Aura ONE Kobo Aura One owners thread

[sparklemotion]

Originally Posted by aceflor

Helloooo !!! Long time no speak .... Yes, I am not sure the Aura One is for you, considering how sensitive you are to color blurbs and such. That's what you get for having such a good eyesight !
I mean, it's a great device, but if you already have the H20, are happy with it (I know my H20 is absolutely great), and have no special use for an 8" display or Overdrive access (and even that is pretty crooked right now), then that's a lot of cash for one device more.

After reading 2 hours more, I have to add 3 things.
1. Page turning is quite slow (reading an epub, and have to anticipate the page turning time in order not to interrupt my reading. On the positive side, due to the page size, I don't have to turn pages that much). But I am sure Kobo will improve that in a next FW update. It's just weird coming from the Tolino Vision 3HD, which is really quick, or even the H20.
2. The automatic lighting adaptation works very well, both the brightness and the natural tone. Think Voyage plus the natural tone change. I love, love, love that !
3. (almost forgot that third point.. ): highlighting is still a pain. Come on Kobo, you did a very good job with the hardware, and the press and communication work was brilliant, now go back to work on the software !!!!

Booooo, I don't think it will work for me. Or at least I'm too uncertain to order online. I'm disappointed as I really love the larger screen, plus the fact that the screen is flush, and overdrive would be nice too. The positive is I'm saving some money. I will look at one in person next time I'm in Toronto, but for now I'll pass. I'm with you on the highlighting too. I have learned to use it without too much issue by placing my finger above the text, but it's superior on kindles. Should be such a simple thing, but alas. Anyway, have fun with yours.

[JoOrwick]

Originally Posted by aceflor

It's not the ppi that's a problem here, it's the additional layer. It makes the text look a tad fuzzier.

Most ereaders have capacitive touch screens so I guess all of them are a tad fuzzier compared to IR touch screens. It's not a big deal since most people don't compare devices, they just read and never even notice it.
Flush displays are just so nice to have in my opinion. Too bad there aren't really any alternatives to capacitive touch screens other than IR.

[aceflor]

Originally Posted by JoOrwick

Most ereaders have capacitive touch screens so I guess all of them are a tad fuzzier compared to IR touch screens. It's not a big deal since most people don't compare devices, they just read and never even notice it.
Flush displays are just so nice to have in my opinion. Too bad there aren't really any alternatives to capacitive touch screens other than IR.

FYI, on this forum, we compare devices extensively and have done so, for some of us, for years. Most readers do not have capacitive touch screens. IR screens and capacitive are very different. I own quite a few ereaders, started with the sony 505 almost 10 years ago. Not to say I know everything, but when I am saying the Aura One is not as sharp as the H2O, I know why I am saying this...

[Lemons]

Just got my Kobo in with a few problems sorted. With my H20 when I got it Calibre would register it, but I would have to reformat every time I added books. I thought the same thing again, but i think it's because I tried hooking up two device's at once ( both the H20 and Aura one )

As for the device. I love how much better the light is than the H20 that has more of a yellow hue to it. Even at 5% brightness it is more clear/readable than the H20 was at 35-40% brightness. It does have one flaw that has a dead pixel kind of in the off middle of the screen have not decided if that bothers me or not. It is also a lot more comfortable to hold one handed than I thought it would be. I only read a few page's so far but so far it is a noticeable improvement over the H20.

[Barty]

I'm disappointed to hear that the screen isn't clear/sharp as the voyage/h2o/glo. That really puts a damper on my enthusiasm. A $200+ 7.8" single purpose e-reader is going to appeal mostly to enthusiasts who will inevitably have other readers they can compare it to, so the display needs to be top notch, IMO, and it looks like they took a step backward. I mean, if it does not look as sharp as the h2o which has a lower DPI, that isn't good

[JoOrwick]

Here's a sharpness comparison between the KA1, Glo HD, Voyage, Oasis, Tolino vision 3HD and PW3:
http://mobile.hdblog.it/2016/08/30/k...ne-recensione/ (scroll down a little bit)

It looks perfectly sharp to me and it definitely looks sharper than the Aura H20.
I know this is zoomed in a lot and things look different in normal usage, but I simply don't see any fuzziness and since no one is posting any pictures of the so called fuzziness, this is the best we've got. The Paperwhite 3 for example is what I'd call fuzzy.

[sparklemotion]

Originally Posted by JoOrwick

Here's a sharpness comparison between the KA1, Glo HD, Voyage, Oasis, Tolino vision 3HD and PW3:
http://mobile.hdblog.it/2016/08/30/k...ne-recensione/ (scroll down a little bit)

It looks perfectly sharp to me and it definitely looks sharper than the Aura H20.
I know this is zoomed in a lot and things look different in normal usage, but I simply don't see any fuzziness and since no one is posting any pictures of the so called fuzziness, this is the best we've got. The Paperwhite 3 for example is what I'd call fuzzy.

She is simply saying in comparison to the H20 it's a little less sharp. Do you have the H20 in person to compare it to the Aura One? It's not the same as seeing pics online. Aceflor has both for comparison. It's very common for the extra layer to make things look a little fuzzy. These things are easier to notice when comparing both devices in person next to each other.

[gibletpie]

I think it's important to state that there's nothing that looks "fuzzy" about the device in person, either (IMHO). It's only that, perhaps, in comparison with an H20 right there next to it, some may notice a slight difference. I find it looks very crisp, personally.

[robko]

I'm in the A1 is sharper/as sharp as the H2O camp. Just set my H2O and A1 to as close as I could get on size and the same page and I don't see the fuzziness on my A1. It's set to a fairly small font. Tried to get pic's but it really doesn't capture it well.

[SCION]

Originally Posted by robko

I'm in the A1 is sharper/as sharp as the H2O camp. Just set my H2O and A1 to as close as I could get on size and the same page and I don't see the fuzziness on my A1. It's set to a fairly small font. Tried to get pic's but it really doesn't capture it well.

I've done the same. Just not seeing anything that makes me say the H20 looks better, in any way.

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[DNSB]

Originally Posted by sparklemotion

She is simply saying in comparison to the H20 it's a little less sharp. Do you have the H20 in person to compare it to the Aura One? It's not the same as seeing pics online. Aceflor has both for comparison. It's very common for the extra layer to make things look a little fuzzy. These things are easier to notice when comparing both devices in person next to each other.

I'd have to disagree. I have both devices and using the same font size and font settings on both, I can't see a noticeable difference with the naked eye other than the Aura One putting more text on the screen.

I will admit that my eyesight is probably not what it was in the past but taking pictures of the screen at 1:1 using my digital camera and looking at the images on my laptop monitor magnified well past life size, I still don't see any noticeable fuzziness comparing the Aura One and the Aura H2O.

[JoOrwick]

Originally Posted by sparklemotion

She is simply saying in comparison to the H20 it's a little less sharp.

I understand that, but there are several people already saying how this a deal breaker for them and how this convinced them not to get the KA1 which is absolutely ridiculous in my opinion. Why trust a post on a forum with no pictures saying the screen is not as sharp as the H20 when in the site I linked they can see for themselves that the H20 is definitely not sharper than the Aura One? If anything, it's clearly more pixelated.

[jscris]

I have both h2o and KA1 and don't see any fuzziness with the latter. Looks as sharp or sharper than the h2o to me.

[icallaci]

I have both the H20 and the One, and I cannot see any fuzziness on the One. In my opinion, the One is just ever-so-slightly sharper than the H20. And that is only after staring at them both and TRYING to see a difference. Of course, I may just be trying to convince myself that I did the right thing by buying the One, but I honestly cannot see much of a difference between the two.

[cerem0ny]

Originally Posted by icallaci

I have both the H20 and the One, and I cannot see any fuzziness on the One. In my opinion, the One is just ever-so-slightly sharper than the H20. And that is only after staring at them both and TRYING to see a difference. Of course, I may just be trying to convince myself that I did the right thing by buying the One, but I honestly cannot see much of a difference between the two.

Ditto, the A1 is sharper than the H2O. Most fonts look better on it/render better. But to be honest when I first opened up the device I was a little surprised at the fact that the 300 ppi didn't make THAT much of a difference - it is most definately sharper than the H2O (what's with people saying it isn't? I even put both devices next to one another to compare and the difference is very obvious - especially when you display a curly font) but I did think a 35pixel density increase would be a little more noticeable. The Voyage screen wins in terms of sharpness - its text really 'popped' and kind of floated on the screen, it was amazing. Gradients are on both devices but the colour gradients on the A1 are much more excusable because of the customisation available to you. Eek, I really do love it. Such a fanboy!