Looking for new E ink device with very white background, dark letters - Page 2

meeera · 03-29-2017, 05:29 AM

The whiteness of the background isn't the only consideration; with a Kobo it is very easy to adjust font heaviness on the fly, without having to embed tweaked fonts into all your ebooks.

Pajamaman · 03-29-2017, 09:40 AM

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Originally Posted by barryem

I think your Kobo Glo must be defective in some way then. I used to have one and I now have a Kindle Voyage and a Paperwhite as well as a Kobo Aura and the contrast on the Kobo Glo was better than on the Aura and every bit as good as on the Kindle.

I agree. The Glo screen should have been okay. I had an Aura HD that lacked contrast, but that was because of the front-light layer on a Pearl screen. I had a Kobo Glo HD and that screen was fine (it used Carta instead of Pearl).

AFAIK, the new range of Kobos are as clear as e-ink screens get.

peaceridge · 03-29-2017, 09:57 AM

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Originally Posted by barryem

I think your Kobo Glo must be defective in some way then. I used to have one and I now have a Kindle Voyage and a Paperwhite as well as a Kobo Aura and the contrast on the Kobo Glo was better than on the Aura and every bit as good as on the Kindle.

I read on my Kindles and Kobos just fine. The Aura has one of the worse front lit screens ever made and it's still excellent. The difference in that and the Kobo Glo's contrast is small, but it as there.

Barry

Barry, I agree with you - as I was working with it last night double checking the screen, the battery died. Charging overnight did nothing. I guess it's been causing my screen problems.

Lyn

peaceridge · 03-29-2017, 09:59 AM

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Originally Posted by svenlind

amazon US have kobo readers

Thanks, but it is on the secondary market - thinking about ordering from Canada as suggested.

peaceridge · 03-29-2017, 12:01 PM

Does anyone have the actual screen sizes on the One and H2O? I want to compare them to the tablet I have.

Lyn

HarryT · 03-29-2017, 12:06 PM

The one is a standard 6" screen. The H2O is 6.8". Both 4:3 aspect ratio.

peaceridge · 03-29-2017, 12:15 PM

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Originally Posted by HarryT

The one is a standard 6" screen. The H2O is 6.8". Both 4:3 aspect ratio.

Thanks HarryT, but I was looking for width and height of the screen. The H2O is 6.8" diagonal, yes?

HarryT · 03-29-2017, 12:19 PM

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Originally Posted by peaceridge

Thanks HarryT, but I was looking for width and height of the screen. The H2O is 6.8" diagonal, yes?

Correct, and knowing that the aspect ratio is 4:3, a simple application of Pythagoras's theorem will give you the lengths of the other two sides. Given the fact that a right-angle triangle with sides of 3 units and 4 units has a diagonal of 5 units:

The shorter side has a length of 3/5 the diagonal.
The longer side has a length of 4/5 the diagonal.

peaceridge · 03-29-2017, 12:24 PM

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Originally Posted by HarryT

Correct, and knowing that the aspect ratio is 4:3, a simple application of Pythagoras's theorem will give you the lengths of the other two sides. Given the fact that a right-angle triangle with sides of 3 units and 4 units has a diagonal of 5 units:

The shorter side has a length of 3/5 the diagonal.
The longer side has a length of 4/5 the diagonal.

Thanks, never thought of that - hadn't even looked up the aspect ratio. I can now compare - appreciate it.

Lyn

ZodWallop · 03-29-2017, 01:09 PM

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Originally Posted by HarryT

The one is a standard 6" screen. The H2O is 6.8". Both 4:3 aspect ratio.

Harry, the ONE has a 7.8" screen. Not a 6" screen.

The Aura ONE is larger than the H20.

HarryT · 03-29-2017, 02:31 PM

Thank you for the correction. Is there another 6" Kobo model with a similar name, perhaps?

dordale · 03-29-2017, 02:41 PM

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Originally Posted by HarryT

Thank you for the correction. Is there another 6" Kobo model with a similar name, perhaps?

Not that it makes much sense--but Kobo does a newer lighted 6" screen. It's the Kobo Aura Edition 2. They also have a 6" non-lighted reader--which is the Kobo Touch 2.0.

peaceridge · 03-29-2017, 02:50 PM

Just ordered the Aura One - I figured Harry was misspoken about the AO size. It was a hard decision for me - the H2O has an sd card, the AO does not, but I decided the size trumped the sd card. Thanks everyone for all your help.

dordale · 03-29-2017, 03:16 PM

Congrats peaceridge! I'm pretty sure you'll enjoy your new Aura One--I've had several e-readers throughout the years and due to it's size and screen clarity, it's been be far my favorite reader.

And mitigating the lack of sd card on the Aura One somewhat is the fact that it has 8gb of on board storage, compared to 4gb for the H2O.

Just out of curiosity, did you end up ordering from Chapters?

JSWolf · 03-29-2017, 03:30 PM

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Originally Posted by HarryT

The one is a standard 6" screen. The H2O is 6.8". Both 4:3 aspect ratio.

The Aura One is 7.8".

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03-29-2017, 05:29 AM	#16
meeera Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,815 Karma: 68407974 Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Australia Device: Kobo Libra 2, iPadMini4, iPad4, MBP; support other Kobo/Kindles	The whiteness of the background isn't the only consideration; with a Kobo it is very easy to adjust font heaviness on the fly, without having to embed tweaked fonts into all your ebooks.

03-29-2017, 12:01 PM	#20
peaceridge Wizard Posts: 1,019 Karma: 4407864 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: North Carolina Device: Kobo Aura1, Nexus7.2, Galaxy Tab A 8.4, Ipad Air & Mini 6	Does anyone have the actual screen sizes on the One and H2O? I want to compare them to the tablet I have. Lyn

03-29-2017, 12:06 PM	#21
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383099 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	The one is a standard 6" screen. The H2O is 6.8". Both 4:3 aspect ratio.

03-29-2017, 02:31 PM	#26
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383099 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	Thank you for the correction. Is there another 6" Kobo model with a similar name, perhaps?

03-29-2017, 02:50 PM	#28
peaceridge Wizard Posts: 1,019 Karma: 4407864 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: North Carolina Device: Kobo Aura1, Nexus7.2, Galaxy Tab A 8.4, Ipad Air & Mini 6	Just ordered the Aura One - I figured Harry was misspoken about the AO size. It was a hard decision for me - the H2O has an sd card, the AO does not, but I decided the size trumped the sd card. Thanks everyone for all your help.

03-29-2017, 03:16 PM	#29
dordale Wizard Posts: 1,731 Karma: 3472866 Join Date: Apr 2008 Device: Sony PRS-650 & 350; Kindle Voyage; Kobo Aura HD, Aura One, and Forma	Congrats peaceridge! I'm pretty sure you'll enjoy your new Aura One--I've had several e-readers throughout the years and due to it's size and screen clarity, it's been be far my favorite reader. And mitigating the lack of sd card on the Aura One somewhat is the fact that it has 8gb of on board storage, compared to 4gb for the H2O. Just out of curiosity, did you end up ordering from Chapters?