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Quoth · 07-12-2022, 04:55 AM

I thought the Sony digital paper models are mostly only available to load with PDFs via the Sony application (Windows and maybe Mac), or maybe a sort of printer device to Windows. I was considering it, but the 150 dpi and "walled garden" put me off. I was disappointed.

So I upgraded ext screen on laptop to 23" @ 2K (Benq) and most recently 28" @4K (Samung), though the 24" 4K LG was tempting. All under £300.

Maybe in the future there will be a device with good library management, at least 220 dpi and 13" to 14" in 1.414 aspect rather than 1.33 (4:3) or 1.78 (16:9 which is pointless except for WS TV aspect video).

The 10" approx works for almost all PDF except my collections of ancient magazines, though I had to install KOReader on the Kobo Elipsa to margin Crop. The Remarkable is OK to view PDFs in organised folders, no library management and total pain to load content to compared with ANY kobo and Calibre. I got a Remarkable cheap S/H for wife to read some old novels only in PDF, it and less functional Remarkable2 are massively hyped compared to reality.

07-12-2022, 04:55 AM	#5
Quoth Still reading Posts: 14,300 Karma: 105299897 Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Ireland Device: All 4 Kinds: epub eink, Kindle, android eink, NxtPaper	I thought the Sony digital paper models are mostly only available to load with PDFs via the Sony application (Windows and maybe Mac), or maybe a sort of printer device to Windows. I was considering it, but the 150 dpi and "walled garden" put me off. I was disappointed. So I upgraded ext screen on laptop to 23" @ 2K (Benq) and most recently 28" @4K (Samung), though the 24" 4K LG was tempting. All under £300. Maybe in the future there will be a device with good library management, at least 220 dpi and 13" to 14" in 1.414 aspect rather than 1.33 (4:3) or 1.78 (16:9 which is pointless except for WS TV aspect video). The 10" approx works for almost all PDF except my collections of ancient magazines, though I had to install KOReader on the Kobo Elipsa to margin Crop. The Remarkable is OK to view PDFs in organised folders, no library management and total pain to load content to compared with ANY kobo and Calibre. I got a Remarkable cheap S/H for wife to read some old novels only in PDF, it and less functional Remarkable2 are massively hyped compared to reality.