Which 7-8" ereader?

[radbaddude]

Originally Posted by Sirtel

If you mean upgrading on a Kindle platform, then no. There are plenty of different models from other companies, though. Some of them have better screens than the Oasis had and basically all have USB-C.

Open to other brands, Kobo/Boox/etc, but it seems there hasn't been a generational leap yet in ereader technology, discounting color.

[Sirtel]

Originally Posted by Denodan1

No its not, seen videos and heaps of mucking around. Dont need to crap when I get the boox and its a flush glass screen, not plastic like Kobo. Why bother when I can do it much easier with the boox and far more memory and can do far more, and far more customisable also. Its a better e reader due to can do far more with it and customize colour staturation, etc. Have seen video comparing and the boox has more vibrate colours

There is one reason one should consider "mucking around" (besides library organizing) and that is backing up your books. If you don't remove the DRM and make your own backups, your only hope is that the stores where you bought your books will never go defunct or close your account (the latter is known to have happened to several Amazon customers, for example). Granted, if you're the type who reads everything only once and deletes, this may not matter to you.

[Sirtel]

Originally Posted by radbaddude

Open to other brands, Kobo/Boox/etc, but it seems there hasn't been a generational leap yet in ereader technology, discounting color.

There is not a huge difference, no.

[John F]

Originally Posted by Sirtel

No hassle in my opinion - I use Calibre anyway, because I want to have all my ebooks in one place and make backups of my library. I still have all the ebooks bought from stores that went defunct more than a decade ago, as well as all my Amazon, Kobo, Google Play ebooks. And I avoid buying duplicates easily by just checking my Calibre library.

YMMV, of course. I know that many people are not interested in liberating and managing their ebooks, but this limits their choices in ereaders. I can buy absolutely any ereader out there and read any of my ebooks on it.

Originally Posted by Denodan1

But other ebook readers, cannot sideload apps, the boox being android and has playstore, makes it far better and versatile over any other ebook reader and the reason I will be going for the boox, and no need to muck around like you are, not everyone wants to do this.

You dont get it? The boox is more than just an ebook reader and that makes it far more useful

While I can appreciate one wanting basically a tablet so you can have apps, I want an ereader with just one reading app. YMMV.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by radbaddude

Would I be correct in saying that there isn't a clear upgrade solution from the Oasis 3? I buy all my books on Kindle (or overdrive rentals). Ads are a minor nuisance, USB-C charging would be nice but not necessarily essential..

The only upgrade from the Oasis 3 is the PW5.

[Sirtel]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

The only upgrade from the Oasis 3 is the PW5.

That's not an upgrade from the Oasis, that's the upgrade from the Paperwhite 4.

[radbaddude]

Pretty much what I figured but wanted to check in with y'all here, much more up to date than myself with the market.

[Sirtel]

Originally Posted by radbaddude

Pretty much what I figured but wanted to check in with y'all here, much more up to date than myself with the market.

I think eink technology is now mature enough that there may never be any huge leaps anymore - updates will be incremental, just like it is with computers, tablets and phones. Unless someone invents another technology entirely.

[Renate]

Originally Posted by Sirtel

Unless someone invents another technology entirely.

3D E paper!

[foosion]

Originally Posted by Sirtel

I think eink technology is now mature enough that there may never be any huge leaps anymore - updates will be incremental, just like it is with computers, tablets and phones. Unless someone invents another technology entirely.

Color screens may well improve.

BW screens are probably as good as it's going to get.

Speed and battery life could well improve. How much is the question. Probably incremental unless, as you write, some invents new technology. Are they using high end chips or is eink the factor limiting speed?

[Sirtel]

Originally Posted by Renate

3D E paper!

A chip in your brain... no other physical device at all.

[Quoth]

Originally Posted by foosion

Color screens may well improve.

BW screens are probably as good as it's going to get.

Speed and battery life could well improve. How much is the question. Probably incremental unless, as you write, some invents new technology. Are they using high end chips or is eink the factor limiting speed?

Eink is the limiting factor, it's 100x slower to 300x slower than LCD or QLED or LED. There has been a minuscule improvement in last 10 years.

Colour eink will not get better. Kaleido is a 4 year old system that could have been done earlier. It's coloured dots on a mono eink screen.

ACeP is brighter for secondary colours and white, but poorer for primary R G & B and after nearly 10 years about 10 times slower than regular eink. The primary R G & B is dimmer because it's subtractive cyan, yellow and magenta. Quality paper printing uses more than that, using 8 to 30+ colours and black. Only the cheapest poorest quality printing is just four inks (or four toners for laser, which is using 1200 to 2400 dpi dithering and does dark primaries).

The only future for eink is dedicated mono ereaders and price tags.

Kobo have made a bad error dropping the 7″ mono model.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by Sirtel

That's not an upgrade from the Oasis, that's the upgrade from the Paperwhite 4.

I think it's an upgrade. Faster processor and no buttons.

[j.p.s]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

I think it's an upgrade. Faster processor and no buttons.

No buttons is a downgrade.

[Denodan1]

Colour adds so much life, its worth it, and yes maybe slightly darker than B/W but not that much, and still clearly able to read without issues