag. This was a nice surprise. A less nice surprise was that it still ships with the incredibly silly docking connector--I was hoping that they'd started using the smaller, redesigned one. What surprised my most, however, is how much nicer the fresh screen looks. I hadn't realized it, but over the last seven months or so my first reader has lost contrast--the light grey background has become a somewhat darker grey. I suppose this might be a function of whatever screen malady is causing my lines, but I don't think so. It appears that, at least with heavy use (I'll soon read my 100th iLiad book), the display loses contrast over time. Have other people noticed the same thing?