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Thanks again DNSB!
Thanks DNSB...
It's interesting to know that Kobo has been making changes to its screen refresh ...as a first-time Kobo owner it gives me some perspective on what its future firmware variances might be like.
BTW, during the recent 29th & 30th days of this my first Kobo eReader ownership (Libra H2O), with these last two days during which I could still easily return it to Walmart, I purchased a Kindle Oasis to compare it with and was a little surprised to find that the Oasis, in my opinion, is clearly inferior...
The hard glass (or, more likely, polycarbonate) screen on the Oasis distances a book's text through its glass and, to me at least, that makes a book's text appear less sharp compared to the Libra's screen, although this could have as much or more to do with the Libra's clearly better screen contrast which can be indirectly tweaked via its brightness setting and its advanced setting for font weight adjustment--in comparison, I found the contrast on the Oasis a bit glaring even after making adjustments via the Oasis' lighting settings (I could find no font weight adjustment in the Oasis).
In addition to the all-important screen comparison, the Oasis' smooth metal case is slippery--which might make it a distraction to hold while becoming absorbed in reading, its surface temperature is somewhat repulsively cold while holding it (until your hands eventually warm it up I guess), and it has a clearly misplaced power button--not to mention, it costs an extra $20 to NOT have constant advertising on it, its users are virtually railroaded into purchasing books from one seller: Amazon, and these books are effectively licensed to you--so you don't own them and aren't truly guaranteed to have future access to them if you purchase a new Kindle to hold them in the future (though I believe that Amazon will hold your books on it server-cloud for future access via a new Kindle) ...and for $280 you should get a charger and a fast charging USB-C cable connection on the Oasis.
The Oasis only achieves what appears to be a shallow advantage, looking more elegant than its competition, yet its functionally inadequate design immediately belies that advantage within seconds of first using it!
I found the display model at Best Buy to be identical to the one I purchased so I don't think I purchased a lemon, and so I returned it within a few hours.
Excuse my rant on the Oasis (which I really wanted to be even better than the Libra--which, in the end I am very happy with as the best available 7" eReader) and thanks again for your help.
Harry
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