Since I AM an early adopter, I like to understand whether a product is ready or not to be bought, if it will likely have a nice future of development or not.
So I collect, discuss and share information, so that my money (and maybe the ones of some other reader) go
to the companies which deserve them more for proving they do a good job.
People have different needs and judgement methods, but there are some
data where they can inter-subjectively (objectively) agree. If one pretends they do not exist, he better leaves the discussion.
An example? For me readibility on a sipix screen (I had it) is unusable for long reading sessions, but someone disagrees. It's fine like this. What it's not fine, is if he pretends that a Sipix is no less good than a Pearl screen. This would be plain bullshit, against objectivity
Plus, if someone denies the value of
sharing information for the metaphisical assumption that "you MUST try it personally before you judge", he better not use the internet and forums, he better does not study anything, he better does not use any language to communicate his thoughts. But then he'd be
no sapiens sapiens anymore. You just have to discriminate from knowledge and doxa. It's not easy but it's possible.
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Originally Posted by mod186k1
Also, basing on my personal eink's experience, I think photo and video can't reproduce the felling a device based on reflected light can give you in real life.
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I agree if you're talking about a couple, or even ten pics, made by the same person with the same lighting and camera. But after you've seen a bunch of them, plus vids, and yourself did take pictures of other readers that you know/own personally (so you know how they render), then yes: you can have a good idea of how the screen will perform on readibility. You can agree not with me, it's fine. Until you don't say this Triton is no less good than a Pearl on readibility. There are 3 owners of JBC who report they're very far. Some of the others just don't have any Pearl to compare with.
Other comparations can be easily done about performances, with objectivity. But as we said, software-wise we must wait for updates. UNTIL then, this device -by my opinion- is not worth it's price.
If these colours are a must for you, then it may be worth it nonetheless. But for the vast majority of people, a device like Boox M92 wins hands down.
Note that I would not buy this either 'til I haven't seen it completely ready, since what happened to previous 9,7" models (1 year ago I would have bought a M90, luckily I didn't). Early adopter is not necessarily a spendthrift. I also consider a steal the 379 dollars for the Kindle DX, since it's limited capabilities on pdf. It's not that JBC is the new evil.