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jhitesma · 03-08-2011, 03:02 PM

After I bought my nook classic I found I was reading a lot more than I was before. (Mainly because instead of having to go to the store or library for a new book I could get a new one without even getting off the couch.)

I just got a color on Saturday and have found that I'm using it more than I've been using my eInk...but I'm reading less.

I really don't enjoy reading on the color at all. The screen is great, but too bright for me to read on, and with the brightness turned down the contrast also goes down and it gets harder to read. Plus even on the smallest font the text is still larger than I prefer on the books I've tried on the color. I got a few magazines to try (Rolling stone and food network) and so far am not very impressed by them either. Having to zoom to read I really don't like since once I'm zoomed in I have to pan to follow the article (and article mode kind of defeats the point of a full color magazine) but when I pan I keep accidentally flipping pages. I also miss the hardware page turn buttons of the eInk.

So while I love my color nook as a great budget tablet it's definitely NOT replacing my eInk nook for reading. The lighter weight, eInk and page buttons on the classic just make it a FAR FAR better reader in my opinion.

03-08-2011, 03:02 PM	#21
jhitesma Member Posts: 22 Karma: 14 Join Date: Feb 2011 Device: Nook Classic & Nook Color	After I bought my nook classic I found I was reading a lot more than I was before. (Mainly because instead of having to go to the store or library for a new book I could get a new one without even getting off the couch.) I just got a color on Saturday and have found that I'm using it more than I've been using my eInk...but I'm reading less. I really don't enjoy reading on the color at all. The screen is great, but too bright for me to read on, and with the brightness turned down the contrast also goes down and it gets harder to read. Plus even on the smallest font the text is still larger than I prefer on the books I've tried on the color. I got a few magazines to try (Rolling stone and food network) and so far am not very impressed by them either. Having to zoom to read I really don't like since once I'm zoomed in I have to pan to follow the article (and article mode kind of defeats the point of a full color magazine) but when I pan I keep accidentally flipping pages. I also miss the hardware page turn buttons of the eInk. So while I love my color nook as a great budget tablet it's definitely NOT replacing my eInk nook for reading. The lighter weight, eInk and page buttons on the classic just make it a FAR FAR better reader in my opinion.