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Originally Posted by brehon
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Yes, I want to read pdfs.
"Nxtpaper 11 Plus" is supposedly also 3:2 device, hence I prefer it over 16:10 "Nxtpaper 11". As for "Nxtpaper 14", one thing that worries me is that it weights 760 grams with relatively large size (leverage issues). Do you hold it in your hands when reading or use stand or some kind hand-strap/holding assistance? And is it comfortable?
And btw, I've read in other topic that you own "Likebook Mars". I'm considering it as my second device for pdfs, but with outdoors portability in mind. Would it even be considerable? Maybe there are better portable e-ink choices for outdoors? I was even considering "Kindle Paperwhite 3/4" with 6" screen as I'm currently using normal LCD phone.
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For years (2002 to 2016) my Inspiron i8200 was my best portable thing for PDFs due to 1600 x 1200 screen. The so-called FHD of 1920 x 1080 is poorer in landscape, and not enough for A4!
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As light as 7.64lbs (a heavy 3.5 kg) and 1.7″ thin (a thick 43mm) when closed-it's convenient to carry and store.
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(my parenthesis) Assuming you didn't replace the floppy in the Media Bay with a second battery pack or an HDD (both possible).
If you need PDFs, then the 14″ with 3:2 aspect is far better than 11″ with 3:2 aspect and very very much better than any 10″ or 11″ with a 16:10 aspect.
Even if it was twice as heavy, I'd not care. You rarely read much standing up.
I first used a "personal" computer in 1979 and PDFs arrived in about 1992 (about the same time as first websites). I've thus been waiting a long time for the Nxtpaper 14. I feel I was conned into buying the "remaindered" priced reduced DXG when I already had a Paperwhite. The DXG is useless for PDFs, other than ones that work on a 6″ 300 dpi reader better. Though 9.7" you can't crop margins and it's only 9.7". I thought the Elipsa would be the solution, and the notes was nice but it couldn't be used for old magazines and it was slow & heavy for notes. I bought the Sage two or three weeks later, and though only 8″, it's got more pixels so is better for PDFs. Forget the Mars or 7″ models for PDFs (I have both), even though native reader on Mars crops margins and the Kobo reader now has per document PDF crop (so I uninstalled KOReader).
I also had a 10.3″ reMarkable (little difference 1 or 2) and it's rubbish for ebooks, worse than Elipsa for PDFs, notes or file transfer. I've given away the Elipsa and reMarkable. No-one wants the abysmal DXG.
My Sage is favorite for ebooks, and the 16:10 Nxtpaper 11 is a bit better for notes than the Nxtpaper 14 due to size and weight. The Kobo version of Nebo notes is very cut down and crippled compared to Android on NxtPaper, partly because of eink. The Google Gboard off-line handwriting to text is unusable on Android eink Mars, but works fine on any of my phones with a finger. Works even better on Nxtpaper 40 phone and with stylus or finger on Nxtpaper tablets.
Forget about Android eink and less than 8″ 300 dpi for PDF (works for A5 instruction books etc).
I'm glad I never wasted the money on the 13″ approx Sony/Fujitsu DPT eink.