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Old 08-31-2014, 12:23 PM   #136
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That is so typical of them. I watched it with the sound off. Even so, it was quite useless.

It might have been slightly more useful, had the compared the H2O and the Aura HD.
Spot on! I knew it would be useless before I watched it, but I was still disappointed. There's not even a comparison of the light either. I'd expect the screen to look lighter and the font crisper than on the Aura, but I'm interested to see how much of an improvement is there over the Aura HD. Isn't that the obvious comparison?

They are quick and eager at goodereader, but I find their video reviews are more of a long and painful ordeal than anything else.
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Old 08-31-2014, 12:49 PM   #137
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... or what the front light setting is for each. Or how text clarity compares .
At about the 6:20 mark they pull up the top menu and the Aura H2O shows brightness (light) at 0 and the Aura 6" at 1. If that's the case there appears to be a huge difference in the "base" whiteness, but I'd like to see what the difference is with the light on at an appropriate level.
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Old 08-31-2014, 01:03 PM   #138
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That is so typical of them. I watched it with the sound off. Even so, it was quite useless.

It might have been slightly more useful, had the compared the H2O and the Aura HD.
Putting the HD &H2O side by side for comparison would have made too much sense and therefore was entirely out of the question. Seriously, I can only speculate why that wouldn't be the first thing they would want to do.
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Old 08-31-2014, 01:08 PM   #139
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OK thanks. Very encouraging.

Do they still have the W back or is it flat now. I saw it briefly in another video but hard to tell.
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Old 08-31-2014, 02:27 PM   #140
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I think it's flat in the middle but tapered in at the sides, like the back of the 6inch Aura
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Old 08-31-2014, 04:54 PM   #141
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Old 08-31-2014, 06:32 PM   #142
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Looking to buy a new eBook reader.

Which one would you personally choose between Paperwhite 2 and Kobo H2O?

I mostly read my own epub books and I don't care much about either ecosystem.
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Old 08-31-2014, 06:47 PM   #143
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Looking to buy a new eBook reader.

Which one would you personally choose between Paperwhite 2 and Kobo H2O?

I mostly read my own epub books and I don't care much about either ecosystem.
Hmmm.... if you are reading epub books, you really have no choice. The PW2 out of the box does not read epubs. Not sure if the newest firmware for the PW2 has changed the font support but you had to hack the PW2 to allow installing user fonts which is one of my favourite items on my Kobo.

Either device can use Coolreader or Koreader to allow supporting more formats. On the Kobo, it's a relatively simple install using any of the multiple techniques. On the Kindle, installation is a bit more complex with jailbreaking being the first step.

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Looking to buy a new eBook reader.

Which one would you personally choose between Paperwhite 2 and Kobo H2O?

I mostly read my own epub books and I don't care much about either ecosystem.
For epup that's easy: Kobo.
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Old 08-31-2014, 07:33 PM   #145
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It does not matter if the book is in ePub or mobi format as Calibre can easily convert between the two.

O sold my Kindle P1 today and looking to buy Kobo H20 because of the following reasons:

1. Better e-ink screen + resolution
2. Native support for ePub is a plus
3. Support for Instapaper
4. Ability to use Toronto Public Library to borrow books

I haven't been reading books for sometime now but I want to get back into reading a lot of books.

I do a lot of highlighting and I hope that Kobo software allows for easy export of my highlights.
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Old 08-31-2014, 07:57 PM   #146
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Highlighting / Annotations can be exported. There is some support in davidfor's Kobo Utilities plugin for calibre to handle them.
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Old 08-31-2014, 08:20 PM   #147
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Hmmm.... if you are reading epub books, you really have no choice. The PW2 out of the box does not read epubs.
I must say, what with "no choice" and "out-of-the-box", you are not being very convincing.

There is always choice. In this case, does one spend a single night sleeping while calibre converts a ton of books to Kindle format? or does one choose the Kobo?

There are plenty of reasons to choose a Kobo, and likewise for a Kindle. Can we please avoid saying stupid things like "epub? no choice but a Kobo". It would be acceptable if you mentioned the cost of doing so, for example in terms of disk space required.

People come here to be informed, not to have more FUD shoveled down their throat.
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Old 08-31-2014, 09:08 PM   #148
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Wow, that is interesting! Having just bought a Kobo MINI, I've been thinking a lot about the fact that the device is so close to perfect that I can foresee no possible reason to "upgrade". A screen light would be nice, but that is what lamps are for - a technological innovation I'm just now reacquainting myself with having switched from a glowing tablet. Print quality on an e-ink screen is so good that I certainly couldn't be enticed to upgrade for a higher resolution (I can't tell there is any pixelation so any further improvement would be impossible to see, at least without a magnifying glass).

Being water-proof, however is an actual necessary fix to a glaring design flaw effecting nearly all tablets/phones/ereaders - and I've never understood why. Any touch-screen device which lacks an SD slot could have been made entirely waterproof right off the bat. There's no need for an opening in the case if things were designed properly (like an apple type magnetic connector for charging rather than this horrible micro-usb thing everything is equipped with). I see no reason why any tablet or touch-screen phone isn't completely sealed and waterproof, but it is the only glaring flaw in my current reader which might entice me to buy a replacement in order to have it fixed. Of course, after that, what possible "upgrade" path could be left?
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Me too. I have a lot of recipes and cookbooks on my laptop but I do NOT take it into the kitchen while cooking. I'm not sure I'd take the waterproof one in there, but I probably would because the other day I was reading a really good book and was standing at the stove stirring while reading. I think a nice rugged waterproof design would up the ante for people with recipes/cookbooks on their reader or even for those of us who can't put the book down for five minutes stir dinner!!!
My wife used to love to tell a story about her mother burning the dinner while reading. She was sitting on a chair in front of the oven and the food actually caught fire. Even that didn't disturb her and the rest of the family were yelling at her to get her attention.

And as much as my wife loved to tell that story, she can't any more. I just look at her and she remembers that I've seen her do exactly the same thing

But, yes, I can see the Aura H2O going into the kitchen with me.
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