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Old 01-14-2018, 08:41 AM   #147
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The speed is improved but it does not differ that much in a real world usage - documents load faster but page turning nad searching within documents is about the same.
The past hardware specifications were so weak that some software simply failed,
and that 8x of speed difference really felt, very heavily. Past hardware was a pain to use - for generic use.
I see the correct speed difference also in page turning: seconds passed for page turning in past hardware. Given that you mention the Max first-gen, you are probably not packing data onto that screen.

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the hdmi monitor works but there is no control over the gamma/contrast.
For that you have to modify the accessibility settings of your desktop OS. I am not saying it could not be done on the tablet, but it is more correct to make the processing in the original system.

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To manually clear it you have to do 2 taps - just touching the screen (2 fingers for example) would be more convenient. The comfortable use is at a level of an old text console screens, you have to use very large thick fonts, black on white only.
I think you should instead try desktop remote techniques - until Onyx perfections the software.
Solutions where, by the way, we can inject the refresher as I did in the past for Iordanov's bVNC, with refresh imposed by tapping on screen corner.

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I have a small Kobo H2O with Carta display which has very high contrast due to massive screen resolution and a very white background color. I thought that it is the very characteristic of the Carta technology. I was wrong.
As you note, it's not the same E-Ink screen... ES133TT3 is not ED068TG1.
(I mention this also remembering Michael K.'s note in his review: he noted the 206 ppi density of the screen on the Max2 as a "Con" - which did really not sound sensible, since a high resolution big E-ink screen simply does not exist...)

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to read indoors.
Enjoy the food season for those of us in the cold! Indoors, in these months, I use OLED...

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touch and speed improvements are important enough and screen not that bad.
Allow me to suggest that your immediate impression was under the impact of the expectations - the screen is really not bad at all, in absolute terms. Touch is a game changer for practical use, unless you are an accountant who developed the pen-slot over the ear. And the (3-orders) speed difference can not be important only if you stick to a subset of the functions, or if you have the patience of the death row.
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