Thread: Kobo Glo HD
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Old 05-05-2015, 10:23 PM   #880
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Device: Kobo Glo HD, PW2, Kindle 5(black)
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Originally Posted by snape View Post
Given the problems I've had just buying books from Kobo, I can't even believe I'm asking about this reader. But logic aside, how black is the text on the Glo HD? That's one thing about my Paperwhite (Gen 1) that has always disappointed me. The text is gray, not black. How is the text on the Glo HD? Is it actually black? And is the background fairly light?

I'm secretly hoping it's crap so I can stop being tempted to buy one.
Sorry to have to burst the bubble on your secret hopes that it is crap but the Glo HD is pretty great overall. 300PPI combined with adjustable font weight option, makes for some pretty nice bold and sharp text. In natural lighting especially, the text looks as black as ink with the text weight up to about 75%.

I've owned the PW2 and Voyage(which I returned) but this hands down has the best screen. It's a very good e-reader. Get yourself the DRM stripping Calibre plugin and convert your kindle books to epubs.

PS - take a look at Ripplenger's photos on page 57 to see how black the text looks.

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