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Originally Posted by japinder
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I believe a Kindle, especially DX (because of the large screen size) is best for file types like epub, mobi etc. However it might not be the best fit for PDFs, unless you do some editing beforehand on the PC, or resort to mods like Duokan etc.
General purpose/open ereaders like M92/M96 are more extensible as compared to the closed nature of Kindle & just give you more options, that's all.
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With installed KPV app (KindlePdfViewer based on muPDF, GPLv3) thereon(takes just a few minutes if you already know how to do it) DX-G is as good for reading scanned pdfs (also djvu ! epub ! cbz) as M92 or any 10" eink there, because they use similar 150 dpi Pearl screens without a light and comparable hardware.
There is no need for pdf editing of any kind (on the PC beforehand) for reading A4/letter size pdfs on Kindle DX when using KPV reader, because we can get magnified A4 pdf letters compared to paper by simply using KPV's landscape mode without margins, or we can even reflow pdf scan image itself if we want it (image reflow is more important for smaller Kindles 3, 4, 5 and Kobos though).
M92 is better because of its pdf annotation capabilities using its pen, multitasking option, for its wi-fi and sd card slot, not because it is better at reading scanned pdfs itself (i.e. pdf zooming capabilities, flipping speed, gamma correction, folder management etc.).
Kindle DX or M92 in landscape are of the same width as DPT-S1 in portraite and the same 150 dpi.
So, e.g. when zoomed without margins in landscape I can get bigger letters on DX than those on DPT-S1 in portraite and just have to use next page button to get to the other half of pdf page in a second and a half.
For ocr-ed scans there is fit-to-content-width option and for pdf scans without ocr layer there is quick 2-point graphical margin crop (separately for left and right pages if needed).
Ocr-ed pdfs can also be underscored using joystick and then pages with underscored sentences quickly accessed using the list of all previously underscored parts.