HIGH PW lighting REQUIRED for good reading

[Trauma Doll]

Yeah. I love my iPad (currently on 3rd gen, I was an early 1st gen adopter), but I can't read books on it without rapid eyestrain, especially not in the dark. I spend too many hours a day staring at LCD, I need e-ink in bed.

[sirmaru]

I have noticed that under very dark conditions I had to reduce the PW light to about 7 or 8 to feel comfortable.

When I did that the totally white screen with great contrast at level 22 did go to a very off white condition with less contrast. I had no perceived defects at that level but could see why drying glue stains could show up there.

If folks are having these pink and blue clouds, they should read in well lighted places at level 22 PW for at least a week while the glue dries. That should overlay white over the wet glue color stains.

After a week the glue will probably have dried and the lower lighting levels should show no defects.

[aceflor]

Or they should just buy a Fire.

We know, we know....

[elemenoP]

I was hoping to get a reader with a built-in light because I need the light for night reading about once a month or less. In those cases, I often can't find the reading light, or the battery has died, or we are on vacation and I have forgotten the reading light. So if I have to leave the light on (at a high setting, even!) all the time, just so I can have that light once in a while, I think it's not the reader for me.

eP

[tomsem]

On my screen the discoloration is most noticeable when at high brightness levels. At lower levels the color retreats. Magenta and green clouds. I doubt that brightness level is much correlated with 'drying time' or whatever it is. In total darkness I have to turn brightness all the way down to zero or it is too bright. Conversely full bright does not seem as bright as it should be.

The whole experience is so subjective and variable (depending on small changes to ambient light), that I am having a lot of trouble deciding if the screen properties are changing, getting better, or getting worse. There's no reference to compare it to. Kindle Touch screen properties are so different that it is like comparing apples to oranges. In the end I may wind up requesting a replacement just so I can have two instances of the device that I can compare side to side.

I went through this with my first Kindle Touch as well and wound up keeping the one originally shipped.

[AZImmortal]

The first line in this article puts it best.

There’s an old joke about a man who visits a doctor, complaining that his arm hurts whenever he moves it a certain way. The doctor’s response? “Stop moving it that way.”

[Trauma Doll]

Originally Posted by tomsem

The whole experience is so subjective and variable (depending on small changes to ambient light), that I am having a lot of trouble deciding if the screen properties are changing, getting better, or getting worse.

I hear you there. And yes, my color blobs are directly correlated to device light level, but more noticeable in different ambient light.

I'm a longtime tech nerd and gadget-early-adopter, but I am generally not sensitive to the typical light-bleed, bad-pixel, color-balance, whatever issues that commonly crop up at launch. This is my first experience with staring at a distracting screen problem and trying to convince myself it's not happening. It's a little crazy-making.