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Originally Posted by HarryT
I hope you'll be happy with the Nexus 7. I like mine a lot, although I don't use it much as a reader. Permit me to point out, though, that like most Android tablets, the N7 has a 16:10 aspect ratio screen. It's not 4:3, like the iPad and most eInk devices are.
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All the same a 16:10 screen does allow you to display a 4:3 page that's roughly 23-24% larger than the "same size" (1920x1200 vs. 1920x1080, e.g.) 16:9 screen.
A quick way to visualize the experience beforehand is to use the Gimp or other to create 1200x1920 canvas with a black background and a 1200x1600 canvas with a white background... copy paste the latter on top of the former... repeat with 1080x1920 & 1080x1440 canvasses & compare.
The difference is quite significant.
Of course, I have no idea if an android application will let me adjust the page size to my 4:3 or thereabout preferences. But if it does not... I would still rather be looking at 10:16 than 9:16 pages.
I just measured a Foundation novel paperback published by Bantam Books that looks a bit "on the narrow side".. and it turns out it's roughly 10x17 centimeters...
Come to think of it... one thing that does bother me now is antialiasing. Hopefully with a 300+ ppi resolution, the Nexus does not use that stuff... or if it does... there is a way to disable it for text displayed at small (8pts or so) font sizes. On a linux desktop it's a 3-line rule that I add to my ~/.fontconfig file... If it's not... well... sounds like I've just thrown two hundred bucks out the window...
CJ