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Originally Posted by Haesslich
For CBZ and epub comics, I agree - the ugly problem is the lack of storage, which means I've gone to 100MB free space as a result. But for PDF files? I had better results with an iPad 3 and Goodreader, even seen those complex PDF files.
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One thing that really, significantly helps with this is transcoding to JPG with a small Gaussian blur. From my testing, adding "-guassian-blur 0.05" is invisible to the naked eye and reduces final JPG file size by 1/3 to 1/2, everything else being equal. Right now I have... 72 complete manga volumes taking up about 5.5GB on my ONE, or about 75MB per volume. Not too shabby, IMO.
And at least for me, going from ~4GB (Kindle DX) to ~8GB (Aura ONE) is a big improvement in storage. YMMV of course.
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Kobo really needs a better PDF solution. The Sony Reader PDF software on the PRS-600 kicks the Kobo Aura One up and down the street, even with a processor ten years older and maybe a third of the RAM.
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Yeah... but if you normalize against the rendering resolution? PRS-600's CPU is 2-4 times as powerful as Aura ONE's.
But seriously, it's not entirely CPU. The software is a significant factor. Aura ONE certainly has the chops to handle PDFs but Kobo haven't put the effort into optimizing the reader software. On the other hand, Sony have put a great deal of effort into optimizing their PDF software.