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Derek87 · 12-07-2017, 02:43 PM

more talking to myself, but good to air this out and maybe make it available to others who search the site in the future...

two more experiences to share...

- stopped by Best Buy yesterday and looked at the Kindle Oasis 2 (2017 model) on display and because there was a shelf underneath, despite its tethering, i could look at its backlighting. first, there was no light cones/shadows/scalloping. in my small sample size, it seems Amazon figured this aspect out on the newest Kindle. on the flip side, there was a very noticeable yellow-to-white gradient at different light levels. surprised by this as it was very subtle on my short-owned unit.

- i had an extensive chat online with Amazon today about my Oasis 1 screen experiences that i've already discussed here. the Kindle specialist was very sympathetic to my concerns and suggested either sending one of the units in for warranty inspection* or just ordering another one. he assured me that Amazon understood my multiple orders and wouldn't hold it against me for trying to get a satisfactory unit.

i'm not holding my breathe, but this is i think my last ditched attempted to get a good screen like i had with unit #2. one thing to note is that unit #2 had a serial number about 1000 higher than units #1 and #3, so there is a possibility that Odamizu's hypothesis is correct: they improved things later on...i can only hope so, but of course, i have no control over what serial number i receive for the forthcoming unit #4.

i think i will need to cut my losses here and either return all 3 units and go back to my PW3, or keep the best of the 3 Oasis. i ended up Jailbreaking #3 since it was such an old firmware. the custom screensaver option is really nice, but i'd gladly give it up for a better screen. i'm not even sure which i prefer in #1 vs #3 right now. i like the lack of gradients in #3, but two areas of shadows which can best be described as smudges that go about 3/4" into the screen (about 6-7 letters into the text) may actually be more distracting than the two prominent "hot spots" on #1. sigh...i wish i could ignore such things...

*he ultimately agreed that this would likely yield either "you are too picky" or "yes, it's bad, order another"

12-07-2017, 02:43 PM	#6
Derek87 Connoisseur Posts: 62 Karma: 10000 Join Date: Aug 2015 Device: Kindle PW3	more talking to myself, but good to air this out and maybe make it available to others who search the site in the future... two more experiences to share... - stopped by Best Buy yesterday and looked at the Kindle Oasis 2 (2017 model) on display and because there was a shelf underneath, despite its tethering, i could look at its backlighting. first, there was no light cones/shadows/scalloping. in my small sample size, it seems Amazon figured this aspect out on the newest Kindle. on the flip side, there was a very noticeable yellow-to-white gradient at different light levels. surprised by this as it was very subtle on my short-owned unit. - i had an extensive chat online with Amazon today about my Oasis 1 screen experiences that i've already discussed here. the Kindle specialist was very sympathetic to my concerns and suggested either sending one of the units in for warranty inspection* or just ordering another one. he assured me that Amazon understood my multiple orders and wouldn't hold it against me for trying to get a satisfactory unit. i'm not holding my breathe, but this is i think my last ditched attempted to get a good screen like i had with unit #2. one thing to note is that unit #2 had a serial number about 1000 higher than units #1 and #3, so there is a possibility that Odamizu's hypothesis is correct: they improved things later on...i can only hope so, but of course, i have no control over what serial number i receive for the forthcoming unit #4. i think i will need to cut my losses here and either return all 3 units and go back to my PW3, or keep the best of the 3 Oasis. i ended up Jailbreaking #3 since it was such an old firmware. the custom screensaver option is really nice, but i'd gladly give it up for a better screen. i'm not even sure which i prefer in #1 vs #3 right now. i like the lack of gradients in #3, but two areas of shadows which can best be described as smudges that go about 3/4" into the screen (about 6-7 letters into the text) may actually be more distracting than the two prominent "hot spots" on #1. sigh...i wish i could ignore such things... *he ultimately agreed that this would likely yield either "you are too picky" or "yes, it's bad, order another"