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Originally Posted by ZodWallop
I get what you're saying and for the most part I do agree. But I do like Kobo's tile based home page and I do like that they don't show me any ads.
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I don't see ads on my Kindle. I'm happy to pay the $20 to avoid them.
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It wouldn't be my deciding factor in purchasing a reader, but you can compare the same book on two different devices and see differences in the rendering.
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I often compare readers side by side. often with the same book and the same page. When one of my neighbors is considering getting an ereader I'll do this to give them an idea of what's available. Side by side the differences are big. When I'm reading they fade away and I'm in the story. I don't remember which device I'm using until something calls it to my attention such as looking up a word in the dictionary.
The key for me is which do I enjoy reading most and the answer usually has to do with size, weight, and how the thing feels in my hand. I keep a Kobo Aura handy without a cover and that's the clear winner with respect to that. It just feels good to hold. Next is the Voyage.
Actually, my phone wins on all counts for reading but it has an LCD screen and gives me eyestrain so I can only use it for short sessions. If that wasn't the case I doubt I'd even bother with ereaders. I'd just use the phone.
I'm kind of the same way with TV shows and movies. I haven't owned a TV in years and yet I watch shows and movies, mostly on my 15" laptop but also on my various tablets. Also I keep an old 5" phone on my nightstand to listen to old time radio shows as I fall asleep or to watch a TV show or movie when I can't sleep. My neighbors are always trying to explain that my screens aren't big enough but I don't really get that. When I watch a TV show the picture fills my eyes and my mind is full of the story and the characters and the device simply doesn't exist.
I went to bed early the other night and woke up early and lay in bed watching an old show of "Laramie" on that 5" screen and thoroughly enjoyed it. TV sets are just so twentieth century.
Barry