05-28-2024, 02:08 PM | #31 | |
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One thing I did notice, though, was that the μSD card that I took out this morning was only 2GB. I read/heard somewhere that some were shipped with 4GB cards, of which 2GB was partitioned out of use. If I'd had one of them, I might just have extended the usable partition and seen how I got on with 4GB. |
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05-28-2024, 03:40 PM | #32 | |
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05-28-2024, 03:47 PM | #33 |
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Yes, the contrast is good - nearly as good as, say, a Clara 2E, and vastly better than a Clara Colour. If that implies a newer screen, then I guess that's what I must have.
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05-28-2024, 05:49 PM | #34 |
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It probably has IR touch like the Sony PRS-350 (mine has Pearl screen) and the Aura H2O original. A capactive touch system uses transparent tin patterns and thus makes blacks less dark and whites less bright. So Pearl with no touch or IR touch is nearly as clear as Carta with capacitive touch. But also Carta has a different refresh system so less ghosting. The Carta 1200, 1250, 1300 are incremental improvements on the original Carta and maybe the 1300 has part of the capactive touch on or under the light pipe layer.
The light pipe layer for front lighting also reduces brightness and contrast slightly in ambient light, so the bare Pearl with no frontlight or capacitive touch is pretty good. Also the 5″ has the same 800 x 600 as the 6″ siblings then so is much sharper / better DPI. The earlier Viziplex is pretty poor compared to Pearl. I saw one once. Last edited by Quoth; 05-28-2024 at 05:51 PM. |
05-28-2024, 06:23 PM | #35 |
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I preferred the PRS-350 (I still have two after having given one away) to the Mini, but AFAIC nothing beats being able to direct download from Kobo. However if the Mini goes paws up, I'm glad to know I have a go-to device.
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You would notice the difference if it was a vizplex screen. I have an older Mini with that screen and it has much less contrast than the one with the pearl version. Apparently Kobo put the pearl screen in the newer Minis for a while and never announced the upgrade. I think most of them also came with a 4GB microSD, but they formatted them to only use 2GBs of that drive by default.
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05-31-2024, 01:12 PM | #38 |
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I see what you mean. I've been looking at the pictures of a couple being offered for sale on eBay. It's clear that the contrast of their screens is significantly poorer than mine. I guess I lucked out when I bought it.
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I posted about it here... https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=342614 The battery is still going strong (after about 2½ years). They're now selling that same battery on Amazon (in the U.S.). |
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Grrr!
I've just found a blank 16GB μSD card lying around in my study. I could have used that instead of spending money on a new 32GB one to put in the Mini on Tuesday. |
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