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Originally Posted by cellaris
1.- Does a comic book look better on a colour e-reader or on a non-colour one?
2.- Is it better to read a novel that does not need colour on an e-reader with or without colour?
3.- How does the screen of a colour e-reader look like in comparison to a non-colour e-reader?
4.- Is it worth paying a premium for a colour e-reader?
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1. Most colour comic will look better, but Teenage Mutant Hero turtles "works" in mono. There are plenty of mono comics/manga. Also for eink vs LCD/OLED the poor colours don't matter as most comics are copying style of limited 1930s on pulp.
2. All colour eink are lower resolution than 300 dpi and darker. Compare Kindle K2 and DX or early Sony with a PW3. It's terrible. The first Kindle K1 and earliest Sony only had 4 levels, not 16 so they are worse than colour eink. A Triton is worst. The RGB striped Kaleido will be better than the patterned Kaleido 3 for text at one orientation, if there is subpixel addressing (100 x 300 dpi vs 150 x 150 dpi).
3. Blurry and not usable with lights suitable for paperback or Carta or Carta1200 without front light on. Probably the Pearl is brighter in ambient light and even some of them might be sharper.
4. Is it worth paying a premium? There are no cheap colour eink. If you read a lot of comics and have €400 to €600 to spare then it's worth while. Pointless for novels. There is no doubt even the €300 tablet and many laptops have a poor screen compared to some €300 desktop monitors. Too shiny surface, because that's cheaper.