Color: Silver or Dark Blue

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by JeffElkins

I bought a silver and my wife a blue. In the hot Florida sun after a few hours of poolside reading they both get _very_ toasty.

I've had my 505 in Florida and I've not noticed it getting toasty. Also, we are in the summer weather here in MA and still not toasty.

[JeffElkins]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

I've had my 505 in Florida and I've not noticed it getting toasty. Also, we are in the summer weather here in MA and still not toasty.

Try reading for three or four hours by the pool, in bright sunlight.

[murraypaul]

Originally Posted by Taylor514ce

Whatever the physics, the silver case on the reader makes the screen itself seem darker than the screen on the blue reader, even though the actual gray level of the screen is no doubt exactly the same.



Square "A" is the exact same color as square "B". That's the effect I've noticed. I prefer the blue reader due to the optical illusion of it making the screen seem "whiter" and thus easier to read.

Wow, color me amazed! (sic)
I actually had to copy the image into a paint program to check this, I was convinced you had to have made a mistake. If you copy a small portion of square B and move it around, you can actually 'see' it get darker as you move it towards square A.

[zelda_pinwheel]

Originally Posted by murraypaul

Wow, color me amazed! (sic)
I actually had to copy the image into a paint program to check this, I was convinced you had to have made a mistake. If you copy a small portion of square B and move it around, you can actually 'see' it get darker as you move it towards square A.

i know, it kind of melts your brain a little doesn't it ?

[athlonkmf]

Originally Posted by Taylor514ce

Whatever the physics, the silver case on the reader makes the screen itself seem darker than the screen on the blue reader, even though the actual gray level of the screen is no doubt exactly the same.



Square "A" is the exact same color as square "B". That's the effect I've noticed. I prefer the blue reader due to the optical illusion of it making the screen seem "whiter" and thus easier to read.

I used the same theory, but not to make the screen whiter. Instead, I bought the silver one, because it makes the letters seem darker.
And actually, from your OI-pic, the A seems better readable for me than the B

[dordale]

Yup--I had to open the drawing in photoshop and prove it to myself and my hubby. Neither of us believed it.

Interesting observation athlonkmf...I have a silver 505--was kind of wishing I had the blue for better contrast, but I agree with your point--the letter on the A square does seem darker.

dordale