02-01-2012, 01:45 PM | #1 |
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Screen Size vs Kindle Touch
Just recently noticed a scratch on my T1's screen, and want a screen protector. The Kindle Touch screen protectors are much cheaper, so I just wondered if they would be compatible with the T1. I thought they were the exact same size, but I just wanted to confirm. Thanks for any answers.
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Anyway, the T1 screen is narrower and taller than the Kindle, so it wouldn't fit properly. |
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02-01-2012, 07:35 PM | #3 |
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Thanks, although since I have tried to remove it, I don't think it's a smudge as thin as a hair
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Weird!
I too found one on mine and the odd thing is I never ever touch the screen or leave it unprotected when it's not in use. The scratch is about an inch long, slightly curved, and looks as "thin as a hair." It's almost like someone accidentally and just barely scraped the top of it with an exacto-knife or scalpel. I found the damn thing a day AFTER Best Buy's month return policy!
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I was under the impression that both readers use the same screen. The bezel cut-out may be different, but I doubt it. The Sony 9x0 used the taller, narrower screen.
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Where do you get that info from? Side by side the screen size seems the same. And, the MR wiki hardware matrix shows them to be identical as 6", 90X120 mm, 600x800 pixels, 167 dpi.
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The problem is the plastic case around the screen is shaped very differently (some have rounded corners others dont etc). And most screen protectors cover that as well and not just the actual screen area (it's maybe a 1-2mm region around the screen, which you see as "white border" when loading a completely black image). So the protectors don't necessarily fit even though it's technically the same screen size.
I don't use one myself though - I'm afraid it would diminish the screen quality, and so far I didn't have any issues with scratches on ereaders. |
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