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Old 08-19-2018, 04:27 PM   #1
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Device: Boox max 2
about boox max 2 antialiasing, font smoothing or whatever it is

Hello

after some weeks using the max 2 and reading for some hours today, I was thinking I was going crazy because since I have the device, a lot of times though my vision was strange, as if I couldn't focus correctly on the text, and the letters looked washed out or not sharp enough. That never happened to me with other readers, so I opened the same book on the DR1000S from 10 years ago with 160dpi against the 207 of the max 2, and well.

Even with a better screen and technology, the max 2 it isn't as comfortably as the dr1000s to read. Yes, if you look closely at few cm to both of them you can see some difference on the pixels, but when you are actively trying to read, the max 2 looks blurry against the dr1000s when it should be the opposite.

Is there any way to change the antialiasing or whatever the max is doing to the fonts? Disabling it on android or something like that? It could look awesome without it, but it does not. It isn't as sharp as it should be and it is doing a worse job than a device 10 years older with less resolution.

And I am talking about all the system, onyx neoreader, librera or whatever, everyone have the same problem, it is a system problem.

And it is even worse if you try to use serif fonts when it should be the opposite, as with more resolution serif fonts should be more readable, but I am being forced to use lato or super big serif fonts (like 20 or more) just because the poor rendering job the max 2 is doing destroying the tiny details.

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