Could this be the next Kobo Clara HD or Nia iteration? - Page 15

rcentros · 08-23-2022, 11:04 AM

Found purported news about the Clara 2E at this site... https://sezonuyakala.com/a-new-kobo-...s-approaching/

The only thing that I (personally) hadn't seen before was this (if others have already read and posted this, I'm sorry for the redundancy)...

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This new e-reader is rumored to be the world’s first e-reader to use the new E Ink ComfortGaze. This new lighting technology reduces the amount of blue light, with Reduced Blue Light Ratio (BLR) and Blue Light Toxicity Factor (BLTF) by up to 60% and 24% respectively.)

Has anyone heard anything about this "ComfortGaze?"

EDIT: A search for this term appears to connect it to E-Ink's color screens.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/e-ink...154800750.html

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In addition to improved color performance, Kaleido 3 uses E Ink ComfortGaze™, a new front light technology designed by E Ink's Front Light Team. ComfortGaze has been engineered to reduce the amount of blue light reflected off the surface of the display, providing further comfort while reading. ComfortGaze has been engineered to reduce the amount of blue light reflected off the surface of the display, providing further comfort while reading with reduced Blue Light Ratio (BLR) and Blue Light Toxicity Factor (BLTF) by up to 60 percent and 24 percent respectively compared to the previous generation of front light design.

I guess it could be applied to non-color screens as well?

rtiangha · 08-23-2022, 11:43 AM

They got that part from the goodereader blog and that guy never quotes his sources even though he rips stuff off from here or other sites without credit, so who knows if that part is true. That guy has gotten specs wrong without issuing corrections in the past, so I would take anything that was sourced from there with a grain of salt.

Sirtel · 08-23-2022, 12:02 PM

I hope this ComfortGaze doesn't make the screen unpleasantly yellowish overall. That would suck. The comfort light already exists for reducing blue light if one needs or wants to, and can be turned off if one doesn't want to.

JSWolf · 08-23-2022, 03:40 PM

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Originally Posted by rtiangha

They got that part from the goodereader blog and that guy never quotes his sources even though he rips stuff off from here or other sites without credit, so who knows if that part is true. That guy has gotten specs wrong without issuing corrections in the past, so I would take anything that was sourced from there with a grain of salt.

That information about ComfortGaze came from eink's blog.

https://blog.eink.com/tech-thats-fas...-more-colorful

JSWolf · 08-23-2022, 03:42 PM

I'm sure we'll see a side-by-side review of the original and the new Clara HD. That way we'll get to compare front lights.

rtiangha · 08-23-2022, 03:52 PM

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Originally Posted by JSWolf

That information about ComfortGaze came from eink's blog.

https://blog.eink.com/tech-thats-fas...-more-colorful

The part that the Clara 2E would have that tech first came from that other blog and other sites are reporting off of that. You can verify it by comparing the dates of the articles; some of the derivative articles even quote that blog as their source. Who knows if it's true; unless he really has inside sources at Kobo, am not sure where he got it from.

JSWolf · 08-23-2022, 03:55 PM

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Originally Posted by rtiangha

The part that the Clara 2E would have that tech first came from that other blog and other sites are reporting off of that. You can verify it by comparing the dates of the articles; some of the derivative articles even quote that blog as their source. Who knows if it's true; unless he really has inside sources at Kobo, am not sure where he got it from.

Let's hope it is true that the 2e is going to be using ComfortGaze.

kyôdai · 08-23-2022, 04:26 PM

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Originally Posted by JSWolf

Let's hope it is true that the 2e is going to be using ComfortGaze.

But why though?

I mean, do we not have that already?

Kobo introduced "ComfortLight" in 2016 with the Aura One. And today you can adjust the color of the front light on most readers, take out as much blue light and make it as much orange/yellow/red as you like...

JSWolf · 08-23-2022, 04:28 PM

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Originally Posted by kyôdai

But why though?

I mean, do we not have that already?

Kobo introduced "ComfortLight" in 2016 with the Aura One. And today you can adjust the color of the front light on most readers, take out as much blue light and make it as much orange/yellow/red as you like...

This is different. ComfortGaze takes out some of the blue light of the regular light. So it could be whiter (I don't know yet).

Sirtel · 08-23-2022, 04:34 PM

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Originally Posted by JSWolf

This is different. ComfortGaze takes out some of the blue light of the regular light. So it could be whiter (I don't know yet).

Or yellower, or pinker...

rtiangha · 08-23-2022, 04:50 PM

I'm still not sure about ComfortGaze support, mainly because of the FCC report. E-Ink announced the tech at the beginning of April, and while the FCC filing happened in June, the device itself was in the testing lab in March. So that would have been before the ComfortGaze announcement.

I assume that the engineering sample has to have near-final hardware for submission, so did Kobo have early access to the tech before it was announced? That's why I'm 60% certain that badereader author pulled the info out of his butt or got it confused with something else. I guess time will tell.

kyôdai · 08-23-2022, 05:25 PM

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Originally Posted by JSWolf

This is different. ComfortGaze takes out some of the blue light of the regular light. So it could be whiter (I don't know yet).

First of all this makes no sense at all... white light does not get "more white" by reducing the blue light content...

And then again, why do you hope for that?
The white light (we have had since 2012) ist not white enough for you? What?

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Originally Posted by rtiangha

I'm still not sure about ComfortGaze support [...]

That's why I'm 60% certain that badereader author pulled the info out of his butt or got it confused with something else. I guess time will tell.

Don't worry about it. This is more of a theoretical discussion, I guess.

It is highly unlikely that the Clara 2E will get ANY "new" features at all, that we have not seen in other Kobo devices already.

The developers usually reserve new features for their top-tier devices and every lower tier model just gets them handed down later. So whatever Kobo is working on right now will be implemented with the next Elipsa in a couple of years (or whatever follows that).

JSWolf · 08-23-2022, 05:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Sirtel

Or yellower, or pinker...

Yellower maybe. But I doubt pinker.

JSWolf · 08-23-2022, 05:46 PM

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Originally Posted by kyôdai

First of all this makes no sense at all... white light does not get "more white" by reducing the blue light content...

And then again, why do you hope for that?
The white light (we have had since 2012) ist not white enough for you? What?

The light on my Libra 2 is not the same as it is on my Aura H2O. The Aura H2O is whiter. So yes, there is a ting of blue light showing. So I do think this new ComfortGaze could be better. The main reason I want to see it is that I want to know how well it works on a non-color eInk screen.

rcentros · 08-23-2022, 06:46 PM

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Originally Posted by rtiangha

They got that part from the goodereader blog and that guy never quotes his sources even though he rips stuff off from here or other sites without credit, so who knows if that part is true. That guy has gotten specs wrong without issuing corrections in the past, so I would take anything that was sourced from there with a grain of salt.

That figures. So they're mixing together the Clara 2E and the new E-Ink color screens. Thanks for the clarification.

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08-23-2022, 11:43 AM	#212
rtiangha Evangelist Posts: 495 Karma: 356531 Join Date: Jul 2016 Location: 'burta, Canada Device: Kobo Glo HD	They got that part from the goodereader blog and that guy never quotes his sources even though he rips stuff off from here or other sites without credit, so who knows if that part is true. That guy has gotten specs wrong without issuing corrections in the past, so I would take anything that was sourced from there with a grain of salt.

08-23-2022, 12:02 PM	#213
Sirtel Grand Sorcerer Posts: 13,493 Karma: 239746053 Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Estonia Device: Kobo Sage & Libra 2	I hope this ComfortGaze doesn't make the screen unpleasantly yellowish overall. That would suck. The comfort light already exists for reducing blue light if one needs or wants to, and can be turned off if one doesn't want to.

08-23-2022, 03:42 PM	#215
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 79,792 Karma: 146391129 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	I'm sure we'll see a side-by-side review of the original and the new Clara HD. That way we'll get to compare front lights.

08-23-2022, 04:50 PM	#221
rtiangha Evangelist Posts: 495 Karma: 356531 Join Date: Jul 2016 Location: 'burta, Canada Device: Kobo Glo HD	I'm still not sure about ComfortGaze support, mainly because of the FCC report. E-Ink announced the tech at the beginning of April, and while the FCC filing happened in June, the device itself was in the testing lab in March. So that would have been before the ComfortGaze announcement. I assume that the engineering sample has to have near-final hardware for submission, so did Kobo have early access to the tech before it was announced? That's why I'm 60% certain that badereader author pulled the info out of his butt or got it confused with something else. I guess time will tell.

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