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Erwitt · 04-19-2021, 05:43 AM

Hello!

I already have both devices at home and I'm playing around with them.

These are some of my first impressions:

I may have won the lottery, because the lighting in my Libra is just fine (this was my biggest concern). Sure, the screen is better in the Oasis, but the difference is not as big as I expected. I hardly see any color or brightness difference across the screen, and if at all in the pictures I have taken.
The Oasis seems more confortable to hold for me beacuse the bezel on the back. The Libra, being flat, slips out of my hands when taking it a bit vertical.
The Libra has already frozen once in the short time I have used it.
I have tried to convert a book from the Kindle to the Libra and it has been a pain. First, I had a hard time removing the DRM. I downloaded the DeDRM plugin but it didn't work, and I had to do a lot of research until I found the solution. Then, I found that the resulting Epub didn't support the change of line spacing, so I had to convert it to Kepub. But the Kobo Touch Extended didn't work either and I had to download another plugin, the Kepub Outpub.

I will continue with my tests and see how they go.

04-19-2021, 05:43 AM	#41
Erwitt Junior Member Posts: 7 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2021 Device: none	Hello! I already have both devices at home and I'm playing around with them. These are some of my first impressions: I may have won the lottery, because the lighting in my Libra is just fine (this was my biggest concern). Sure, the screen is better in the Oasis, but the difference is not as big as I expected. I hardly see any color or brightness difference across the screen, and if at all in the pictures I have taken. The Oasis seems more confortable to hold for me beacuse the bezel on the back. The Libra, being flat, slips out of my hands when taking it a bit vertical. The Libra has already frozen once in the short time I have used it. I have tried to convert a book from the Kindle to the Libra and it has been a pain. First, I had a hard time removing the DRM. I downloaded the DeDRM plugin but it didn't work, and I had to do a lot of research until I found the solution. Then, I found that the resulting Epub didn't support the change of line spacing, so I had to convert it to Kepub. But the Kobo Touch Extended didn't work either and I had to download another plugin, the Kepub Outpub. I will continue with my tests and see how they go.