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Originally Posted by Barty
I have a Libra 2 so I'm very interested to hear this. They're both 300 dpi so I'm unsure what sharper means. I guess you mean contrast? How do they look with the lights off? Is the background on one lighter than the other? Is the text on one darker the other? Thanks
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Sharper means just that. The text, using the same font at the same size, looks slightly blurrier on the Libra 2 screen. The contrast on the Leaf 2 can also be adjusted to have the text look darker than on the Libra 2 thus increasing also the contrast.
I just opened the same book side by side in Koreader on both devices and increased the contrast to the max setting on the Libra 2. The blackness/contrast is about the same. The Leaf 2 display just seems clearer.
I then tilted them towards the light, and the Leaf 2 was slightly more reflective.
I therefore think it's the matte finish on the Libra 2 that makes the text seem slightly less clear, a bit fussier, smudged out, blurry, etc etc. The positive aspect of this is that the screen is also slightly less reflective.
They are two of the tops screens available, and I guess it's just a question of what has a higher priority: less reflectivity or better clarity.
The background colour is more or less the same.
I use them both with the frontlight off. I don't like the warm frontlight on the Libra 2; it's not warm enough and looks horrible to me. I don't really know what the frontlight on the Leaf 2 is like, as I read it by a desk lamp.
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Originally Posted by denisuu
MyDeepGuide has a video where he compares the two: Boox Leaf 2: In-Depth Review
I wouldn't upgrade to the Leaf 2 if I already had the Libra 2,unless PDF support or better performance is important. If I didn't have an e-reader I would pay the extra €30 for the Leaf 2.
Unless you hold them next to each other you probably couldn't tell much difference in screen quality. I borrowed a friends Libra 2 for while before my (white) Leaf 2 arrived, if the device is just used for reading books, both are great devices!
My opionion:
Libra2:
+ Better buttons, waterproof, more user friendly.
- Bigger, weighs more, terrible performance for anything else than e-books.
Leaf2:
+ Beautiful design, weighs less, handles PDF's well, a lot of flexibility.
- Not as intuitive, not waterproof, no kernel sources. |
My Deep Guide's comparison doesn't matter: he had the black version, which has lower contrast/sharpness according to reports on the Onyx Boox subreddit by people who have both. This isn't really surprising since the glass layer obviously decreases legibility to some degree.
For me, reading in several languages, the dictionary support on Android is miles better than anything Kobo can offer - it's not even close. I'm surprised that they don't even seem to make an effort supporting dictionaries with decent morphology support.
If all one does is reading e-books in English with no special requirements: no need to sync one's reading progress across several devices, no need to use dictionaries in languages as crazily exotic as Spanish or Russian, no need to read on specific apps, etc. - then Kobo is a sure bet.
Now, if only the Leaf 2 could have better buttons...