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10-03-2019, 12:14 PM | #18 |
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If your wallet allows it, of course get the Oasis. It's a wonderful reader. Well yes, the metal design is a strange decision, but you can always put a skin on it.
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Hello all,
Coming back to you again for advice. I received the replacement for my Oasis 3, and as I have until November to return the previous one, I held onto it for the sake of comparing the two. Now, the new one is different, but I can’t say it’s better. With the brightness off, the two screens are identical. When it’s on, the new one has a more yellow tinge, even with the warmth turned off. It’s also “flatter”, i.e, the text pops out less, seems to have slightly lower contrast. The screen appears a bit more uniform (fewer isolated “blotches” of uneven brightness), but it does have a gradient like the first one, maybe a bit less pronounced on the brightness side, but with a more obvious colour shift. I’m not putting pictures because I realized I can’t trust my phone - putting them size by side, the one on the left always seems to have the worst gradient, regardless of which one it is. Now I spent the last week trying both and I can’t make up my mind as to which is better; I’m tempted to send both of them back, but I’m afraid that if they do send a replacement, it will be the same thing again.. Maybe they’re all the same, and it’s just me being too picky? Although I don’t remember being bothered by this on my (now gone) PW3. For those of you who did send back a device several times, did you experience a change in service quality or tone from Amazon? Am I being unreasonable? |
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Now I for one would be quite annoyed if both deviced weren't what I'd hoped. So perhaps try one more time and then choose the best and be done with it? |
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To be honest though I'm starting to think that they might all have this defect; maybe some people are more sensitive to it than others. I see the gradient on two devices, you see it as well on yours, and it's also visible on Sirtel's pictures; it looks better on his pictures than on mine, but my camera is not great and it might just be the reason. If it was a cheaper device I wouldn't care that much I suppose, but every evening as I see the brightness fade off on every line I read I do get a mild case of buyer's remorse. Someone is selling a Voyage for a decent price in my area, I might just get that and call it a day. Good luck with your second device, I do hope this one makes you happy! |
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Now that I'm reading on my Oasis, the gradient on my Voyage is very clear to me again. Weird how that works doesn't it. So I think that after I've compared the second Oasis device to see if it's better I can put it to rest and eventually won't notice it anymore. The gradient on the Kobo Libra was way worse by the way, so the Oasis feels like it doesn't have much light gradient to speak of. And I've noticed that when I turn the light up one bit from what I normally have it's less noticeable. That being said, I did own an Oasis 2 for a while, and when I look back at pictures, there is no gradient. So I kind of feel that it is possible to get an even lighted Oasis.... Edit: I've added a pic of the Oasis 2 I once had. Can you see a gradient? I don't see it. It looks pretty even to me. Last edited by SusanReads; 10-14-2019 at 04:56 AM. |
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I'm not sure I should have shown the picture, now we'll never be happy with an Oasis with uneven lighting, however minor.
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For me it's easy. I'm lazy. If the screen is not outright horrible, I can't be bothered with returning and exchanging. Fortunately none of my ereaders has been horrible enough for me to get off my a$$.
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So I just called Amazon, they are sending me a new one, scheduled arrival next Monday. They were very nice and helpful, and I have to say I'm quite happy with their customer service. Anyway, hopefully the 3rd time will be the charm; if it's not, I'm giving up |
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Seconded. I don't really understand the huge numbers of people here who seem to want totally even lighting. The lighting on most books is wildly uneven unless you are the sort of person who routinely crushes books flat and smashes their spines to read them (in which case death is too good for you :P ), yet nobody ever complains about that...
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Amazon uses returned devices for warranty replacements, or refurbs. This probably in increases the likelihood of getting one with the same problem. My Oasis 2 is near perfect as far as the lighting goes. The battery life chomps, but that doesn't bother me. |
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On an e-ink device, the unevenness brings a kind of cognitive dissonance; the screen is not “supposed” to be brighter here or there, because that’s not how the light is oriented in the room. I do realize it sounds petty, and I wish it didn’t bother me, but it really does! |
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Note that every voyage I've seen has slightly less or more noticeable gradient. I expect the same is true of any model. If you're sensitive the slight difference may be enough for you to decide to keep one over another. |
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