Thread: Kobo Aura 2 vs. Tolino Shine 2HD: 212ppi vs 300ppi
View Single Post
Old 02-11-2018, 08:03 AM   #10
davidfor
Grand Sorcerer
davidfor ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.davidfor ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.davidfor ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.davidfor ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.davidfor ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.davidfor ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.davidfor ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.davidfor ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.davidfor ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.davidfor ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.davidfor ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
Posts: 24,905
Karma: 47303824
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Sydney, Australia
Device: Kobo:Touch,Glo, AuraH2O, GloHD,AuraONE, ClaraHD, Libra H2O; tolinoepos
Quote:
Originally Posted by mobama View Post
I don't own either a Kobo or a Tolino, so I can speak out on them only with reference to what I have seen others say, so take it FWIW.

Regarding epubs on Kobo, they leave outrageously wide margins in the default reading app. And from what I have heard, there are no configuration options to regain the lost screen real estate. The only way is to install another app that takes care of these things.
The margins can be adjusted. And on my Aura H2O, the lowest setting has the character right against the left bezel. I use the second setting. The top margin is pretty low as well. The bottom margin is a bit harder to describe as there is an area for the page number and the exact position the page ends depends on the font, size and styles in the book.

The minimum margin choice on the tolino epos is at least three times the size of the minimum margin on an Kobo Aura ONE (same screen and resolution size and I can't do a proper check as my wife is using the Aura ONE). The tolino's seem to share the same firmware, so I would expect the Tolino Shine 2HD to be similarly wasteful. And the top margin of the tolino's is wasting close to two lines at the font size I use. The bottom is slightly better than the Kobo firmware.

And as Terisa said, there are firmware hacks for the Kobo to improve these even more. But, I don't use them as I am reasonably happy with Kobo's choices. And, to be honest, I just can't be bothered.
Quote:
When I personally buy an electronic screen gadget, I don't expect its onboard software to fulfil all my needs. Therefore I want the gadget to be tinkerable, I want my favourite apps to be installable on it, so that I can make it useful. The closer it is to a regular computer in terms of the range of available optional software the better.

From the post I linked, Tolino seems to be good on that regard. And I'd rather not compromise on the screen quality.
When I buy a gadget I go looking for one that meets my needs. And that is one that does what it claims to. In this case, be an ereader. Providing adjustable features is good, but I do not want to have to rebuild the thing from scratch to get the function I paid for. I think you will find that there are a lot more people like this, than have your desire. And, if that is what you think is needed, then the tolino is probably not a good choice. One of the Onyx devices would be better. But, based on the way the OP asked the question, I'm pretty sure they want an ereader that works out of the box. And my recommendation is usually for a Kobo.
davidfor is offline   Reply With Quote