Kobo Glo HD

[MGlitch]

You can also disable the header/footer in kepubs so you actually get the full screen. There are a few patches you'd want to enable to prevent glitches but I find it well worth it on my H2O since a primary draw for me was the screen size.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by robko

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.

In one of the threads on MR someone asked for some specific PDF to be loaded onto different Readers and screen grabs posted. The Kindles did the worst. This was not due to incorrect settings.

[mr_nihilism]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

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.

I would appreciate if you could send to me as well. Pretty please with sprinkles.

[Josieb1]

Originally Posted by MGlitch

You can also disable the header/footer in kepubs so you actually get the full screen. There are a few patches you'd want to enable to prevent glitches but I find it well worth it on my H2O since a primary draw for me was the screen size.

I used to use full screen but found issues with cut off letters at the end of rows so I no longer use full screen. I'm quite happy with headers and footers in kepubs.

[Josieb1]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

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.

I'd be very grateful for the files if you don't mind. I'm running 3.12.1 right now.

[kacir]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Also they have the Glo HD left justified instead of full so we cannot see any possible hyphenation.

I hope that hyphenation does work even with the left justified texts.
I can't see why it shouldn't.

I would also like to see what is the margin at minimal setting.

[MGlitch]

Originally Posted by Josieb1

I used to use full screen but found issues with cut off letters at the end of rows so I no longer use full screen. I'm quite happy with headers and footers in kepubs.

There's a patch to fix that too, but if you don't mind the headers then more power to you. I'd held off on going to kepub until recently because of the forced header, and the issues with cut off letters. But now I'm fully kepub.

[Mercador]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Yes, the Glo HD is a nice upgrade. The reason is that the Glo HD is using IR touch and not capacitance. That does remove on layer from in front of the screen.

Would you explain me the difference? I notice that the Aura might be tricky when it comes to turn pages sometimes so if this will fix that, that would be nice.

Still, I like the flat bezel of the Aura...

[Nick_1964]

Originally Posted by Mercador

Still, I like the flat bezel of the Aura...

I don't..I had to much greasy fingers on it and many times by accident while holding I reach to much and the device started to change the pages, with the "normal" bezel you feel the difference between the place to hold,and the place to touch for a new page,with the Aura you don't.. especially by reading in bed,when you turn on the other side,you change it from right to left hand or vice versa,to discover that your fingers moved to much over the non existing edge and the device was going backwards or forwards to much because you grip/hold it to far which the device flipping the pages.
I want to feel where I can hold it.

[Mercador]

Valid point

For me, it's more for the look than something else but you are right.

[pssquirrel]

Originally Posted by pssquirrel

... will some kind persons please convince me that I really don't have to pre-order the Glo HD right this minute like I sooooo want to do?

Originally Posted by mr_nihilism

Maybe it`s best to hold off until the user-reviews start rolling in. Better safe than sorry. There. I tried.

Thanks!

Originally Posted by ryuji35

I am in the same state right now. But I will hold off. Just think about what other stuff you could buy with your $130. Kindle Voyage is a very good device ...

Yes, you are right. I do love my Kindle -- more than I thought I would!

Originally Posted by rcentros

If you don't order one now -- right now -- they'll probably all be sold out for months and months and you won't be able to get one until after well after Christmas.

Always happy to help.

LOL!

Originally Posted by Ripplinger

And I'm really tempted to pre-order as well .... it's a new toy that I'm sure I'll like... it's hard to resist just on that basis!

YES!

Originally Posted by JSWolf

You DO WANT the Glo HD. You WILL use it more then the Voyage. You WILL want to SELL the voyage.

Not helping!

[pssquirrel]

Originally Posted by Josieb1

... I find the ePub display on the screen quite bad .... 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.

Originally Posted by jackie_w

The Kobo Patcher should be able to fix this for you.

Originally Posted by MGlitch

... There are a few patches you'd want to enable to prevent glitches but I find it well worth it on my H2O ...

Uh-oh. This may be a deal-breaker. If I got a Glo HD it would be for epubs. At this point I'm already juggling epub and azw3, and I'd like to avoid adding another format (kepub) to the mix.

Also, I'm not really into patching/hacking my devices. I prefer being able to use my ereaders out-of-the-box without having to tinker with firmware to get what I want. (Also, I only skimmed the beginning of the developer threads, but am I reading correctly that the Kobo Patcher is Windows-only, or is a Mac version now available as well? If Windows-only, then this is even more of a deal-breaker

[booklover6]

For your (dis)pleasure, a comparison full of misinformation is here. Interestingly, they claim the Kobo Glo HD has a capacitative touch screen. Considering the source, I don't know if that's true, or not.

[jackie_w]

Originally Posted by pssquirrel

Uh-oh. This may be a deal-breaker. If I got a Glo HD it would be for epubs. At this point I'm already juggling epub and azw3, and I'd like to avoid adding another format (kepub) to the mix.

Also, I'm not really into patching/hacking my devices. I prefer being able to use my ereaders out-of-the-box without having to tinker with firmware to get what I want. (Also, I only skimmed the beginning of the developer threads, but am I reading correctly that the Kobo Patcher is Windows-only, or is a Mac version now available as well? If Windows-only, then this is even more of a deal-breaker

If you're sideloading from calibre there's no need to use kepubs at all if you don't want to. If you're buying from Kobo some books may be kepub only, but many (most???) give you the choice. Even if you did end up with a kepub you could still de-DRM it with Alf's tools and use calibre to turn it into a plain epub. No tech knowledge required.

The Kobo Patcher runs on Windows/Mac/Linux these days. See here for details of the latest version. Detailed help always available in the relevant thread.

... not that I'm trying to tempt you, of course. Perish the thought

[Skew]

I am worried about the gloss band inside the bezel. It is reflecting a fair amount of the light from the camera or whichever light source is in this video, so if you're using the unit outside, I could imagine you could easily have sunlight reflected into your eyes according to which angle you hold the unit.