Boyue T61/T62 / Icarus Illumina E653 review and Onyx T68 comparison - Page 3

Purple Lady · 11-06-2014, 08:32 AM

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Originally Posted by dnastase

Does it take that long for the Chinese postal service to move packets around ?
I saw mine got shipped from Banggood.com a week ago and then nothing, it sits in a warehouse somewhere ...
I guess I'm too used to Amazon.com

Yeah it takes that long, but as you said it sits for a week or more.

smayonak · 11-14-2014, 01:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dnastase

Does it take that long for the Chinese postal service to move packets around ?
I saw mine got shipped from Banggood.com a week ago and then nothing, it sits in a warehouse somewhere ...
I guess I'm too used to Amazon.com

It has to go through customs, first. Customs can be notoriously slow. I've heard of packaged getting delayed for months.

zufre · 11-14-2014, 03:44 AM

Does Ivona works with the T62? I am specifically interested in the Spanish voice. I got problems with Onyx readers supporting only English.

dnastase · 11-14-2014, 08:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by smayonak

It has to go through customs, first. Customs can be notoriously slow. I've heard of packaged getting delayed for months.

What ?!?
Here or in China ?

Purple Lady · 11-14-2014, 05:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zufre

Does Ivona works with the T62? I am specifically interested in the Spanish voice. I got problems with Onyx readers supporting only English.

I currently have the E653 firmware and don't see Ivona.

zufre · 11-15-2014, 05:40 AM

Maybe Ivona can be installed from Google Play and then load any voice you were interested in. You can install Coolreader or FBreader to listen to those voices...
Regads.

dnastase · 11-18-2014, 07:12 AM

I finally got my Boyue T62.
It is indeed in reality what Onyx T68 is on paper: fast, responsive and stuff just works.

However: the backlight is horror. Uneven, I can see shades of green, pink and yellow and at the bottom is like a light show: even patterns of shadow and light.
I don't know if I got a defective backlight or is that how it is w/ the T62-s ?

peterkobovox · 11-18-2014, 08:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dnastase

Does it take that long for the Chinese postal service to move packets around ?
I saw mine got shipped from Banggood.com a week ago and then nothing, it sits in a warehouse somewhere ...
I guess I'm too used to Amazon.com

It took around 3 weeks for my order from banggood to arrive, just be patient

Purple Lady · 11-18-2014, 09:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dnastase

I finally got my Boyue T62.
It is indeed in reality what Onyx T68 is on paper: fast, responsive and stuff just works.

However: the backlight is horror. Uneven, I can see shades of green, pink and yellow and at the bottom is like a light show: even patterns of shadow and light.
I don't know if I got a defective backlight or is that how it is w/ the T62-s ?

The light on my T62 looks a lot like the light on my T68 did - it's splotchy and uneven on the very bottom, but the rest looks ok. That's the only two readers I've had with a light so I thought that was "normal". Definitely no colors. I usually keep the light level pretty low so I don't know if that makes a difference - I'll check it out later tonight on a higher level.

downeaster59 · 11-18-2014, 06:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dnastase

I finally got my Boyue T62.
It is indeed in reality what Onyx T68 is on paper: fast, responsive and stuff just works.

However: the backlight is horror. Uneven, I can see shades of green, pink and yellow and at the bottom is like a light show: even patterns of shadow and light.
I don't know if I got a defective backlight or is that how it is w/ the T62-s ?

Like Purple Lady, I have some mild shadowing at the bottom of my T62, and on the left side near the bottom. Others who have reviewed the T61 and T62 have seen that mild shadowing. Mine has no color show, though, and the shadowing doesn't affect my reading. Kindle, Kobo and Nook have eliminated that shadowing on their newest e-readers. But your problem sounds much worse than mine.

dnastase · 11-18-2014, 10:08 PM

Yes, thank you both. It looks like again (T68) I'm the lucky "winner" of a defective unit

My T68 is perfect from this point of view, the backlight is even, no issues whatsoever (except for the lack of lower brightness levels of course).
I would be fine too with the shadows at the bottom, but colors showing make my eyes thing they're super tired and they're trying to compensate them, making it worse.

Oh well, I'm not sure when I'm going to find a reader that I can like ...

fozzedout · 11-19-2014, 05:54 AM

With my E653, the bottom 2 brightness levels is "light off", and level 3-4 is a "lighting flicker mode" where it can't decide on a brightness, level 5 and up is a solid light, and it's about the same brightness as my T68 minimum brightness...

downeaster59 · 11-19-2014, 01:26 PM

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Originally Posted by fozzedout

With my E653, the bottom 2 brightness levels is "light off", and level 3-4 is a "lighting flicker mode" where it can't decide on a brightness, level 5 and up is a solid light, and it's about the same brightness as my T68 minimum brightness...

Interesting. I have a Boyue T62, and I have been trying the E653 firmware on it. In low brightness levels, I also noticed that "lighting flicker mode" - not constant, but every once in a while. I never saw that happen with the T62 firmware. The E653 firmware is also slow to come out of sleep mode, sometimes freezing for a time. On the other hand, the fonts look a little better on the E653 firmware and it has a few more customization options than the T62 firmware has. I haven't yet decided which one will be my preferred one.

Purple Lady · 11-19-2014, 01:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by downeaster59

Interesting. I have a Boyue T62, and I have been trying the E653 firmware on it. In low brightness levels, I also noticed that "lighting flicker mode" - not constant, but every once in a while. I never saw that happen with the T62 firmware. The E653 firmware is also slow to come out of sleep mode, sometimes freezing for a time. On the other hand, the fonts look a little better on the E653 firmware and it has a few more customization options than the T62 firmware has. I haven't yet decided which one will be my preferred one.

I've been back on the E653 for a while now and I haven't noticed any flickering. The highest brightness level I use is 7 bars.

downeaster59 · 11-19-2014, 04:16 PM

My mild flickering usually happens right after I boot up (or reboot). It lasts a few moments and stops. When I first noticed it, I wondered if I was seeing things! But, after a few minutes (at most), the flickering seems to stop for good. I can read with the default reading app or the Kindle app or Moon Reader for quite a while and not see any flickering.

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11-14-2014, 03:44 AM	#33
zufre Connoisseur Posts: 56 Karma: 334 Join Date: Jan 2014 Device: Kobo Glo/Nook ST	Does Ivona works with the T62? I am specifically interested in the Spanish voice. I got problems with Onyx readers supporting only English.

11-15-2014, 05:40 AM	#36
zufre Connoisseur Posts: 56 Karma: 334 Join Date: Jan 2014 Device: Kobo Glo/Nook ST	Maybe Ivona can be installed from Google Play and then load any voice you were interested in. You can install Coolreader or FBreader to listen to those voices... Regads.

11-18-2014, 07:12 AM	#37
dnastase Addict Posts: 256 Karma: 432 Join Date: May 2014 Location: New York, NY Device: NG,NSTG,NST,AuraHD,OnyxT68,Lynx, BoyueT62,NGP,Aura1,Oasis,Mars	I finally got my Boyue T62. It is indeed in reality what Onyx T68 is on paper: fast, responsive and stuff just works. However: the backlight is horror. Uneven, I can see shades of green, pink and yellow and at the bottom is like a light show: even patterns of shadow and light. I don't know if I got a defective backlight or is that how it is w/ the T62-s ?

11-18-2014, 10:08 PM	#41
dnastase Addict Posts: 256 Karma: 432 Join Date: May 2014 Location: New York, NY Device: NG,NSTG,NST,AuraHD,OnyxT68,Lynx, BoyueT62,NGP,Aura1,Oasis,Mars	Yes, thank you both. It looks like again (T68) I'm the lucky "winner" of a defective unit My T68 is perfect from this point of view, the backlight is even, no issues whatsoever (except for the lack of lower brightness levels of course). I would be fine too with the shadows at the bottom, but colors showing make my eyes thing they're super tired and they're trying to compensate them, making it worse. Oh well, I'm not sure when I'm going to find a reader that I can like ...

11-19-2014, 05:54 AM	#42
fozzedout Guru Posts: 632 Karma: 2143019 Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Manchester, UK Device: Onyx M96, Kindle Basic 2014, Onyx T68 Lynx, Icarus Illumina E653	With my E653, the bottom 2 brightness levels is "light off", and level 3-4 is a "lighting flicker mode" where it can't decide on a brightness, level 5 and up is a solid light, and it's about the same brightness as my T68 minimum brightness...

11-19-2014, 04:16 PM	#45
downeaster59 Wizard Posts: 1,217 Karma: 2957301 Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: Rochester, NY Device: iPad mini 6, Onyx Leaf 2, Onyx Tab Mini C, Nook Glowlight 4 Plus	My mild flickering usually happens right after I boot up (or reboot). It lasts a few moments and stops. When I first noticed it, I wondered if I was seeing things! But, after a few minutes (at most), the flickering seems to stop for good. I can read with the default reading app or the Kindle app or Moon Reader for quite a while and not see any flickering.

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