My Oasis has splotchier lighting than any early Paperwhite or Voyage I've seen.

[HarryT]

Originally Posted by pagepack

As someone who has worked in colour print for 20+ years, the light gradient or colour shift, whatever you want to call it on the Oasis is completely obvious. for 270 quid I would expect perfection.

Which just goes to prove that what is a major problem for one person is completely imperceptible to another.

[Yolina]

Originally Posted by latepaul

Was the Voyage (right in the image) supposed to be an example of a "good" screen?

I'd say no Here's my Voyage, and I'd call that one a good screen - granted, there is a small shift in colour (cooler at the bottom, warmer at the top) but it's less obvious in real life and certainly not noticeable when I'm reading

[pagepack]

Screen shot from chever's Oasis picture upload, split and swapped around. Done nothing else to it. Makes the colour/light gradient difference even more obvious.

Think I'll stick with my PW2.

[cats2books]

Originally Posted by HarryT

Which just goes to prove that what is a major problem for one person is completely imperceptible to another.

My Oasis screen looks perfect to me. I agree with HarryT, I think some of this is subjective. People see colors differently and have varying degrees of visual acuity.

That said, I'm sure that some of the units are probably defective and it is also a quality control issue.

I have been lucky with my Kindle purchases and haven't experienced any issues with lightning problems. My Voyage also had a good screen with even lighting. The only issue I had with the Voyage is a couple of dead pixels developed on the bottom of the screen. But it really wasn't a problem, it was not in the area of the text, so it was only noticeable if you were looking for it.

[latepaul]

You know I'm very tempted to post some photos of some of my aging paperbacks. They have some interesting "colour shift"

[chever]

A work colleague has also bought an Oasis and has exactly the same colour shift, but his previous Kindle was one of the first gen with the keyboard and no backlight, so he is more than happy with his purchase even though he can still see the colour shift.

Also interesting was that his Oasis didn't need a software update(purchased from Amazon) where as mine did(purchased from John Lewis).

[howyoudoin]

That colour shift is ridiculous. Amazon should be ashamed for charging 290$ for this.

[DiapDealer]

I feel sooo blessed that my (apparently) medium-res eyes can ignore all talk of color shifts and cool/warm hoobie-whatie. When pointed out, I can make out what some people are talking about, but I guess I'm lucky enough to be able to see past the screen to the words. The most "atrocious" examples in this thread wouldn't faze me a bit--they're all infinitely easier for me to look at than a MMPB page. *shrug*

[NullNix]

Originally Posted by WilliamG

However, I can easily see a similar issue with your Kindle that I see with mine, and in person I know I'd be able to see it, too.

I don't see how you can possibly know that. That photograph is not a faithful reproduction of intensity variations, and you're not sitting in my living room unless you are invisible (in which case, oo-er).

[NullNix]

Originally Posted by WilliamG

2.) The screen has this annoying border where all sorts of dust etc get trapped. Also, it's not "finished" very well, with jagged edges in places.

So I was curious when people said that the border did not exist on the Voyage: it's clearly more than just a necessary seam between metal and glass. So I waved my trusty magnetometer over it, and whaddaya know, it's magnetic; the border is there to hold the case lid on. Short of making the edge of the glass magnetic (which would probably have jacked up the price considerably), there needed to be metal or other magnetic material on the front of the Oasis: their choice of a metal rim was unobtrusive enough that I at least didn't even realise what it was that was holding the lid on, it just seemed to stay on by magic. (Burying the magnetic rim under the glass front would probably have reduced the magnetism too much).

[344a]

Originally Posted by newkindlefun

Yeah. But international buyers need to be watchful. If I had bought and gotten that, it would be a pain in the ass and expensive to return for an exchange. I'm waiting to see how common this thing will be. If it's common then it's a huge problem.

That's right. If I had one like this, I needed to pay 30 dollars for return.

[Canuck_in_Japan]

Originally Posted by pagepack

Screen shot from chever's Oasis picture upload, split and swapped around. Done nothing else to it. Makes the colour/light gradient difference even more obvious.

Think I'll stick with my PW2.

Wow, that's pretty amazing! Looking at the original photo, I would have sworn that there was no difference across the screen. But when you flip it around like that so that it's not a gradient then the difference is shocking.

[Yolina]

Originally Posted by Canuck_in_Japan

Wow, that's pretty amazing! Looking at the original photo, I would have sworn that there was no difference across the screen. But when you flip it around like that so that it's not a gradient then the difference is shocking.

Also proves that those of us who can see it clear as day on the original photos aren't just a bunch of loonies making things up to be obnoxious

[Cinisajoy]

Originally Posted by Yolina

Also proves that those of us who can see it clear as day on the original photos aren't just a bunch of loonies making things up to be obnoxious

Never said you were loonies, all the non-seeing among us have said is we don't see/notice it so it is not a problem for us.

[Yolina]

Originally Posted by Cinisajoy

Never said you were loonies, all the non-seeing among us have said is we don't see/notice it so it is not a problem for us.

I know, it was most definitely tongue-in-cheek