12-15-2012, 08:56 PM | #76 | |
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What about the dark setting for you? I was wondering if the light is different on each unit, because someone said they used 14 or something way up there in the dark. |
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12-16-2012, 02:35 AM | #77 | |
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Mine has arrived on 7 December (earlier than 23 December, which was initial date set by Amazon), and I am waiting now for a friend to bring it over to India (possible only end of January...). I can only hope it will be like yours |
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12-16-2012, 07:20 AM | #78 | |
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but yeah, i love it. i have not had any trouble whatsoever reading. and my main reason for buying it was because i hated the light accessories with the old kindle. i cannot overestimate just how much it is worth the money to be able to read in ANY light condition. maybe its not perfect, but i cant imagine getting a significant improvement from anywhere else. comparing mine to Lyns it is very similar, remember photos can never be accurate, the camera looks to bring out colours naturally. Last edited by grechzoo; 12-16-2012 at 07:25 AM. |
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12-16-2012, 12:01 PM | #79 | |
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I am happy with the PW as it allows me to read with a fairly low level of ambient lighting which I couldn't do, (without straining my eyes), using either my Kobo Touch or Sony PRS-650. I tried the Kobo Glo but the light couldn't be turned down low enough, (can turn off but not down), but the PW with light on 1 or 2 is perfect. |
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12-16-2012, 01:34 PM | #80 | |
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So you use the PW only in a lighted room? Sometimes I see grey shadowing if I hold the PW at arms length too. If I move it up closer it is perfect. Unfortunately my eyes are not so good. So I hold it at arms length, therefore I have to use a higher light setting. I read in a dark room. That is why I bought the PW. Reading on LCD screen causes me no problems like the shadowing. So my views are different from yours I guess. |
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12-16-2012, 02:01 PM | #81 |
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12-17-2012, 10:19 PM | #82 |
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Anecdotal -- I just got a PW from my local BestBuy today and it seems fine.
They had a stack of maybe 20 that just came in (piled on Computer section help desk, not shelved yet). I don't see any color splotches. I can certainly see the light-and-dark bands at the bottom but as a long-time user of a book light-on-a-stalk (Sony's cover-lights) this rocks compared to the glare and uneven coverage of that. |
12-18-2012, 04:59 PM | #83 |
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Just got my two Paperwhites today. Made a picture of them both in dark room with light at 24 each. There is a little difference in the blackness of the text - the one on the left looks a bit darker. Unless you see them side by side it is hardly noticeable. After taking the picture I noticed 2 cat hair on the left, and the right one is at an angle. That is why I think the text goes a bit faded to the bottom right corner. Happy with the even lighting on both I will not take my chances to exchange the one that is a bit more grey and possibly get one with color hues. Maybe I got lucky with them, but here they are (Warning: 460k file size):
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12-18-2012, 05:33 PM | #84 |
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Congrats, I'm glad you're happy with them, Duckie. The font always seems to look slightly darker with the Helvetica font compared to the Palatino. That could be the difference in your case?
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12-18-2012, 05:54 PM | #85 |
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They do look pretty good, especially considering that the light is at 24 in a dark room!
The difference really might be due to the font choice. For an actual comparison you should probably use the same page of one book with the exact same settings. I though it could be interesting to take a picture of a Paperwhite, then remove all saturation and loop it in a gif, so that's what I did: http://makeagif.com/i/jlpACa The quality does suffer a bit due to resizing and the compression, but I think it's still an interesting comparison. Also, regarding the original topic here, I should receive my replacement PW tomorrow or the day after that and I'll keep you updated. I've heard reports of other German customers actually getting older models than the ones they purchased (in terms of serial numbers and firm ware), so that probably wouldn't help much in establishing whether they've gotten better But there seem to be pretty considerable differences in the color temperatures of different units. |
12-18-2012, 05:57 PM | #86 |
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12-18-2012, 06:57 PM | #87 |
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Thank you. And no it is not the font. Even when they are using same font and size, one is darker text than the other. But that is, imho, just difference from one eink to next. And really you can't tell unless they are side by side.
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12-18-2012, 07:11 PM | #88 |
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So did you read with it yet? I hope you love yours too. I really do love the ease of reading in a dark room.
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12-18-2012, 07:18 PM | #89 |
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Just received my 4th replacement. It's not really better than the best of the three I've had before. The screen has a pinkish hue, and the text less sharp than some screens I have seen.
The one I got as a new order last week (as a gift to someone else, sadly for me), however, has a simply amazing screen. I was hoping Amazon had improved the quality on the later Kindles and that a replacement would have improved too. I'm considering returning my original Kindle for good and then try ordering a brand new one, instead of getting replacements, in case they are recycling old returned Kindles for returns. |
12-18-2012, 07:20 PM | #90 | |
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What I find is that at a certain point, turning the light up makes text lighter rather than increasing contrast (for example on home screen compare the black bar at the top with the black bezel as you turn the light up), so if one has slightly brighter light at '24' that could account for some difference. I typically never turn it up more than about half way. |
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