07-13-2013, 01:51 PM | #1 |
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Kobo Glo possible issue?
Hi everyone,
I just got a glo 2 days ago, and I love it, I do notice that when the light is on, the bottom of the screen looks it has four little shadows on it. It doesn't really interfere with my reading but I wonder if anyone else noticed this. Also, when I turn a page, I can see the page flicker to italic words in the background before evening out into normala font. A few times when I have turned the page, it goes solid black, the words go white, and then it evens out again. Not sure if these are just little oddities or something that warrants an exchange of the unit. Please let me know your opinions. Thanks, Jen |
07-13-2013, 05:17 PM | #2 | |
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As for the page turns, eInk is a relatively slow display technology so you are seeing the page being rewritten. The black/white/black/normal display is defaulted to happen every 6 pages. If you tap twice on the middle of the screen, you can trigger it manually. This is needed to removing ghosting from the screen -- google eink and ghosting for more on this. You can set the screen refresh from 1 to 6 pages depending on how much the ghosting bothers you using the Settings/Page Refresh dropdown. Where I really found the ghosting annoying was in a book where the chapter headers were heavy black graphics which showed on the next page every time. Regards, David |
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07-14-2013, 07:25 AM | #3 |
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Sorry for side tracking the thread, but...
What version of firmware are you using? I'm using 2.6.1b, and double tapping in the middle advances page(s). Double tapping on the bottom middle brings up the menu. |
07-14-2013, 08:07 AM | #4 |
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Same here, but using 2.6.1. Someone else said that on a different thread, but that never worked for me. Could it be because my screen is 1/3-2/3 divided?
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07-14-2013, 08:39 AM | #5 |
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The idea is to open and close the menu quickly, that triggers a screen redraw.
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07-14-2013, 09:26 AM | #6 |
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As ewphoenix123, it is really just opening and closing the menu. With the two 1/3-2/3 page turn options it doesn't work as well because when you tap the second time, you are probably tapping in the bottom bar area and that doesn't dismiss the menu. The Glo has a little area above this that will both display and dismiss the menu.
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07-14-2013, 10:24 AM | #7 |
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I have a few other Kobo Devices with the latest firmware. This device is the only one I noticed that has this happen at every page turn-not just the default 6, which my devices are set at. Which is why I wondered if it was a device issue. Seeing italic text behind every page turn is just weird.
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07-14-2013, 11:48 AM | #8 | |
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I found myself using this on one book which using heavy (think a black blob covering the top third of the reading area) graphics for the chapter title. Horrible ghosting and the tap/tap got rid of it without having to set 1 as the page refresh for every page. Regards, David Last edited by DNSB; 07-14-2013 at 11:54 AM. |
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07-15-2013, 08:16 AM | #10 |
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Thanks for the explanation.
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