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arspr · 11-09-2014, 04:12 AM

First of all forget HD. Carta is fully worthy of the 10 €/$/£ the H2O cost over it. No decision here. As you can see in my signature I own both and the contrast ratio difference is very noticeable.

About dictionaries:
+ Yes, dictionaries do not work in PDFs in Kobos. I don't know in Kindles.
+ But they perfectly work in any kind of epub/kepub. It doesn't matter if it they are directly bought and downloaded from Kobo Bookstore or if they are sideloaded by you.
+ Yes Kobo dictionaries are somehow weak compared to Oxford ones (the brand used in my old Sony). But I use them without more trouble (EN, ES and translation between them).
+ IIRC Kindles are the only brand which allow buying and installing (without "advanced" tricks I mean) new and different dictionaries. So I would say that Kobo is clearly worse here.

11-09-2014, 04:12 AM	#30
arspr Dead account. Bye Posts: 587 Karma: 668244 Join Date: Mar 2011 Device: none	First of all forget HD. Carta is fully worthy of the 10 €/$/£ the H2O cost over it. No decision here. As you can see in my signature I own both and the contrast ratio difference is very noticeable. About dictionaries: + Yes, dictionaries do not work in PDFs in Kobos. I don't know in Kindles. + But they perfectly work in any kind of epub/kepub. It doesn't matter if it they are directly bought and downloaded from Kobo Bookstore or if they are sideloaded by you. + Yes Kobo dictionaries are somehow weak compared to Oxford ones (the brand used in my old Sony). But I use them without more trouble (EN, ES and translation between them). + IIRC Kindles are the only brand which allow buying and installing (without "advanced" tricks I mean) new and different dictionaries. So I would say that Kobo is clearly worse here.