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Originally Posted by Erich Zann
I'm also interested in additional comparison. As far as I can see, the background is clearly less white on the 7,8'' device and my overall impression of the screen is a disappointment (compared to the two-years-old H2O).
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If you read with the light off, mostly during the day or with strong lamps at night, and don't mind a smaller screen, yes the IR technology of the H2O makes it (slightly) better than the One with its capacitive layer.
I also much prefer the IR technology, whether for turning pages or calling small notes, even with kepubs, regret Kobo's choice for the One on this, but know that many prefer capacitive.
In my eyes, any reader is better with at least some light on, and contrary to many in this forum, and depending on the device, I do often read at 100%. Less often with the One since it is quite good at lower levels (say above 50%), better than my H2O or Glo HD. So I do prefer the One in daylight too. But at night there is no comparison, it is so much better. The problem is that this new technology definitely needs adjusting (I think at least part of my battery problems is due to this - and I had to modify the configuration file to stop the battery seriously bleeding in sleep mode).
EDIT: I would prefer the One even with the same screen as my Glo HD (which I prefer to the H2O for sharpness - plus color in daylight) because of the increased real estate. It is much more pleasant to read anything with the character size I prefer (old, problem eyes), with decent margins and header / footer, and very much better for reading poetry or non-fiction (those tables and graphs). It also makes for bigger tiles on the home screen and books / collections lists, which means readable for me (see photos 4 and 5 in my post #181 in this thread).
Even if it is bigger, I can read it one handed much more comfortably than the H2O even if the weight is only 3g less - a question of balance and texture possibly