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TTT · 07-28-2020, 01:36 PM

Hi!

I've just bought a basic 2019 kindle, and I'm kind of disappointed with the screen quality. Previously I had a Kindle 4 non-touch, which has supposedly the same dpi, but I can't help noticing how things in the new kindle look noticeably worse than in the K4NT.

I've set the two of them to the same font and the same size (Caecilia and 2nd and 3rd font size) and the edges of the letters are quite jagged in the 2019KT, particularly in italics. Also, the icons an text in the UI do not look sharp.

My question is: is this normal?. Everywhere I look online people say that, yeah, the resolution might be less than that of the PW, but that as long as you restrict yourself to reading books (as opposed to image-heavy media like comics) it's ok. Given that I had the K4NT unit, that had the same 167 dpi, I thought that I'd be fine, but I guess not. Maybe is it a defective unit?

Thanks a lot!

07-28-2020, 01:36 PM	#1
TTT Junior Member Posts: 9 Karma: 100 Join Date: Jul 2020 Device: Kindle 4NT	Disappointed with the 2019 Basic Kindle screen Hi! I've just bought a basic 2019 kindle, and I'm kind of disappointed with the screen quality. Previously I had a Kindle 4 non-touch, which has supposedly the same dpi, but I can't help noticing how things in the new kindle look noticeably worse than in the K4NT. I've set the two of them to the same font and the same size (Caecilia and 2nd and 3rd font size) and the edges of the letters are quite jagged in the 2019KT, particularly in italics. Also, the icons an text in the UI do not look sharp. My question is: is this normal?. Everywhere I look online people say that, yeah, the resolution might be less than that of the PW, but that as long as you restrict yourself to reading books (as opposed to image-heavy media like comics) it's ok. Given that I had the K4NT unit, that had the same 167 dpi, I thought that I'd be fine, but I guess not. Maybe is it a defective unit? Thanks a lot!