Kobo Glo HD - Page 22

JSWolf · 04-12-2015, 10:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Rizla

You never rooted your Nook ST. The rooted Nook ST makes all these e-readers look like dumb terminals

I have not rooted my nook STR.

JSWolf · 04-12-2015, 10:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Rizla

Plus the Kobo Glo HD case is $10 less than the Amazon PW case.

The Glo HD case is about $15 less than the Origami case for the Voyage. You can get a Glo HD with case for less than a Voyage (with special offers) without a case.

JSWolf · 04-12-2015, 10:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Rizla

It's possible that the Glo HD light might have initial teething problems, but the Kobo lighting tech has so far proved superior to Amazon's. We won't know until they start shipping.

The light on my H2O is very even. No color shifts at all. I expect the same with the Glo HD.

JSWolf · 04-12-2015, 10:17 AM

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Originally Posted by AnemicOak

Don't think this has been posted yet...

You Should Take Kindle’s Last Rival Seriously
http://www.wired.com/2015/04/kobo-new-ereader/

This is a very profound statement.

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Kobo helps make e-readers worth buying again, wherever you end up actually buying one from.

JSWolf · 04-12-2015, 10:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Ripplinger

I pretty much leave the light on my Glo at the same level no matter where I'm reading. It's bright enough for even a dark room, and in other light it just seems to brighten up the page, making it appear more white which improves the contrast of the text.

I find the light good enough on the H2O that I can leave it set to 5% and be able to read no problem in a dark room.

At my public library in Chicago I believe most (if not all) titles are also available in Kindle format. I never tried borrowing directly to the PW (since I really don't read on it, got it a great price and was more curious about the differences), but I would assume it would be just as easy as downloading to an epub reader. So it's somewhat surprising that not all libraries offer Kindle formats since they are available.[.quote]

I've noticed a number of titles at via Overdrive not available in any other format besides ePub. This is in the US and if you are outside the US, Overdrive and Kindle do not match at all. Kindle borrowing via Overdrive is US only. There is no Kindle borrowing outside the US. So when you look at Kobo's website at the comparison to the PW2 (Voyage not available in Canada) Kobo s correct about library borrowing.

JSWolf · 04-12-2015, 10:24 AM

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Originally Posted by chanfm

Kobo Glo HD sounds wonderful but the absence of an SD card is a real problem. With Kindles, you can keep your excess books in their cloud but Kobo does not offer such facilities. I am wary of loading too many books in the Kobo in case page turning, etc is slowed down.

Page turning speed has nothing to do with no many books are on the Kobo Reader. With Kindles, you keep only eBooks purchased from Amazon in the cloud. But you can keep eBooks in Dropbox to load on your Kobo as needed.

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Is there any way of connecting Kobos to cloud services such as dropbox? It would be nice if we could sync across Kobo devices.

Yes, the web browser.

JSWolf · 04-12-2015, 10:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Josieb1

Yes you can easily download from Dropbox. I automatically convert epubs to kepubs when sending via Calibre and if download an ePub from Dropbox on the rare occasion I've needed to I find the ePub display on the screen quite bad. So if you are used to reading kepubs my suggestion to to ensure you have kepubs in Dropbox.

I find the ePub display on my H2O to be very good. What's wrong with the ePub display on your H2O?

Lyn2012 · 04-12-2015, 10:38 AM

It looks as though I shall have to wait a while longer to buy my perfect 6" ereader. I would love a fast responsive 6" 300 dpi capacitive touch with flush screen and the ability of the Kobo to tweak fonts etc and the best front lighting out, but nobody seems to make one like this. I know people say that they would rather IR touch because the extra layer needed for capacitive touch degrades the screen quality, but if Kindle can make a capacitive screen look good, why can't Kobo?

Also why aren't they putting in faster processors? I'm not talking about the speed of pages turns, but the delay in doing anything else from changing fonts to browsing your library and opening books. After using my iPhone, the H2O is ridiculously slow doing anything other than turning a page.

Josieb1 · 04-12-2015, 10:38 AM

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Originally Posted by JSWolf

I find the ePub display on my H2O to be very good. What's wrong with the ePub display on your H2O?

I don't like the big gap at the bottom. With kepubs I get a uniform display with a gap at the top and the bottom of the page. With an epub download via dropbox the text is right to the top of the page with the botton 1/4/-1/3 blank. I can't stand it.

jackie_w · 04-12-2015, 11:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Josieb1

I don't like the big gap at the bottom. With kepubs I get a uniform display with a gap at the top and the bottom of the page. With an epub download via dropbox the text is right to the top of the page with the botton 1/4/-1/3 blank. I can't stand it.

The Kobo Patcher should be able to fix this for you. Have you tried it?

Josieb1 · 04-12-2015, 11:28 AM

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Originally Posted by jackie_w

The Kobo Patcher should be able to fix this for you. Have you tried it?

This is only an issue for epubs downloaded from a retailer and loaded directly into Dropbox, and from Dropbox downloaded to my kobo. When I don't have my PC to hand so can't use Calibre. It's why I rarely use Dropbox and prefer to load my books via Calibre as they load as kepubs.

So in this situation Calibre and all it patches are no good.

It's one of the reasons I'm not really interested in the Glo HD as it no longer has an SD card for additional storage.

jackie_w · 04-12-2015, 11:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Josieb1

This is only an issue for epubs downloaded from a retailer and loaded directly into Dropbox, and from Dropbox downloaded to my kobo. When I don't have my PC to hand so can't use Calibre. It's why I rarely use Dropbox and prefer to load my books via Calibre as they load as kepubs.

So in this situation Calibre and all it patches are no good.

No the Kobo Patcher, patches the Kobo itself. Calibre is not really relevant to your issue with bottom margin. Anyway I'm not trying to browbeat you - just to let you know that you don't need to suffer

If you decide to try it and need detailed help just ask in the relevant thread in the Kobo Developer's Corner sticky.

Josieb1 · 04-12-2015, 11:39 AM

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Originally Posted by jackie_w

No the Kobo Patcher, patches the Kobo itself. Calibre is not really relevant to your issue with bottom margin. Anyway I'm not trying to browbeat you - just to let you know that you don't need to suffer

If you decide to try it and need detailed help just ask in the relevant thread in the Kobo Developer's Corner sticky.

I didn't know that, thanks

I'll take a look

robko · 04-12-2015, 11:55 AM

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Originally Posted by JSWolf

But one thing that really stood out (I;ve seen it elsewhere too) is that the dithering for the graphics in the PDF were very poor on the Voyage.

I cringe that I'm about to "defend" something in the review

, but in fairness, they did play with the "darkness" setting for pdf's on the Kindle which is likely why it looks muddy (they cranked up the darkness). They changed it near the start of talking about pdf's so it was likely that way through most of the pdf part of the review. Once again they managed to induce a reviewer created issue rather than a real problem with the device.

JSWolf · 04-12-2015, 11:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Josieb1

I don't like the big gap at the bottom. With kepubs I get a uniform display with a gap at the top and the bottom of the page. With an epub download via dropbox the text is right to the top of the page with the botton 1/4/-1/3 blank. I can't stand it.

I've patched my H2O and I have no gap at all at the bottom. I can send you my patch files for 3.13.1 is you want to try it.

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04-12-2015, 10:38 AM	#323
Lyn2012 Addict Posts: 382 Karma: 1118562 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Middlesex, UK Device: Kobo Aura One, iPhone 8, iPad Pro	It looks as though I shall have to wait a while longer to buy my perfect 6" ereader. I would love a fast responsive 6" 300 dpi capacitive touch with flush screen and the ability of the Kobo to tweak fonts etc and the best front lighting out, but nobody seems to make one like this. I know people say that they would rather IR touch because the extra layer needed for capacitive touch degrades the screen quality, but if Kindle can make a capacitive screen look good, why can't Kobo? Also why aren't they putting in faster processors? I'm not talking about the speed of pages turns, but the delay in doing anything else from changing fonts to browsing your library and opening books. After using my iPhone, the H2O is ridiculously slow doing anything other than turning a page.

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