Kindle Voyage - First Impressions - Page 100

HarryT · 02-03-2015, 06:27 AM

Tony, I have quite a few (around 1800) books on my Voyage, and personally I find that Calibre "plugboards" remove the need for collections. They let me easily organise my books in series (which is all I used to use collections for) and they work completely automatically when I load my books. Have you looked at using plugboards?

TonyGamble · 02-03-2015, 06:33 AM

Have you looked at using plugboards?

Yes, I have, Harry. And I retired confused.

I need to revisit them if they can create collections that the new Kindles recognise.

Tony

HarryT · 02-03-2015, 06:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TonyGamble

Have you looked at using plugboards?

Yes, I have, Harry. And I retired confused.

I need to revisit them if they can create collections that the new Kindles recognise.

Tony

No, plugboards have nothing to do with collections: they are a method of modifying the title (or author) of a book to add series information to it.

Eg, on my Kindle, when I look at my Agatha Christie books I see:

Poirot 01: The Mysterious Affair at Styles
Poirot 02: Murder on the Links
etc.

The series prefix is automatically added by the plugboard, hence I don't need to use collections for series.

DuckieTigger · 02-05-2015, 08:46 PM

Got my Voyage yesterday. First impression? Wow, what a great upgrade from the PW1. The adaptive light appeared to be a bit on the bright side. I just left it go since I had too much fun reading with it. After a while it dawned on me that the light is supposed to be that bright. My PW I always treated as an eink reader with built in frontlight. Doh, that is what it is. Use the light when you need it, don't use it otherwise. So I set it at a low level and forget about the light. The Voyage on the other hand is not an eink reader with builtin light when needed, but rather an eink reader with a light as essential part of the whole experience. To fully enjoy it the light needs to be on and the Voyage needs to stay in control with adaptive light and nightlight enabled. Apparently it knows better than myself how bright it should be.

Subjectively my Voyage has a much better and more even and uniform light than my PW. Objectively I can almost see the more blueish bottom. Almost? Yes almost, as I cannot tell at all once I read - the difference is way too subtle to be bothered with - even when turning it up higher than the adaptive light wants to. Analyze the picture if you want, but I won't change my mind about loving the screen on my Voyage.

Attached a quick shot with phone with Revival: A Novel by Stephen King.

krazy4katz · 02-05-2015, 09:30 PM

So glad you like it! Regarding the light: you can train it. If you think it is too bright, reduce the light. The adaptive lighting will "learn" what you like.

Have fun,

Atunah · 02-05-2015, 09:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DuckieTigger

Got my Voyage yesterday. First impression? Wow, what a great upgrade from the PW1. The adaptive light appeared to be a bit on the bright side. I just left it go since I had too much fun reading with it. After a while it dawned on me that the light is supposed to be that bright. My PW I always treated as an eink reader with built in frontlight. Doh, that is what it is. Use the light when you need it, don't use it otherwise. So I set it at a low level and forget about the light. The Voyage on the other hand is not an eink reader with builtin light when needed, but rather an eink reader with a light as essential part of the whole experience. To fully enjoy it the light needs to be on and the Voyage needs to stay in control with adaptive light and nightlight enabled. Apparently it knows better than myself how bright it should be.

Subjectively my Voyage has a much better and more even and uniform light than my PW. Objectively I can almost see the more blueish bottom. Almost? Yes almost, as I cannot tell at all once I read - the difference is way too subtle to be bothered with - even when turning it up higher than the adaptive light wants to. Analyze the picture if you want, but I won't change my mind about loving the screen on my Voyage.

I came from a PW1, it really is quite a difference, isn't it. Like krazy says though, you train the light to change to the levels you want. It learns what you like. I changed it to what I like when I read in bed, I changed to when I was outside so for brightest and then again when I sit inside. So it just adjust anywhere in between now the way I like it. When I fiddle with it again, it has to learn again.

I too pretty much kept the light on the same level on the PW1, now I don't have to worry about that anymore, it just always looks properly lit.

DuckieTigger · 02-05-2015, 09:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Atunah

I came from a PW1, it really is quite a difference, isn't it. Like krazy says though, you train the light to change to the levels you want. It learns what you like. I changed it to what I like when I read in bed, I changed to when I was outside so for brightest and then again when I sit inside. So it just adjust anywhere in between now the way I like it. When I fiddle with it again, it has to learn again.

I too pretty much kept the light on the same level on the PW1, now I don't have to worry about that anymore, it just always looks properly lit.

Yeah, properly lit is a good way to put it. You know it is lit because the screen is white, and eink is rather grey by itself. It just doesn't look lit. And it works in the dark.

TonyGamble · 02-06-2015, 02:10 AM

you train the light to change to the levels you want. It learns what you like.

Glad you mentioned that. I don't think it is explained in the Help manual. Maybe it is but I did not spot it.

I tried Auto. I did not like its suggestion so I have not tried it since.

Tony

Josieb1 · 02-06-2015, 04:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by krazy4katz

So glad you like it! Regarding the light: you can train it. If you think it is too bright, reduce the light. The adaptive lighting will "learn" what you like.

Have fun,

That's exactly what I was going to say.

I've trained mine and I never touch the light now.

HarryT · 02-06-2015, 04:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TonyGamble

I tried Auto. I did not like its suggestion so I have not tried it since.

Just turn the brightness up or down until it's at the level you prefer, and it will remember your preferences.

Robmonster · 02-06-2015, 05:19 AM

I find that the auto brightness does some strange things.

I can be sitting still reading when the light level will fade down low over the course of about 5 seconds, stay down there for a minute and then go back bright again. This was all sitting in the same location and not covering the light sensor or there being any change to the ambient lighting.

howyoudoin · 02-06-2015, 06:05 AM

Yeah, the light on the newer readers is an integral part of the screen nowadays. If one gets it just right, the screen mimics paper to perfection.

TonyGamble · 02-06-2015, 08:54 AM

Just turn the brightness up or down until it's at the level you prefer, and it will remember your preferences.

With 'auto' ticked I assume?

Tony

HarryT · 02-06-2015, 08:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TonyGamble

Just turn the brightness up or down until it's at the level you prefer, and it will remember your preferences.

With 'auto' ticked I assume?

Tony

Correct.

booklover6 · 02-18-2015, 01:54 PM

I just ordered one of these, with the assumption that I could embed my favorite font into an AZW3 and side load it.

Does the Voyage have a "publisher font" setting? I can't find any info. I know it could be done with the Paperwhite.

02-03-2015, 06:33 AM	#1487
TonyGamble Groupie Posts: 159 Karma: 505924 Join Date: Aug 2012 Device: None	*Have you looked at using plugboards?* Yes, I have, Harry. And I retired confused. I need to revisit them if they can create collections that the new Kindles recognise. Tony Last edited by TonyGamble; 02-03-2015 at 06:34 AM. Reason: punctuation

02-05-2015, 08:46 PM	#1489
DuckieTigger Wizard Posts: 4,764 Karma: 246906703 Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: USA Device: Oasis 3, Oasis 2, PW3, PW1, KT	First impression? Worthy upgrade from my PW1 Got my Voyage yesterday. First impression? Wow, what a great upgrade from the PW1. The adaptive light appeared to be a bit on the bright side. I just left it go since I had too much fun reading with it. After a while it dawned on me that the light is supposed to be that bright. My PW I always treated as an eink reader with built in frontlight. Doh, that is what it is. Use the light when you need it, don't use it otherwise. So I set it at a low level and forget about the light. The Voyage on the other hand is not an eink reader with builtin light when needed, but rather an eink reader with a light as essential part of the whole experience. To fully enjoy it the light needs to be on and the Voyage needs to stay in control with adaptive light and nightlight enabled. Apparently it knows better than myself how bright it should be. Subjectively my Voyage has a much better and more even and uniform light than my PW. Objectively I can almost see the more blueish bottom. Almost? Yes almost, as I cannot tell at all once I read - the difference is way too subtle to be bothered with - even when turning it up higher than the adaptive light wants to. Analyze the picture if you want, but I won't change my mind about loving the screen on my Voyage. Attached a quick shot with phone with Revival: A Novel by Stephen King. Attached Thumbnails

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02-03-2015, 06:27 AM	#1486
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,557 Karma: 93980341 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	Tony, I have quite a few (around 1800) books on my Voyage, and personally I find that Calibre "plugboards" remove the need for collections. They let me easily organise my books in series (which is all I used to use collections for) and they work completely automatically when I load my books. Have you looked at using plugboards?

02-05-2015, 09:30 PM	#1490
krazy4katz Addict Posts: 367 Karma: 1552656 Join Date: Feb 2009 Device: [Kindle 1, Kindle 3 (KK)], Kindle Voyage, iPad Pro	So glad you like it! Regarding the light: you can train it. If you think it is too bright, reduce the light. The adaptive lighting will "learn" what you like. Have fun,

02-06-2015, 02:10 AM	#1493
TonyGamble Groupie Posts: 159 Karma: 505924 Join Date: Aug 2012 Device: None	*you train the light to change to the levels you want. It learns what you like.* Glad you mentioned that. I don't think it is explained in the Help manual. Maybe it is but I did not spot it. I tried Auto. I did not like its suggestion so I have not tried it since. Tony

02-06-2015, 05:19 AM	#1496
Robmonster Wizard! Posts: 250 Karma: 548228 Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: UK Device: Paperwhite, Voyage + Oasis2	I find that the auto brightness does some strange things. I can be sitting still reading when the light level will fade down low over the course of about 5 seconds, stay down there for a minute and then go back bright again. This was all sitting in the same location and not covering the light sensor or there being any change to the ambient lighting.

02-06-2015, 06:05 AM	#1497
howyoudoin how YOU doin? Posts: 1,100 Karma: 7371047 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: India Device: Kindle Keyboard, iPad Pro 10.5”, Kobo Aura H2O, Kobo Libra 2	Yeah, the light on the newer readers is an integral part of the screen nowadays. If one gets it just right, the screen mimics paper to perfection.

02-06-2015, 08:54 AM	#1498
TonyGamble Groupie Posts: 159 Karma: 505924 Join Date: Aug 2012 Device: None	*Just turn the brightness up or down until it's at the level you prefer, and it will remember your preferences.* With 'auto' ticked I assume? Tony

02-18-2015, 01:54 PM	#1500
booklover6 Grand Sorcerer Posts: 6,545 Karma: 14008730 Join Date: May 2008 Location: PA (USA) Device: Kobo Clara, 2E, Libre 1, PW4, PW5, 2022 Kindle, Kobo Libre Colour	I just ordered one of these, with the assumption that I could embed my favorite font into an AZW3 and side load it. Does the Voyage have a "publisher font" setting? I can't find any info. I know it could be done with the Paperwhite.