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JSWolf · 08-09-2017, 02:42 PM

The 600 is a very poor choice. The screen has a touch layer that's very reflective and it makes the screen look murky. It's also rather heavy. You cannot change the font and you cannot get a light cover for it. It's also slow and uses an old version of RMDSK (ADE) which cannot do full justify and cannot hyphenate. Also, there isn't any way to change the font other than to embed the fonts you want in the eBooks. Reading with a 600 is like reading with a mirror. Every page turn has a flash which clears the screen and then it draws the next screen. Newer devices don't flash on every page. And finally, the 600 can freeze, be really slow, or reboot with eBooks that have hi-res images and a lot of eBooks come with a hi-res cover and a hi-res title page.

You'd be best to go with a Kobo Aura H2O Edition 2. The screen is very nice. It's a hi-resolution Carta screen at 6.8". The extra .8" is very nice. Also, you can add your own fonts and you can customize the firmware some with the patches. Plus, with the patches, it allows you to adjust the weight of side loaded fonts. The H2O2 has a front light and a comfort light for adjusting the blueness of the light. And finally, you can manage collections easily using Calibre.

But whatever you do decide to get, don't go with a Sony Reader. None of them are all that good these days.

08-09-2017, 02:42 PM	#2
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 79,803 Karma: 146918083 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	The 600 is a very poor choice. The screen has a touch layer that's very reflective and it makes the screen look murky. It's also rather heavy. You cannot change the font and you cannot get a light cover for it. It's also slow and uses an old version of RMDSK (ADE) which cannot do full justify and cannot hyphenate. Also, there isn't any way to change the font other than to embed the fonts you want in the eBooks. Reading with a 600 is like reading with a mirror. Every page turn has a flash which clears the screen and then it draws the next screen. Newer devices don't flash on every page. And finally, the 600 can freeze, be really slow, or reboot with eBooks that have hi-res images and a lot of eBooks come with a hi-res cover and a hi-res title page. You'd be best to go with a Kobo Aura H2O Edition 2. The screen is very nice. It's a hi-resolution Carta screen at 6.8". The extra .8" is very nice. Also, you can add your own fonts and you can customize the firmware some with the patches. Plus, with the patches, it allows you to adjust the weight of side loaded fonts. The H2O2 has a front light and a comfort light for adjusting the blueness of the light. And finally, you can manage collections easily using Calibre. But whatever you do decide to get, don't go with a Sony Reader. None of them are all that good these days. Last edited by JSWolf; 08-09-2017 at 02:45 PM.