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Old 08-23-2014, 05:33 PM   #35
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Device: sony prs t1 kindle dx ipad
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Originally Posted by tarlcab View Post
Why the heck would you want a POS Kindle DX? That technology is 3 yrs old and was not that great when it was new. Better to buy an old EE.
Kindle DX is still a very good pdf reader, but only after we take five minutes to install KPV thereon (a PDF reader for Kindle, based on muPDF, GPLv3), getting all the necessary pdf zooming options for A4 pdf scans and vectors.

It allows pdf highlighting(by underscoring) that can be later quickly accessed through the history list, gamma correction to make fonts darker, night mode, folders/subfolders, scan reflow(based on k2pdfopt) etc.

KPV is also very good reader for djvu, epub, cbz, html files and it only takes a couple of seconds to leave KPV for native pdf and mobi reader.

I usually use it simultaneously (similarly to eDGe) together with another e-ink or iPad; Kindle DX just for plain reading and iPad for scribbling, endnotes, color recognition, dictionaries, multitasking, pdf storage etc.

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=157047

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=190641

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=198742

If it sometimes takes 3-4 seconds or more to turn the next pdf page because of compression method involved e.g. those pdfs at archive.org or maybe new Abbyy 12, then we can use k2pdfopt to quickly and easily optimize pdf for Kindle DX size and resolution (turn pdf to bitmap in this case) so that again it flips through pages in a second or two.

http://www.willus.com/k2pdfopt/
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