Thread: Kindle DX versus Kobo Aura One
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Old 03-24-2018, 01:27 PM   #7
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Originally Posted by thatsmyfish View Post
I tend to stick to epub/mobi files and the backlight of the iPad has always killed my eyes, especially at night. I think the exclusive benefit I would see would be the larger screen, 9.7 versus 7.8, but this would be killed for me if font and formatting limitations from eight years ago render the Aura One more versatile. In other words, if I can keep the same size font but customize the space better between the lines and actually have more words per page on the Aura One at the same size than the DX, there's literally no benefit to the DX.

Does anyone even still use one anymore?
Font and formatting would definitely be in favour of the KA1. At my age, I like the KA1 for allowing me to have the same amount of text on the screen but at a larger font size compared to a 6" ereader. If you haven't used a frontlit e-Ink device, you may be pleasantly surprised. I find it much more comfortable for a long period of reading than a backlit LCD. Other people are not as happy and report that the frontlit e-Ink is more comfortable than a backlit LCD but still not something they want to use for a long time.

One issue you may run into is that Kobo's ereaders respect the publisher's CSS so if the ebook was formatted as crap, it will display as crap. Compared to even a few years ago, the formatting is getting better but I still find myself with some ebooks where I edit the CSS to cleanup the display -- why would anyone think that doublespacing lines is a good idea?
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