Clara HD Clara HD owners Do you consider this acceptable? - Page 3

JSWolf · 12-19-2019, 11:16 AM

In the photos, there is no light bleed. What there is is the plastic film that came with the Clara HD still on the screen. One the plastic film is removed, the screen will look very good.

tops2 · 12-19-2019, 01:18 PM

I picked up mine from Walmart yesterday and the lighting (to my eyes) looks pretty even. I did a quick check for dead pixels and don't see any.

But I'm enjoying the Kobo instead of the old habit of looking for every flaw..

That said, my Clara did freeze once last night when I was downloading too many books/manga from the local library... lol.

davidfor · 12-19-2019, 06:18 PM

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Originally Posted by tops2

That said, my Clara did freeze once last night when I was downloading too many books/manga from the local library... lol.

How where you downloading them? Via the browser, or do you mean after sideloading them from the computer?

4691mls · 12-19-2019, 11:53 PM

It looks to me like there are dark areas at the bottom of the screen, like brown smudges, especially in the bottom right corner. Is that how it looks in real life or just something that happened with the camera? My Clara doesn't look like that.

tops2 · 12-20-2019, 12:15 AM

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Originally Posted by davidfor

How where you downloading them? Via the browser, or do you mean after sideloading them from the computer?

I was downloading it through the shop/overdrive app on the Kobo. I was directly checking out each book and it'll start downloading automatically for me. Weird thing is after the crash, I guess the Kobo didn't know I checked out one manga. Eventually when I tried force a manual sync, the Clara saw I had 2 additional books checked out (when the crash happened) and downloaded those 2 more for me.

Wow..pretty neat. I just tried using Libby on my iPhone with the same library selected as on the Clara..and I checked out new books and returned some books. Then I did a manual sync on the Clara and the books automatically updated with the correct books checked out and returned! Awesome..this makes managing books a bit easier on the Clara (in my opinion).

TJB4916 · 12-21-2019, 06:02 PM

Hey sorry I havent gotten back here until now.

Yes that is just me lifting the screen protector, just left it on as I'm not using it until things are sorted out.

This unit does not have any light bleed, my complaint is the uneven lighting or dark patches at the bottom. And yes your are correct, the bottom right corner is by far the worst.

I just wanted to know if you guys thought this was acceptable. Those of you that say you have perfect screens m, do you have these dark blotches? I knows it caused from the space on between the individual LEDs at the base of the unit. My main comparison is my old kobo glo, which has no bleeding or weird led issues at all.

I mean, yes, this is probbaly livable. I just found it weird that we would have this issue 9 years down the road from the kobo glo I have which has a perfect screen.

I just got an email back from kobo and they are going to send a replacement. My friend has a paperwhite that has no bleed or any screen imperfections of any sorts with leds on or off. Maybe this is caused by the LEDs being spread further apart or gapped amber,blue,amber blue etc.
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HolyAura · 12-21-2019, 09:52 PM

My clara hd does not have the dark blotches. And yes, it is caused by the space in between the individual LEDs.

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12-19-2019, 11:16 AM	#31
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 74,182 Karma: 129333564 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	In the photos, there is no light bleed. What there is is the plastic film that came with the Clara HD still on the screen. One the plastic film is removed, the screen will look very good.

12-19-2019, 01:18 PM	#32
tops2 Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2018 Device: Kindle Paperwhite 3; Kobo Clara HD	I picked up mine from Walmart yesterday and the lighting (to my eyes) looks pretty even. I did a quick check for dead pixels and don't see any. But I'm enjoying the Kobo instead of the old habit of looking for every flaw.. That said, my Clara did freeze once last night when I was downloading too many books/manga from the local library... lol.

12-19-2019, 11:53 PM	#34
4691mls Wizard Posts: 2,776 Karma: 30081762 Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: US Device: ALL DEVICES ARE STOCK: Kobo Clara, Tolino Shine 2, Sony PRS-T3, T1	It looks to me like there are dark areas at the bottom of the screen, like brown smudges, especially in the bottom right corner. Is that how it looks in real life or just something that happened with the camera? My Clara doesn't look like that.

12-21-2019, 06:02 PM	#36
TJB4916 Member Posts: 15 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2019 Device: None	Hey sorry I havent gotten back here until now. Yes that is just me lifting the screen protector, just left it on as I'm not using it until things are sorted out. This unit does not have any light bleed, my complaint is the uneven lighting or dark patches at the bottom. And yes your are correct, the bottom right corner is by far the worst. I just wanted to know if you guys thought this was acceptable. Those of you that say you have perfect screens m, do you have these dark blotches? I knows it caused from the space on between the individual LEDs at the base of the unit. My main comparison is my old kobo glo, which has no bleeding or weird led issues at all. I mean, yes, this is probbaly livable. I just found it weird that we would have this issue 9 years down the road from the kobo glo I have which has a perfect screen. I just got an email back from kobo and they are going to send a replacement. My friend has a paperwhite that has no bleed or any screen imperfections of any sorts with leds on or off. Maybe this is caused by the LEDs being spread further apart or gapped amber,blue,amber blue etc. .

12-21-2019, 09:52 PM	#37
HolyAura Groupie Posts: 195 Karma: 201170 Join Date: Oct 2019 Location: Singapore Device: Kobo Clara HD	My clara hd does not have the dark blotches. And yes, it is caused by the space in between the individual LEDs.