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Originally Posted by DNSB
As a minimum, I would suggest a 10.3" screen, 13.3" is better. Even better would be a tablet (Apple, Android, Windows, whatever) with a colour screen and more CPU and RAM to throw at rendering a PDF.
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The Android eInk devices are fast enough to handle PDFs well like those from Boox and Boyue. Hell my Note Air is actually faster than my Galaxy Tab S6 Lite. I still find colour LCD devices are too distracting to read PDFs on, especially often dry academic stuff. It's way to easy to start browsing reddit or YouTube.
Also please remember that screen aspect ratios are really important to consider. A 10.3" 16:9/16:10 screen has about the same viewable area for a PDF page as a 7.8" 4:3 one, you can just see a little more of the next page. 10.3" 16:9/16:10 Android tablets are everywhere so it's worth mentioning.
OP if your eyes are good with tiny text you may get by with a 7.8" reader but I strongly suggest going with something from Boox or Boyue because Pocketbook, Kobo and Amazon all skimp on RAM and CPU power that make reading PDFs unpleasant. They also have better built in PDF readers with the ability to autocrop margins to make the best use of screen real estate.
A 10.3" 4:3 device like the Boox Note Air is a good compromise between price and size. 13.3" devices like the Boox Max Lumi are closer to paper but are extremely expensive.