Does your screen look like this?

Gatecra5her · 03-06-2010, 11:57 AM

Hi all,

I recently bought a second hand PRS-505 and I'm loving it! I have, though, noticed the screen seems to have many tiny dots (black on white and white on black), I know this is the nature of the eInk display but having not seen a 505 before I'm wondering if it should be so obvious. The picture below shows the dots on my screen.

Are your screens similar? I must admit it looks worse in this picture, they're not so noticable when reading luckily!

The dots remain even when the reader is off. I must add that these don't bother me, I'm just curious! I love the 505!

neilmarr · 03-06-2010, 02:25 PM

Certainly doesn't show on my 505, Gatecra5her. Very odd. Neil

Evi1d33d · 03-06-2010, 03:10 PM

I noticed little speckles on my screen too but no where nearly as bad as yours. I think those are dead pixels and probably the reason why the original owner wanted to sell it.

omk3 · 03-06-2010, 03:23 PM

I can't see anything like this on my screen. Is it the e-ink or the surface of the screen, can you tell? Really strange.

Now that I look at your picture more carefully, the black of the letters and the bottom bar is not solid. It's certainly solid on mine.
I'm afraid you have rotten luck with your readers' screens - I hope I'm wrong though...

Gatecra5her · 03-06-2010, 03:27 PM

It's really not as bad as these pictures show, but what made me realise it was the fact that the black is not solid.

If you can excuse the flash in the picture below, it shows the reader how it is when I actually use it:

Mike_73 · 03-06-2010, 06:40 PM

I haven't had this issue with my 505. My 600 though did exactly show such speckles when I was reading outside last weekend. Usually I read at home or at the office at around 75F. Outside last weekend we had only around 51F in the sun. I thought that the little eink dots reacted a little dull. I also had more shadowing from previous pages when turning the pages. This all stopped once the reader was at regular room temperature again.

03-06-2010, 11:57 AM	#1
Gatecra5her Enthusiast Posts: 46 Karma: 36 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: England, UK Device: Sony PRS-600	Does your screen look like this? Hi all, I recently bought a second hand PRS-505 and I'm loving it! I have, though, noticed the screen seems to have many tiny dots (black on white and white on black), I know this is the nature of the eInk display but having not seen a 505 before I'm wondering if it should be so obvious. The picture below shows the dots on my screen. Are your screens similar? I must admit it looks worse in this picture, they're not so noticable when reading luckily! The dots remain even when the reader is off. I must add that these don't bother me, I'm just curious! I love the 505!

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03-06-2010, 02:25 PM	#2
neilmarr neilmarr Posts: 7,215 Karma: 6000059 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Monaco-Menton, France Device: sony	Certainly doesn't show on my 505, Gatecra5her. Very odd. Neil

03-06-2010, 03:10 PM	#3
Evi1d33d Enthusiast Posts: 47 Karma: 14 Join Date: Sep 2007 Device: Red PRS-505	I noticed little speckles on my screen too but no where nearly as bad as yours. I think those are dead pixels and probably the reason why the original owner wanted to sell it.

03-06-2010, 03:23 PM	#4
omk3 Wizard Posts: 1,454 Karma: 37243 Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Europe Device: pocketbook 360, kindle 4	I can't see anything like this on my screen. Is it the e-ink or the surface of the screen, can you tell? Really strange. Now that I look at your picture more carefully, the black of the letters and the bottom bar is not solid. It's certainly solid on mine. I'm afraid you have rotten luck with your readers' screens - I hope I'm wrong though...

03-06-2010, 03:27 PM	#5
Gatecra5her Enthusiast Posts: 46 Karma: 36 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: England, UK Device: Sony PRS-600	It's really not as bad as these pictures show, but what made me realise it was the fact that the black is not solid. If you can excuse the flash in the picture below, it shows the reader how it is when I actually use it:

03-06-2010, 06:40 PM	#6
Mike_73 Guru Posts: 750 Karma: 1323 Join Date: Dec 2009 Device: PRS-505, PRS-600, iPad 16GB Wifi, Kindle Voyage, Nexus 6, Razr HD	I haven't had this issue with my 505. My 600 though did exactly show such speckles when I was reading outside last weekend. Usually I read at home or at the office at around 75F. Outside last weekend we had only around 51F in the sun. I thought that the little eink dots reacted a little dull. I also had more shadowing from previous pages when turning the pages. This all stopped once the reader was at regular room temperature again.

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