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Originally Posted by fathead
All the more remarkable given that the dpi is only 167 or thereabouts! But the lack of light is a drawback and I found the more books I loaded to the sd card , the wobblier the database got.
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I did figure the potential fly in the ointment was how the STR would handle a large library. My Glo is slow, but if I give it time, it gets there. Perhaps a “curated” depository as opposed to the dumping ground on my Glo could be a way to go. Or if I ever got around to it, I could try rooting it. The reality is that I generally am not motivated to do that much fiddling, however.
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Originally Posted by JSWolf
Back when I got my nook STR, I also had a PRS-650 and I found the text on the STR to be not nearly as good as that of the 650. IT was nothing to do with the screen but the font engine used by B&N vs. that used by Sony. It was a very noticeable difference when using the same font.
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I can’t make quite the same comparison, but have to involve a third step and a different device in the same range. When I got my Kobo Glo, lit screen notwithstanding, I found the text to be much murkier than on my PRS-350s which was disappointing. But comparing the Glo to the STR, the STR is the clear winner. So now I have to power up a 350 to see which way I fall. I also had a 950, but I don’t even have to look - it was my first larger than 6” device and I loved it for that, but there’s no question that the gray on gray screen was a drawback. And, fair dos, even if I prefer the 350 screen it still doesn’t have the sd card option.