Comments on: Kindle 2 Screen Contrast – Light Text, Dark Background & Solutions

By: switch11

switch11 — Sat, 30 Apr 2011 04:01:14 +0000

ukiyo-e, thanks for your comment.
Kindle does have line spacing options. If you have a Kindle 2 then use Alt+Shift+1 (or 0 or 4 or another number) to adjust.

And Kindle does allow changing font size and type – although type options are limited.

Nook Color has a lot more options for bakgrounds/themes and it has the brightness control. However, eInk is better for reading – easier on the eyes + readable on sunlight.
Nook Color’s backlight makes it much better for reading at night.

So it’s pros and cons on both sides and not really ‘Nook Color wins everything’.

By: ukiyo-e

ukiyo-e — Sat, 30 Apr 2011 03:25:08 +0000

Folks, quit struggling and get a Nookcolor. I got one 2 weeks ago after squinting at my Kindle2 for 2 years and honestly, if I didn’t have so many books on it, I’d throw my Kindle away. There’s no comparison. You can change the background colors and brightness (continual, not discrete step changes), change the font type as well as size, and easily adjust the amount of white space around the text and between the lines. It’s all built right in to the setting and text options.

By: switch11

switch11 — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 03:09:54 +0000

No idea.

By: Tom

Tom — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 22:24:12 +0000

Good practical fix. How can we get Amazon to take action?

By: switch11

switch11 — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 17:21:46 +0000

thanks.

By: jer

jer — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 17:14:39 +0000

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By: switch11

switch11 — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 01:55:29 +0000

The technology is still evolving so it’s hard to get exact paper level of whiteness. The Kindle 3 screen is much closer to paper.

By: lala lala

lala lala — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 01:48:52 +0000

Found this googling to see if it really isn’t possible to change the setting.

The thing should have had a brightness/contrast setting right out of the box. Preferably a simple dial or slider button built into it.

It’s usable but I don’t see why they’d make the background darker than an actual paper paperback novel’s. I thought the idea was to mimic natural paper.

By: switch11

switch11 — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 18:59:18 +0000

Not sure – However, there’s a big step forward with the Kindle DX 2 screen.

By: Marsha

Marsha — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 17:41:48 +0000

I am wondering why a white background is not possible? The greyish, beigey tone of the background makes it really hard to read under any lowlight conditions. My Kandle blew out after just 2 books.