Okay guys, where to begin, a lot of great advice there, thank you all very much for such in depth responses.
The consensus seems to be to go with a Kindle Paperwhite, once I can get one with a firmware version that is jailbreakable. I can certainly look at converting formats, but most devices I own are jailbroken, phones, consoles, Nvidia Shield, and even my Samsung TV so I can access samba, and Irish and UK on demand services on the same TV - I'm just the kind of geek that jailbreaks and roots for the sake of it! 🤓
I read the light filter on the Kobi Aura One is superior to that of the latest gen Paperwhite, is it really that much better? I often have trouble sleeping, which is in part why I want an e-reader, as reading before bed helps a lot, but if the difference in the quality of the filter is only negligible in the Kobi, I may as well save myself several hundred euros?!
An option for PDFs, which I understand both have, is nice bonus, and would definitely be useful for college, although a lot of our content is Powerpoint. The main purpose of my e-reader will be for reading books at night.
Also, one of the video comparisons between the two brands was a damning indictment against the Aura One, intermittent response issues, slow page refresh, highlighting text, etc. I appreciate these issues may have been ironed out in updates since.
https://youtu.be/jj3di89M9Hs
If going with the latest gen Kindle Paperwhite, can new ones still be bought with jailbreakable firmware, and which version is it safe to get up to? And if I buy the version with ads can these be removed after jailbreaking? An option for white text on black background would be nice, but this is not a deal breaker.
I could save myself ~€30/£30 on a second hand paperwhite, but I would need to get the seller to check the version first, and disable updates somehow, perhaps by turning off the Wi-Fi?
Oh and I have some Amazon books, but mainly from other sources - basically I want a device as open as possible.
Sent from my Moto G4 Plus using Tapatalk