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Old 10-21-2023, 07:31 PM   #17
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Originally Posted by Quoth View Post
It's not. That's rather misleading. It's a 300 dpi mono screen with a patterned colour filter on top. You can do tricks to improve the resolution that mono high contrast stuff has compare to the resolution a colour image has, but it won't be as sharp for mono text and images as even a 223 dpi screen.
It's 150 dpi on colour and can be made to be a bit sharper with mono text and subpixel addressing.
I think you are wrong. The differences between Kaleido 3 and a 300 ppi monochrome e-reader are two: the greater darkness of the screen without illumination on and a grainy background that is barely noticeable, but if you look closely you can see it. But when it comes to contrast and sharpness there is no difference. An e-reader with Kaleido 3 and the illuminated display is virtually identical to any other e-reader with the same resolution. You would need a microscope to find significant differences. And, of course, the difference with a lower resolution e-reader is noticeable. Much better an e-reader with Kaleido 3 than one with 227 ppi. As @ottischwenk says, I also have devices with these screen resolutions and my experience tells me that Kaleido 3 (with illumination) has a better display than a 227 ppi monochrome e-reader. And personally I think that the differences with another 300 ppi monochrome e-reader (darkness of the screen without illumination and grainy backgroun) are more than compensated by the colour contribution. I use an e-reader with Kaleido 3 for regular reading and I don't miss a monochrome e-reader (and I have monochrome e-readers with the best display you can find on the market today).

And I have to add that this came as a surprise to me, because I really thought like you. I thought that a colour e-reader would look much worse than a monochrome e-reader. And now I can't say that. I think that the Kaleido 3 is a breakthrough and that the differences are not objective, but a matter of personal assessment as a whole. Personally I have no objection now to recommending a colour e-reader. I don't think it is better or worse than a monochrome e-reader, but different. And it is up to each user to personally assess whether the difference is worth it.

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