[qwert]

$630+ doesn't seem worth it. I don't know why, but the background of my Kobo Aura H20 edition 1 with the frontlight off is so much whiter than the Onyx also with the light turned off. They're both Carta I believe, so shouldn't they be the same? I fiddled with the Onyx frontlight and it takes a mix of warm/cool halfway across the light bar to reach a similar page color.

Also, for some reason, without the light on, the onyx is basically unreadable for me though I have terrible eyesight so that might be a factor. It has a dingey gray-blue cast with the front light off that doesn't go away unless tilted in the light at exactly the right angle. I didn't expect the dpi to matter so much, but how is it possible that the letters are large and blurry? It's worse than me printing on a white page.

I really liked the idea of an ereader this size, and the notes option was pretty good. I bought it to use for pdfs, but the text is awful to read for pdfs as well. I've tried adjusting for contrast/boldness and switching to a different font. I did some research and thought this was the best ereader atm for this size, but this is so disappointing. I thought that the text was "darker" on the Note Pro vs the Note from a review video, which may be true, but the page is dark too. I thought about getting the Max 2, but if the dpi is an issue here, I can only imagine how much worse it is with a larger screen. I already have a headache from trying to read on it.