View Single Post
Old 12-14-2018, 02:51 PM   #15
rcentros
eReader Wrangler
rcentros ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.rcentros ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.rcentros ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.rcentros ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.rcentros ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.rcentros ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.rcentros ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.rcentros ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.rcentros ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.rcentros ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.rcentros ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
rcentros's Avatar
 
Posts: 7,894
Karma: 52566355
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: Boise, ID
Device: PB HD3, GL3, Voyage
Quote:
Originally Posted by Elagost View Post
I'd not contemplated the used market, but if the original aura is that good, then that might be a good option too. I think I would miss the clarity and contrast from the Voyage too much though. Do you have a more modern alternative to compare it to?
The original Tolino Vision is basically the same, hardware-wise, as the original Kobo Aura, but with a home button (so slightly longer). But it has the E-Carta screen (212ppi, not the 300ppi that the Voyage has, still pretty good). Software-wise there is a good bit of difference between the original Kobo Aura and the original Tolino Vision, but the devices themselves were both made by Netronix.

Here's a comparison.

https://goodereader.com/blog/electro...-the-kobo-aura

Note the Tolino Vision is almost exactly the same size (length and width) as the Voyage — that means the Kobo Aura is really small.

Kobo Aura specs ...
150 x 114 x 8.1 mm — 173 grams

Tolino Vision specs ...
163 x 114 x 8.1 mm — 178 grams

Kindle Voyage specs ...
162 x 115 x 7.6 mm — 180 grams

Tolino Visions (since there's been four of them) come up used on eBay fairly regularly. A quick summary of the differences — all have the same dimensions and basically the same build, the 1 had a bronze back color (all with flush screens). All used the E-Carta screen (1 & 2 had the 212 ppi, 3 & 4 had/have 300ppi "hd" screens). Up until the Vision 3 HD, they all had 4 GBs of memory (the 3 HD & 4 HD has/have 8 GBs). The original Vision was the only one with an SD card slot. It was also the only one that didn't have the "tap2flip" feature and it wasn't waterproof. The 2 added tap2flip and waterproofing, lost the SD card slot. The 3 HD went up to a 300 ppi screen and higher memory. The 4 HD added the color-changing feature (for night reading), otherwise the same as the 3 HD. (The 2, 3 & 4 are very slightly lighter than the 1, probably because they lost the SD card slot.)

It might not be a bad idea to try out a used Tolino Vision even if you eventually want to get the Vision 4 HD. If you don't like the Tolino firmware then you could re-sell the Vision on eBay.

Vision 1 for $30 plus postage (you could probably offer $25). This is a good seller, I've bought stuff from them before.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Tolino-Visi...ox!76131!US!-1

Vision 3 HD for $80 (including shipping). I don't know anything about this seller, but he appears to have a good reputation.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Tolino-Visi...YAAOSwZ4Rb7wMq

Until recently there were more Tolino Visions on eBay. A couple of Vision 2s recently sold (I bought one).

(Sorry to ramble.)

Last edited by rcentros; 12-14-2018 at 02:56 PM.
rcentros is offline   Reply With Quote