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Originally Posted by slantybard
Sparklemotion, I have used the PW1, Aura, PW2, and have now picked up the H2O because the Voyage can't even be ordered in Canada yet (totally freaking crazy!). The H2O is easily found in stores up here including Chapters/Indigo, FutureShop, and BestBuy and each usually has one on display to check out. If you are coming to Canada, Chapters, BestBuy, Canada and Future Shop websites will show store inventory for the H2O's online (Chapters will even tell you how many units are in-stock for each store).
Initially, I thought the H2O would be passed onto my family once I could get a Voyage, but since I have used the H2O, I have really, really liked it. Easy integration of collections with Calibre, simple patching so you can use custom fonts, line spacing, and margins (way, way easier than the patching I have to use on the Paperwhites!). Also, the increased size allows for more text and the 262 dpi is better than the PW's. I imagine that with a good screen, the Voyage's 300 dpi will be great too except if you want to show more text, the text has to be smaller to fit on the physical dimensions of the Voyage screen compared to the H2O.
The lighting on the H2O is better than the PW2 I have. If you look at my post here, you can see the lighting and screen of my H2O vs my PW2.
I know you like custom fonts from our previous discussions of custom embedded PW2 fonts and that is really great about the H2O - total font control. You can customize your own fonts to render without adjustment or you can use "typegenius" a modifiable font renderer in the Kobo device firmware to modify the font weight and spacing on the fly. |
Thank you so much for your detailed reply about the Kobo and also the link to your other post. I will check it out! I really appreciate your thoughts.
Glad you're enjoying the H20. I'm definitely going to pick one up since my voyage experience wasn't the best. I hope you have better luck than me if you decide to try a voyage.
I should say that I do still love my PW2, but basically I would really like a reader with customization and also crisper/darker fonts so here's hoping. There's been so many good posts about the Kobo on here, that I feel I should give it a go. And yes, I loove the idea of custom fonts!
