Glowlight Plus 7.8 - worth a punt?

[Renate]

Originally Posted by ZodWallop

You'll get more flies with honey than vinegar.

Yeah, but you'll get more pickles with vinegar.

Everybody has to determine for themselves how much organization, metadata and searching capabilities they need. This also depends on context.

For books, I usually just need to sort by modify date. What I want is on the top. Rarely do I need to type a few characters into a search box to find what I need.

For my guitar transcriptions, I can selectively search by artist, title, tags, words in first line. I can sort by artist, title, year, modified. I can filter by done, WIP or TODO.

For transcriptions I find the effort to tag is worth it, for books it's not worth the bother. YMMV.

[John F]

Originally Posted by Renate

Yeah, but you'll get more pickles with vinegar.

...

I'll have to remember that. I'd rather get pickles then flies. But to each their own.

[ZodWallop]

Originally Posted by Renate

Yeah, but you'll get more pickles with vinegar.

Everybody has to determine for themselves how much organization, metadata and searching capabilities they need. This also depends on context.

My old aphorism had nothing to do with the question being asked. It was more about the tone of the sentence I quoted.

Also, pickles are gross.

[Renate]

Originally Posted by ZodWallop

Also, pickles are gross.

You, sir, are just wrong.

Is there not in Kyiv a statue to our pickled mushroom (and vodka) loving Behemoth?

(See: "The Master and Margarita", Mikhail Bulgakov)

[WarrenUK]

Hi all.

I'm wondering if this device is still worth picking up if it's very cheap? The form factor looks great. I'm looking around for a 7-8" device but prices for new ereaders are very steep.

Would this still be worth a shot?

[Renate]

Originally Posted by WarrenUK

I'm wondering if this device is still worth picking up if it's very cheap?

Define "cheap". MSRP is $200. For $100 I'd buy one for a weather station.

I was a diehard B&N fan for years, but that was a while ago.
I've pretty much gone to Onyx 6" readers, which doesn't help you at all.
Bigger than 6" always has a premium price.
So I guess that the 7.8" B&N is the budget bigger-than-6" on the market.

You might consider Kobo or Onyx.

[bookyboy]

Originally Posted by WarrenUK

Hi all.

I'm wondering if this device is still worth picking up if it's very cheap? The form factor looks great. I'm looking around for a 7-8" device but prices for new ereaders are very steep.

Would this still be worth a shot?

It's all I use!

I have both the original GLP as well as the 2nd gen. I actually prefer the original and use that as my primary.

[cgsmom]

I love my GL4+. At least I did until my husband took it over. I was going to buy another one until BN said they are going to release new readers this year. I am waiting to see what they release. Until then I am using my GL4.

[Renate]

Originally Posted by cgsmom

I was going to buy another one until BN said they are going to release new readers this year. I am waiting to see what they release.

I'll always be interested in what they release.
I know for most people it doesn't really matter what the processor is but since I use low-level tools it does to me.

The NST was TI OMAP and I wrote tools for that.
The next stuff was Freescale (then NXP) iMX6 and I wrote tools for that.
Now the stuff is Allwinner and I never bothered figuring that out.
Currently I'm more interested/informed on Qualcomm processors which B&N doesn't use.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by WarrenUK

Hi all.

I'm wondering if this device is still worth picking up if it's very cheap? The form factor looks great. I'm looking around for a 7-8" device but prices for new ereaders are very steep.

Would this still be worth a shot?

Not really. The firmware is awful. Worse then Kindle.

[issybird]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Not really. The firmware is awful. Worse then Kindle.

No, it's not "awful". And, you have to look at in the context of what's available. If your top priority is a 7.8" to 8" reader that's affordable, there are no other options and the firmware is good enough.

I personally have concluded that in the absence of anything new on the market, my next reader will have to be a Glowlight Plus for just that reason, even though I'd rather stay with Kobo because I direct download my purchases. You can't buy what's not out there.

Some nuance in your responses that acknowledged the issues would make them more useful.

[Sirtel]

You can also install KOReader on a Nook, I believe. I haven't tried that, though.

[Sirtel]

Originally Posted by WarrenUK

Hi all.

I'm wondering if this device is still worth picking up if it's very cheap? The form factor looks great. I'm looking around for a 7-8" device but prices for new ereaders are very steep.

Would this still be worth a shot?

If it's cheap, it's sure worth a shot. The hardware is nice and you can install KOReader if you can't tolerate the native UI.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by issybird

No, it's not "awful". And, you have to look at in the context of what's available. If your top priority is a 7.8" to 8" reader that's affordable, there are no other options and the firmware is good enough.

I personally have concluded that in the absence of anything new on the market, my next reader will have to be a Glowlight Plus for just that reason, even though I'd rather stay with Kobo because I direct download my purchases. You can't buy what's not out there.

Some nuance in your responses that acknowledged the issues would make them more useful.

Does the 7.8" nook have hyphenation? I know it's been taken away on some models. I just don't remember which ones. If so, then yes, it's awful.

[Sirtel]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Does the 7.8" nook have hyphenation? I know it's been taken away on some models. I just don't remember which ones. If so, then yes, it's awful.

To have hyphenation is what's awful.