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Old 09-07-2012, 10:33 AM   #85
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It is kind of hilarious though, that they are touting 62% improvement as the main thing, when all they have really done is gone from 800x600 to 1024x768 which my iRiver Story HD has had for a while.

Granted, it is a nice screen and I love reading on it, but Amazon and Kobo do not seem to offer anything that does not already exist (compare it to iPad3 2048x1536 which truly was a shock to the existing display ecosystem).

In fact, I imagine that 6" 1024x768 screen is the same across the board of the current e-readers. Only improvement achieved might be in better processor, front light and software.

Where are the alternatives to this 6" 1024x768? For those who would like a larger screen size such as 9.7 or maybe even bigger A4(legal) size e-reader, there is little hope.

While I am ranting, why is frontlight considered such a big deal? I had no problem reading in low light situations on the reflective TFT Libre and have even less problems on Story HD with just a small light in the bedroom and my eyes are getting pretty old now.

Last edited by Begemot; 09-07-2012 at 10:41 AM.
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