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I have witnessed exhausting discussions on this and other forums about the contrast and resolution of Kaleido 3. And the only thing I have learned is that it is best to trust your own eyes.
I have a hard time finding any difference in the black text on my eReaders with the Carta 1200 screen (Paperwhite 5; Tolino Vision 6, which has the same screen as the Kobo Libra 2; PocketBook Era, and Leaf 2) when I put them next to the Tab Mini C. I've compared them countless times and the differences are very small, nuanced differences. By contrast, when I compare the Tab Mini C's colour text with the black text of my monochrome readers (or with those of the Tab Mini C itself) the difference is immediately apparent. Not that I want to contradict physics and logical reasoning, but my eyes tell me otherwise. And I read with my eyes. (I could quote several reviews from people I trust who have been in the world of e-readers for many years and who perceive it as I do, but it is not worth it. Everyone has to convince himself).
The first time I held a colour e-reader in my hands I noticed that it looked different, not because of the contrast and resolution, but because of the grainy background. It's hardly noticeable, but if you look closely you can see it. And I was about to return it because of that. But after an hour I got used to it and it stopped being a problem for me. In the early days I always had a second (monochrome) e-reader with me next to my colour e-reader because I was not sure if it would look good or not. Sometimes I swapped it to see if I noticed a big difference, but finally I decided it wasn't necessary. And for many months now, the Tab Mini C has been my primary e-reader for any kind of content and I prefer it to any of my other monochrome e-readers. What interest or need do I have in reading on an e-reader that supposedly looks bad, when I have such good e-readers? It's not that I'm a masochist and want to read in worse conditions, it's simply that I like it better.
But this is just my personal experience and does not necessarily coincide with that of others. I have read people complaining about the contrast and that they have seen blurred text and immediately returned their colour e-readers. And I have also read opinions very similar to mine. Who is right? Trust your own eyes, not the opinions of others (let alone those who haven't even had direct experience).
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