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hakama · 12-10-2018, 01:25 PM

I've compared it and there were improvements but also a major flaw against PW3 2015.

Advantages:

- Very even backlighting
- Visibly faster refresh when browsing
- 16g lighter / 182 by catalog, on my scale = 184g)
- more memory and water resistance (no matter to me)

Disadvantage:

- the text is transparent (lower optical density/solidity than "2015, even with different fonts ...).

I tried with two bold fonts (helvetica and amazon ember bold), it's a bit better, but I read with serifs (e.g. bookerly) ... and there is no bolding option like Kobo. That is a pity.

I tried to upgrade but there was no improvement.

Is it this?!

P.S. It has a luminescent background (cold white)

Here is the current version of the reader:
5 10 0 2

So, may be I tried newest 8" reader... (Onyx)

12-10-2018, 01:25 PM	#16
hakama Member Posts: 22 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2015 Device: Kindle PP3	I've compared it and there were improvements but also a major flaw against PW3 2015. Advantages: - Very even backlighting - Visibly faster refresh when browsing - 16g lighter / 182 by catalog, on my scale = 184g) - more memory and water resistance (no matter to me) Disadvantage: - the text is transparent (lower optical density/solidity than "2015, even with different fonts ...). I tried with two bold fonts (helvetica and amazon ember bold), it's a bit better, but I read with serifs (e.g. bookerly) ... and there is no bolding option like Kobo. That is a pity. I tried to upgrade but there was no improvement. Is it this?! P.S. It has a luminescent background (cold white) Here is the current version of the reader: 5 10 0 2 So, may be I tried newest 8" reader... (Onyx)