Which Colour device is best…. but?

[Dr. Drib]

Originally Posted by nana77

Dr. Drib may I ask? You don't read comics/graphic novels at all? (or are there some you might like?)

@Quoth: in a glimpse of fortune, if I can understand, the test would be trying an epub page within the black text, and compare it to the same page converted in cbr (as cbr are image files, and so them background, in case it's white, is "painted white" and not an empty layer like it can be on an epub)? And so to see if on Kaleido 3 there is a dpi difference?

Yes, that's correct: I don't read comics/graphic novels at all. I am, however, thinking of checking out the Warren Magazines that I read in my teens and that I loved. I'm talking about Creepy and Eerie. I don't know where to obtain them, though. They were in black-and-white, and they were GREAT! I had an almost complete set of both of those magazines - a long, long time ago. They - along with H.P. Lovecraft, Arkham House, Robert E. Howard, Lin Carter, Clark Ashton Smith, Edgar Rice Burroughs, early Universal horror films, Magazine of Horror, Ballantine Adult Fantasy series, and etc. - helped shape my appreciation and love of all things Horror, Weird, and Fantastic.

Today, I'm totally ignorant of the current market involving comics/graphic novels.

[cgsmom]

I would not be inclined to take advice on color ereaders from someone who does not own one or someone who arbitrarily calls "all" color ereaders rubbish.

I own a Kindle Colorsoft SE and a Kobo Clara Colour. I like them both and I alternate using them. The Kindle is a little heavier than I like. The color on the Kindle is a little darker. I think that is just because of the flush screen.

The Kobo Clara Colour is smaller, lighter and easier to hold. The color is a little brighter.

I do not read any comics or manga but I love looking at the color covers in my library. I have several illustrated editions of books and I enjoy having color illustrations.

I don't believe that I will ever buy another black and white ereader. If Barnes & Noble puts out a color ereader with page turn buttons on both sides, I am sure I will buy it immediately.

This is just my view of color ereaders. YMMV

[Dr. Drib]

My view of color ereaders is that I own one, and for me it is complete rubbish [trash].

I would not recommend one at all.

Of course, this is just my opinion.

[cellaris]

Colour e-readers are a real hot topic. I think the poll that was posted on Mobileread back then is still the one with the highest number of responses in recent times. If it’s still open, you can still take part, and that way we’ll get to hear some new opinions.

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=364402

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by cgsmom

I would not be inclined to take advice on color ereaders from someone who does not own one or someone who arbitrarily calls "all" color ereaders rubbish.

I own a Kindle Colorsoft SE and a Kobo Clara Colour. I like them both and I alternate using them. The Kindle is a little heavier than I like. The color on the Kindle is a little darker. I think that is just because of the flush screen.

The Kobo Clara Colour is smaller, lighter and easier to hold. The color is a little brighter.

I do not read any comics or manga but I love looking at the color covers in my library. I have several illustrated editions of books and I enjoy having color illustrations.

I don't believe that I will ever buy another black and white ereader. If Barnes & Noble puts out a color ereader with page turn buttons on both sides, I am sure I will buy it immediately.

This is just my view of color ereaders. YMMV

The color on the Kobo can be more detailed. The color on the Kindle can have less detailed and be more muddy. That's because that's the way graphics are on Kindle vs Kobo even without color.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by cellaris

Colour e-readers are a real hot topic. I think the poll that was posted on Mobileread back then is still the one with the highest number of responses in recent times. If it’s still open, you can still take part, and that way we’ll get to hear some new opinions.

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=364402

Why is "I don't use eink at all" an answer when it's skews the percentages of the other answers? Also, it's irrelevant.

[nana77]

Originally Posted by Dr. Drib

Yes, that's correct: I don't read comics/graphic novels at all. I am, however, thinking of checking out the Warren Magazines that I read in my teens and that I loved. I'm talking about Creepy and Eerie. I don't know where to obtain them, though. They were in black-and-white, and they were GREAT! I had an almost complete set of both of those magazines - a long, long time ago. They - along with H.P. Lovecraft, Arkham House, Robert E. Howard, Lin Carter, Clark Ashton Smith, Edgar Rice Burroughs, early Universal horror films, Magazine of Horror, Ballantine Adult Fantasy series, and etc. - helped shape my appreciation and love of all things Horror, Weird, and Fantastic.

Today, I'm totally ignorant of the current market involving comics/graphic novels.

Never knew of those magazines; the ones on Internet Archieve aren't scanned too fine?
https://archive.org/details/creepy_warren?page=3
(omg, Frank Franzetta on some covers !)
Wikipedia says:

In July 2009, Dark Horse Comics and New Comic Company LLC released the new Creepy magazine.[8] Edited by Shawna Gore and Dan Braun with Craig Haffner, it displayed the work of artists Bernie Wrightson, Angelo Torres, Saskia Gutekunst, and Jason Shawn Alexander illustrating scripts by Michael Woods,[9] Dan Braun, Joe Harris, and Bill DuBay.

If you didn't knew and want to try those... https://www.darkhorse.com/comics/15-...eepy-comics-1/
When younger one of my favs was Dylan Dog, that investigates horror and mystery, there are few translated, this one on IA can give a glimpse imho: https://archive.org/details/dylandogcasefile0000scla
* edit: some pages are nsfw ^

[Dr. Drib]

Originally Posted by nana77

Never knew of those magazines; the ones on Internet Archieve aren't scanned too fine?
https://archive.org/details/creepy_warren?page=3
(omg, Frank Franzetta on some covers !)
Wikipedia says:

If you didn't knew and want to try those... https://www.darkhorse.com/comics/15-...eepy-comics-1/
When younger one of my favs was Dylan Dog, that investigates horror and mystery, there are few translated, this one on IA can give a glimpse imho: https://archive.org/details/dylandogcasefile0000scla
* edit: some pages are nsfw ^

Thanks for supplying the information on where to buy an issue of either Eerie or Creepy.

[Quoth]

Originally Posted by Dr. Drib

My view of color ereaders is that I own one, and for me it is complete rubbish [trash].

I would not recommend one at all.

Of course, this is just my opinion.

I usually think your opinions are good.

In my opinion seeing one in real life is enough and photos or especially videos can't properly show what they are like.

[nana77]

By - freely - watching, it seem there start to show some used ARM devices within Oled screens, e.g. a Lenovo IdeaPad 5 14Q8X9 14", 16:10 Touch, 2n1, https://laptopsexplained.com/lenovo-...14q8x9-review/
It doesn't seem bad, low battery consumtion, not to weightly (1,49 kg, anyway).
https://psref.lenovo.com/Product/Ide...4Q8X9?tab=spec
If they start to be @ US $275.00, it may be worth it (imho).

*errata, it has already Windows 11, as it natively comes within.
15/16 hours battery leasting, it doen't gets hot..
Not sure about GNU/Linux support.

2 months ago
The Qualcomm drivers for these chipsets are and will be in the new 7-series Linux kernels.

[nana77]

I've tried to take some pics, as the Lenovo Tab 11 Pro arrived.
Taking pictures isn't easy, and I'm not that good too ; from the e-ink doesn't either gives it justice, I still love the way it is, the pace it has, but on pictures it doesn't easily renders.
Took some for the 2k oled, which yes, is impressive: the colors are vibrant, the reds seem to heat up out of the screen, the scenes within lights are wonderfull, and each color has its own, fully spectre dimension. Beatiful, really. The blacks are totally off, a contrast that it might take even some time to get used to .
Still, it's just another way of reading, I would still not catch it up for everything; imho, the e-ink doesn't gets only on pulp comics, reading newest ones in there has its mood, and (imho again) not all is better on oled just because the vividest colors.

I bought it so to have the possibility to use offline the Kindle app, or Kobo's, not having to struggle within DRM's, primarly, and for other use cases.
Pics #4 and #5 are from the Inkpad Color 3.

Ps: thanks there is KOReader, otherwise the use experience would had felt quite messy, on those so-many sponsored apps.
Edit: tabled was on refurbished's on Amazon @170$.
The 11,5", 16:10 screen allows to read in portrait the whole pages, on some comics/graphic novels (e.g. the Wacom Studio Pro which had 13", 16:9 would hand it samely).

[Josieb1]

I have the Colour Scribe and the Libra Colour. I love a coloured e-reader but I will only use them indoors. For outside reading I use a black and white e-reader.

[nana77]

I was reading this article: https://www.techtimes.com/articles/3...etail-lock.htm

How Color E Ink Actually Works — and Why Kobo Has It, Not Kindle
Amazon has its own color e-reader — the Kindle Colorsoft — but it uses E Ink Gallery technology rather than Kaleido 3, and it is priced at $249.99 at the time of writing.

https://www.regentstudies.com/2024/1...-color-kindle/
https://goodereader.com/blog/kindle/...-to-be-amazing
Was the Kindle Colorsoft meant have Galery 3, but lately it didn't?

[DNSB]

Originally Posted by nana77

I was reading this article: https://www.techtimes.com/articles/3...etail-lock.htm

https://www.regentstudies.com/2024/1...-color-kindle/
https://goodereader.com/blog/kindle/...-to-be-amazing
Was the Kindle Colorsoft meant have Galery 3, but lately it didn't?

Sadly according to Amazon's own information, the Amazon Kindle Colorsoft does not have a Gallery display. A Gallery 300 DPI display is 300 DPI for colour and B&W and a Gallery display does not have a colour filter layer.

Amazon's 7” Colorsoft display technology with built-in light, 300 ppi B&W, 150 ppi colour, optimized font technology and 16-level gray scale. Due to the addition of a colour filter layer that creates the easy-on-the-eyes colour reading experience, you may notice that the texture or brightness of the Kindle Colorsoft display looks different than the Kindle Paperwhite display.

[nana77]

Originally Posted by DNSB

Sadly according to Amazon's own information, the Amazon Kindle Colorsoft does not have a Gallery display. A Gallery 300 DPI display is 300 DPI for colour and B&W and a Gallery display does not have a colour filter layer.

Yes, and thanks. I'd wondered if there were some devices that would had been manufactured, but it seemed just rumors.
Btw:

This is similar to Rakuten Kobo, which has always used Linux, and ditto with Pocketbook and other brands. Theoretically, it should be easier to optimize the responsiveness for Gallery 3 on Linux, which is more lightweight than on Android. Amazon has a legion of internal developers who have always worked on Linux. In conjunction with Lab126, they should be able to work as a team and cut down on latency and refresh issues for Gallery 3.

https://goodereader.com/blog/electro...-color-kindles