New Paperwhite!

Originally Posted by Tony1988

well whatever the difference, apparently its not important enough for endgadget to prefer the kindle over the aura.(at least according to doctorow who felt the reviewer prefered the aura)

So you didn't actually check out the review yourself--just made assumptions based on 2nd hand reports?

[negris123]

Originally Posted by booklover6

Ok here are some pics I just took. If you can tell what I am talking, opinions, please!
http://img3.sellersourcebook.com/use...5/img_5661.jpg
http://img3.sellersourcebook.com/use...5/img_5660.jpg
http://img3.sellersourcebook.com/use...5/img_5659.jpg

Mine looks the same. Amazon considers this normal for the technology. They had an explanation posted on the kindle paperwhite's page, but now that they came out with PW2, it's gone. We can only hope that it's because they improved it considerably.

[negris123]

Originally Posted by booklover6

You obviously didn't get what I was saying.

Apologies. One of the limitations of electronic communications is misunderstanding.

[booklover6]

Originally Posted by negris123

Apologies. One of the limitations of electronic communications is misunderstanding.

No worries

I love Amazon, and the Kindle! Love Kobo too

[stutzj]

This Italian website has some extreme close ups of the new PW display vs older Pearl e-ink display. It's hard to tell exactly but I gotta say even though the ppi is the same, the font looks better and seems to pop a bit more.

http://www.eeevolution.it/e-ink-carta-specifiche/

Ignore the totally clueless interviewer, "so you can read with this in the dark?"(he asks this with the light fully up!) and check out 1:15 of the video linked below. The screen looks to be much lighter with no front light up than the darker coffee cream color of PW1. Should be better contrast.

http://www.tbreak.ae/features/look-a...perwhite-video

Originally Posted by stutzj

This Italian website has some extreme close ups of the new PW display vs older Pearl e-ink display. It's hard to tell exactly but I gotta say even though the ppi is the same, the font looks better and seems to pop a bit more.

http://www.eeevolution.it/e-ink-carta-specifiche/

Terrible photo comparison if you ask me. The comparison should have used the same text, font (if possible), and font size for every device. The photos should have been in focus and all the same size. The way he presents this, it is difficult to make any conclusions other than the photographer did a bad job.

[stutzj]

Originally Posted by jswinden

Terrible photo comparison if you ask me. The comparison should have used the same text, font (if possible), and font size for every device. The photos should have been in focus and all the same size. The way he presents this, it is difficult to make any conclusions other than the photographer did a bad job.

The new kindle PW's font looks a bit smoother and darker to my eye while the edges on the pearl display are just a bit fuzzier. Are you a photographer? I take it you are.

[booklover6]

That page flip feature looks extremely useful. I can see buying the PW just for that feature alone.

I wonder if it will work for side loaded books?

[Tony1988]

Originally Posted by jswinden

So you didn't actually check out the review yourself--just made assumptions based on 2nd hand reports?

no i did watch the video preview he linked too. i didnt see any indication. but the written review may be what he was actually refering to. but i dont have to know if endgadget prefers it or not. all my responses so far are based on docs initial post, asking why endgadget would prefer the aura over the kindle even though the.kindle has the new screen. i offered a reason why that may be. you are interpreting my comments in the wrong way i think.

[Tony1988]

Originally Posted by booklover6

That page flip feature looks extremely useful. I can see buying the PW just for that feature alone.

I wonder if it will work for side loaded books?

oh no.lol

[booklover6]

Originally Posted by Tony1988

oh no.lol

Hey now, don't judge!

[shanghaichica]

Originally Posted by booklover6

That page flip feature looks extremely useful. I can see buying the PW just for that feature alone.

I wonder if it will work for side loaded books?

I agree. That's the feature that I'm looking forward to the most.

Originally Posted by stutzj

The new kindle PW's font looks a bit smoother and darker to my eye while the edges on the pearl display are just a bit fuzzier. Are you a photographer? I take it you are.

Amateur photographer, mostly astrophotography. I think to do the kind of comparison that would be useful, he should have set up a tripod and cradle to keep the ereader positions and camera positions the same for each. Then the lighting would need to be kept consistent. And the focus would need to be the same, preferably with a tiny aperture to keep a larger area in focus. Then he should have tried to display the same text (font, size, etc.) on each reader. In that way we could compare apples to apples rather than apples to every fruit imaginable. Instead he took photos from different angles and focus, of different text, and presented the photos in different sizes. All those differences make it impossible to draw a true conclusion.

[Tony1988]

Originally Posted by booklover6

Hey now, don't judge!

The oh no was that I think you are going to be owning two more ereaders.

[xendula]

Originally Posted by Tony1988

I get that. But my comment was based on the fact that some wonder why a reviewer may think the aura is better than kindle even though kindle has the latest screen. Of course as i believe it is because the screen res is not as important as other functions of the reader.

Ah, gotcha!