MobileRead Forums - View Single Post - Why are their 3x more reviews fir the Libra colour, 6" underated

galax · 08-07-2024, 05:57 AM

The promise of ereaders are flexibility, portability. But the current crop of 6" at 100$ even 120$ doesn't fullfil that promise by a long shot.

Right now I've picked up some books to compare with 6" and none fit its unnatural size.

There's more than 'But I can zoom the fonts on 6" reader!!'

It's called aesthetics and the millenial tradition of bookmanship, which amazon single handedly destroyed with utter greed for $$ profits.

A book I am holding has the size of a 10" screen and it's meant to be a schoolbook!!

The normal and natural distance with a relax posture for reading goes from 30cm to 50cm.

So there's no way to read comfortably a 6" at that distance without butchering the aesthetics of the book, that is breaking all literature established designs, by, GASPS, making the font buuggerr!!

Lol.

Let's go back to the promise of flexibility, most people who read books are also interested in some other type of information, newspaper, magazine, learning material, comic.

Does 6" inch fit any of those content? Not at all.

So suddenly we have a device that serves single purpose of displaying half paragraph of a story, useless for anything else.

Another example my comics from childhood where at least 13".

My 7.8" ereader barely passes the mark, I have to make a lot of compromises during editing.

We are under a chokehold by greedy regime of companies that are forcing unto us 6" dictatorship.

There's absolutely no way to justify 100$, 120$, 150$ PREMIUM 6" devices because the hardware is the cheapest and lowest specs.

Think about it, no need for expensive audio processing, no need for big amounts of ram, no need for gaming, AV1, 4k decoding, no need for cutting edge GPU.

As you can see, nothing justifies the current prices of 6" ereaders.

Now amazon keeps 6" at 100$ while having, allegedly, modern offering by increasing the screen size a measly 0.8" at 150$!!!

Are you kidding me?? Kobo 7.8" years ago!! After all these years amazon increases screen size by 0.8" only???!!

Bottom line, 6" etag is not good for your grandpa, neither your kids, wife, parents, and you.

08-07-2024, 05:57 AM	#24
galax Enthusiast Posts: 36 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2023 Device: none	The promise of ereaders are flexibility, portability. But the current crop of 6" at 100$ even 120$ doesn't fullfil that promise by a long shot. Right now I've picked up some books to compare with 6" and none fit its unnatural size. There's more than 'But I can zoom the fonts on 6" reader!!' It's called aesthetics and the millenial tradition of bookmanship, which amazon single handedly destroyed with utter greed for $$ profits. A book I am holding has the size of a 10" screen and it's meant to be a schoolbook!! The normal and natural distance with a relax posture for reading goes from 30cm to 50cm. So there's no way to read comfortably a 6" at that distance without butchering the aesthetics of the book, that is breaking all literature established designs, by, GASPS, making the font buuggerr!! Lol. Let's go back to the promise of flexibility, most people who read books are also interested in some other type of information, newspaper, magazine, learning material, comic. Does 6" inch fit any of those content? Not at all. So suddenly we have a device that serves single purpose of displaying half paragraph of a story, useless for anything else. Another example my comics from childhood where at least 13". My 7.8" ereader barely passes the mark, I have to make a lot of compromises during editing. We are under a chokehold by greedy regime of companies that are forcing unto us 6" dictatorship. There's absolutely no way to justify 100$, 120$, 150$ PREMIUM 6" devices because the hardware is the cheapest and lowest specs. Think about it, no need for expensive audio processing, no need for big amounts of ram, no need for gaming, AV1, 4k decoding, no need for cutting edge GPU. As you can see, nothing justifies the current prices of 6" ereaders. Now amazon keeps 6" at 100$ while having, allegedly, modern offering by increasing the screen size a measly 0.8" at 150$!!! Are you kidding me?? Kobo 7.8" years ago!! After all these years amazon increases screen size by 0.8" only???!! Bottom line, 6" etag is not good for your grandpa, neither your kids, wife, parents, and you.