Kindle Voyage - First Impressions

[Josieb1]

It seems I need to explain why I use a book style cover as the subtle hints aren't working. Let's hope I don't actually know one of you in real life!

I read MM romance that's a name for gay romance, as you can imagine the men I sit on the train next to would probably not really appreciate knowing that I am reading about two men having sex. Obviously that's only a very small part of what I read and the explicit content is not on all books but obviously I have an ereader so I can read what I like, I just like to be considerate to others I commute with.

Is that now clear enough?

[Canuck_in_Japan]

Do people actually look at what you're reading though? I've never tried doing it and I've certainly never experience it (the reading over the shoulder I mean, in case that needs to be clarified! )

[Josieb1]

Originally Posted by Canuck_in_Japan

Do people actually look at what you're reading though? I've never tried doing it and I've certainly never experience it (the reading over the shoulder I mean, in case that needs to be clarified! )

I don't think I want to know, but I read on text size 5 so they could. I think I'd be more embarrassed than they would be When I am near the standing section I tend not to read at all.

[willus]

Originally Posted by GoSharks

@HarryT
You keep stating this review count (in multiple threads), but your numbers don't hold for the U.S. There are currently 346 reviews on the U.S. Amazon site scored 1-5 stars. Of these reviews, 118 are 3 stars or less. I picked 3 stars to be the cut-off as from 3 stars on down almost all refer to the color gradient as a problem. This works out to a full third of reviews noting the color gradient as a significant detractor. To use your phrasing... so, with approximately 118 out of 346 people reporting a bad screen, we can reasonably conclude that this is a widely perceived issue.

I find this interesting. Here's a screen capture from the video attached to the most popular review at the U.S. amazon site. I've copied and pasted rectangles from the bottom to the top and from the top to the bottom of the screen (highlighted) so that you can clearly see that this particular KV has the exact lighting gradient issue people are complaining about, yet it is not mentioned in the 5-star review. This suggests that the lighting gradient issue may be more pervasive than the number of positive reviews suggest--just that it doesn't bother some people. I think it would bother me.

[HarryT]

Originally Posted by willus

I've copied and pasted rectangles from the bottom to the top and from the top to the bottom of the screen (highlighted) so that you can clearly see that this particular KV has the exact lighting gradient issue people are complaining about, yet it is not mentioned in the 5-star review. This suggests that the lighting gradient issue may be more pervasive than the number of positive reviews suggest--just that it doesn't bother some people. I think it would bother me.

All Voyages have a lighting gradient, as do all Kobo H2Os, for the simple reason that the lights are at the bottom of the screen. It's not a fault: it's just the design. Very few people seem to be concerned about it.

What does bother people is the colour gradient that a small number of people seem to be sensitive to, but which I, for example, don't see visually at all, although I can prove to myself is there by photographic means.

[trekk]

Originally Posted by HarryT

It's not a fault: it's just the design.

You repeatedly said this. But following your argumentation I should be experiencing the light gradient on all of my many readers, which I certainly don't.

On my Aura is a visible gradient, but not nearly as annoying as on my three Kindle Voyage. I am not able to see any gradient on my newest 6,8" Aura. My PW2 seems to be flawless too. But I sent three Kindle Voyage back, all of them with an ugly light gradient, two of them also with black dots under the glass.

The design of leds at the bottom may lead to some kind of light gradient, but even though I surely am a sensitive person to this problem, to me it is not visual on every reader model. It is on the Voyage though!

[BeeTee-Ess]

Originally Posted by Josieb1

...Is that now clear enough?

Well Josie...

I, for one, am getting a chuckle out of your comments. Good on you!

[shanghaichica]

Still debating whether to upgrade from my paperwhite 2. I'm not sure if there are enough upgrades to make it worthwhile. I also have a perfect screen on my pW2, evenly lit. My pw1 had the colour hues and whilst they didn't bother me that much, now that I have a perfect screen on my PW2, if I got a voyage with a less than perfect screen (which seems likely) it would seem like a step back.

[DuckieTigger]

Originally Posted by shanghaichica

Still debating whether to upgrade from my paperwhite 2. I'm not sure if there are enough upgrades to make it worthwhile. I also have a perfect screen on my pW2, evenly lit. My pw1 had the colour hues and whilst they didn't bother me that much, now that I have a perfect screen on my PW2, if I got a voyage with a less than perfect screen (which seems likely) it would seem like a step back.

Wait until you can go to a B&M store, bring your PW2, and first compare with the display model side by side. Then, if there is enough reason to upgrade let them show you the actual device you are buying to look at the light of the screen. Alternatively just check out the display model side by side with your PW2 and order from Amazon.

[shanghaichica]

Originally Posted by DuckieTigger

Wait until you can go to a B&M store, bring your PW2, and first compare with the display model side by side. Then, if there is enough reason to upgrade let them show you the actual device you are buying to look at the light of the screen. Alternatively just check out the display model side by side with your PW2 and order from Amazon.

That's what I tried to do yesterday. I went to my local waterstones but they didn't have any on display. They have taken down their entire kindle display for some reason. I'll prooably just order one from Amazon this time and if I'm not satisfied I can just return it.

[Josieb1]

Originally Posted by shanghaichica

That's what I tried to do yesterday. I went to my local waterstones but they didn't have any on display. They have taken down their entire kindle display for some reason. I'll prooably just order one from Amazon this time and if I'm not satisfied I can just return it.

When I asked in Waterstones before I bought mine they said that only a few stores would have them and that most stores would only feature the basic kindle and maybe the Paperwhite, the stores were also dropping the Fires.

[Alsicole]

I tried to buy my Kindle after the stock had gone to 21st December delivery, which was too late for me. I searched online for bricks and mortar stores which might stock the Voyage and was surprised to find that stores like John Lewis didn't have them. Oddly though, Argos did. I always think of them as a store which gets new kit months after release. When I searched though, there was no online delivery, only in-store or click and collect, and very little stock everywhere. Luckily, my local store had the 3G model in stock.

I've been very happy with the unit so far and haven't noticed any discolouration to the screen, but I do tend to read at night and so the light is very dim the majority of the time.

[HarryT]

Originally Posted by Alsicole

Oddly though, Argos did. I always think of them as a store which gets new kit months after release.

No, Argos are often the first to get new readers. They were the first physical retailer in the UK to get the Kobo H2O, too.

[Josieb1]

Originally Posted by HarryT

No, Argos are often the first to get new readers. They were the first physical retailer in the UK to get the Kobo H2O, too.

I've bought my three ereaders from Argos. My H20, my Voyage and my Glo.

[Rizla]

Originally Posted by Josieb1

I read MM romance that's a name for gay romance

This is off-topic, but I have to ask. I've seen MM romance advertized, and while I know it's written by women (which surprises me), I figured it must be read by gay men. But women read it? I don't understand the appeal. Could you explain? Without turning the thread ultra-violet?