Libra Curious If This Has Happened To Anyone Else?

[MorganM]

I had a Kobo Clara for a while and decided to upgrade to a Libra as I wanted the button page turn option I miss from days gone by. lol So I bought one last Friday. On Sunday when I went to read on it I noticed a couple of pinhead size bright spots on the screen. I thought it was a couple of specks to wipe off and they didn't wipe off. I leaned in really close and it looks like 2 pixels just burst through really brightly.

I googled and I came across a reddit post where someone said it had had happened to them too.

I'm getting a replacement this weekend. I was just wondering if it's happened to anyone else?

[MGlitch]

I’ve not seen it on a Kobo but the Nook Simple Touch with Glowlight had this issue, I think the equivalent Kindle did as well, and I imagine the same is true for whatever Kobo was in that generation.

It’s basically a break in one of the layers above the light layer which would normally diffract the light. Thus resulting in little pin sized light holes.

Most brands have gotten this much more under control than it was back when the frontlight was a new feature. However I suspect all of them still have units which are afflicted. I’d be rather surprised if your replacement Libra had the same issue. I’d also be surprised if you see this issue again on any future eink ereader. It’s seriously becoming that much less of an issue than it was.

[JSWolf]

Do you have your Libra in a case? That can help protect against pin holes on the light layer.

[davidfor]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Do you have your Libra in a case? That can help protect against pin holes on the light layer.

I have never heard of pinholes occurring except as a manufacturing defect.

@MorganM: As @MGlitch said, this is a manufacturing defect. The first ereaders with front lights suffered a lot from them. Happily, they seem to have virtually disappeared in recent devices. I think there has only been one other report for the Libra H2O. As you've already discovered, Kobo acknowledges the problem and doesn't make it to hard to get a replacement.

[astoriedsoul]

Originally Posted by MorganM

I had a Kobo Clara for a while and decided to upgrade to a Libra as I wanted the button page turn option I miss from days gone by. lol So I bought one last Friday. On Sunday when I went to read on it I noticed a couple of pinhead size bright spots on the screen. I thought it was a couple of specks to wipe off and they didn't wipe off. I leaned in really close and it looks like 2 pixels just burst through really brightly.

I googled and I came across a reddit post where someone said it had had happened to them too.

I'm getting a replacement this weekend. I was just wondering if it's happened to anyone else?

I recently dealt with this same issue (maybe a month ago), and I believe they are basically either dust specs that got trapped under the clear layer of screen in the manufacturing process, or they are tiny breaks in the screen. It could be a few things.

It can happen but I do not believe it's very common anymore.

I returned the device for a replacement. Kobo does consider it a defect and will easily help you replace it. They did for me, and my replacement is perfect.

[MorganM]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Do you have your Libra in a case? That can help protect against pin holes on the light layer.

Yes it was in a case.