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Originally Posted by feelmaroon
Have a Kindle 4, Voyage and both Oasis'. They all have pretty unique screens in my opinion...In some ways its hard to compare Kindle devices with any others as I think there is a really large brand bias and ecosystem bias so i'll try to just talk device itself. Terms like sharpness and contrast are so subjective to eyes (some of the great arguments of front lighting are a great example to see how much range there is in opinion) but with that said, overall sharpness I'd have to go with the Kindles, in particular the generations from the Voyage on and contrast i'd have to go with the Likebook just because you have so much control of the screen/text as well as using various reading apps to create conditions of preference. Consider the various layers of an e-reader (e-ink, touch layer, light layer, choice of cover for said layers) and I think this might be what you're talking about, what looks the best all in all in an eye test. The Voyage would probably win that with lighting off and the Likebook with the lighting options on (because there is so much range of control to get it to look how you like it too). Overall pop of text itself, probably the Kindles but once again, Kindles can't do the kind of things that a Lifebook Mars can do (bluetooth typing of gmail, reading NY Times via web and A2 (Anti-Aliasing where you aren't flashing all the time), using Pocket, 2 column reading in landscape, animated page turns). For some of us, these things are massive and make the small loss in possible picture quality with overall use. They're really different devices.The Voyage screen is gorgeous to me as long as i'm not in the dark or needing to use the light. It's much better on the eyes than the Lifebook Mars despite the smaller size. If you're just wanting to read and do nothing else, get that 7" Oasis as they lighting to me is vastly improved from the Voyage. The quality of that screen in everyday reading conditions is amazing. If you need that extra inch, i'd take the Lifebook over the Kobo 8" just cause the amount of extra features you get.
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Thanks. So far, the Voyage has had the best contrast of all I've tried. In particular, when using night mode (reversed type on black) the black is denser on the Voyage. Since my husband now has my Voyage, I'm reading on my Oasis2 since the bluetooth went out on my Likebook Plus. I really do like the remote page turn on the Androids so was wondering how the screen compares and whether I should think about getting a Mars. Do prefer the flat screen of the Oasis and Voyage though. <sigh>