Got my new Oasis today, first impressions

[DuckieTigger]

Originally Posted by ProDigit

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I would probably prefer a 9" 200DPI screen, than a 7" 300DPI screen; even if there are more pixels on the 7" screen.

Now that you have different resolution ereaders, maybe you should compare for yourself. I personally would not like to go back to a lower res screen for the sake of a bigger real estate.

[geekraver]

The Oasis 2 went back to Amazon today. There were pros and cons to both it and the H202 but in the end Kobo won IMO. Main differences to me:

Wins for Kobo:
- much cleaner interface
- can turn down blue light
- wake up/sleep fast
- nice Pocket integration
- excellent battery life

Losses for Kobo:
- quite heavy


Wins for Oasis
- page turns almost instant
- page turn buttons
- nice clean default font
- lightweight
- Goodreads integration

Losses for Oasis
- battery life seemed abysmal. I didn't use it much but it didn't look like it was going to make a week
- slow to wake up/unlock (why the extra swipe?) and sleep


Seems like the perfect e-reader is still elusive! Needs all those wins and none of those losses.

[vostro]

Originally Posted by geekraver

Losses for Oasis
- battery life seemed abysmal. I didn't use it much but it didn't look like it was going to make a week

my comfortable brightness for oasis 2 is 18 out of 24, which is roughly same brightness of 33% for aura one and 55% for H2O, that translates to 6%-10% battery drop per hour depending on turning page frequency and dictionary usage. for longevity of battery, it's better to charge the battery when it drops to no less than 50%.

[DuckieTigger]

Originally Posted by vostro

my comfortable brightness for oasis 2 is 18 out of 24, which is roughly same brightness of 33% for aura one and 55% for H2O, that translates to 6%-10% battery drop per hour depending on turning page frequency and dictionary usage. for longevity of battery, it's better to charge the battery when it drops to no less than 50%.

Are you saying that an KA1 goes a lot brighter than an KOA2 if 18/24 compares to 33% ?

[gal_amy]

Just got my Oasis 2 on December 26 and so far really love everything about it. Love the bigger screen. Don’t know about the battery life. I did notice the fingerprints and bought the screen protector, which solved the problem. Cheap black case. Noticed how lightweight it is.

I have a Paperwhite 3. I read on a pretty high brightness, so my PW wasn’t that great on battery life. I have always on airplane mode. I love having WiFi on all the time. I am always looking up meanings of words, so I just bought a portable battery.

[John F]

Originally Posted by ProDigit

My apologies, I wasn't very clear on that one,
I meant to say that a 300DPI 7" screen gives trouble in reading, rather because the pixels are too small, than a larger (eg:14"), lower resolution (150DPI) screen where pixels become an issue.
At 150dpi, and quadruple the screen estate, the screen contents become more grainy, but font should become easier to see due to it being twice as large.

I don't read that way. I pick a font size that is comfortable and go from there

From a perspective that 7pt remains the same size on a large or small screen, yes, then the 150dpi screen will display the worst imagery.
However if the screen layout remains the same, and the text becomes twice as large on the 14" 150DPI screen, it'll be easier to read than the 7pt text on the 7" 300DPI screen.

I would pick a font size that was comfortable on the 7" and 14". I find that the font size is relatively close between the two. The nice thing about the increased DPI is that it doesn't just work on small font sizes, it works on all font sizes.

... I think what I'm saying is, that nowadays, DPI is good enough; even with 150DPI screens, the pixels are so small, that the smallest font readable, will be well below what you'd want to set your ereader to.

Why settle for " good enough". My first reader was "good enough", but I appreciate that DPI, contrast, speed, software has improved.

... Our main issue is screen estate.
I would probably prefer a 9" 200DPI screen, than a 7" 300DPI screen; even if there are more pixels on the 7" screen.

I would probably prefer a 6" screen to a 7" and 9" screen. The last time I did the comparison, I picked on older pearl 6" over a Carta 6.8. When I upgraded my 6" from pearl to Carta, I appreciated the upgrade (which I assume was at least in part due to the increase in DPI).

... Most regular books found in the store are about 8 to 9 inch.
Any ebook reader below that, is kind of scaling down the text or imagery, to fit their cramped, small screen.

Measuring most of my books, they are about 7" with a lot of white space. My ebook reader doesn't scale down the text, mine scales the text up.

[trekk]

Originally Posted by geekraver

Losses for Oasis
- battery life seemed abysmal. I didn't use it much but it didn't look like it was going to make a week
- slow to wake up/unlock (why the extra swipe?) and sleep

You bought a device with Special Offers, so Amazon makes sure that you see them. Get rid of SO and there will be no more extra swiping.

[vostro]

Originally Posted by DuckieTigger

Are you saying that an KA1 goes a lot brighter than an KOA2 if 18/24 compares to 33% ?

nope for maximum brightness but yes for most of others, here 22/24 of oasis 2 is equal to 100% of aura one, but 21/24 is about of 70% to aura one, i.e. oasis 2 has a quite steep curve for brightness adjustment.

[JSWolf]

vostro's photos show the benefit of a larger screen when you want/need a larger font size. very well done photos.

[gal_amy]

Originally Posted by vostro

mine gradient is getting noticeable after one week usage, returned.

Do you mean the side opposite the battery is a different colour? I noticed that last night. Exactly right down the middle. Left side is a different shade than the right side (battery side).

Hoping it gets better.

[vostro]

Originally Posted by gal_amy

Do you mean the side opposite the battery is a different colour?

it's not the color but brightness.

[ProDigit]

Originally Posted by DuckieTigger

Now that you have different resolution ereaders, maybe you should compare for yourself. I personally would not like to go back to a lower res screen for the sake of a bigger real estate.

I have a Jetbook mini.
It has a 640x480odd pixel 5" screen, and though the text is a bit more grainy, never ever was the resolution an issue with me.
Screen estate on the other hand, yes!
The only ereader I have had, which I could 'comfortably' (size wise; it wasn't the lightest of ebook devices out there) read books on was the Jetbook Color.
It's 9.7" screen was rather large for books, and weight was more of an industrial tablet, than an ebook reader.
They could have shaved off a few inches off the device if they wanted to.
However, for the comic book reader it was advertized as (a PDF reader), it was awfully small; and lacked both resolution and screen estate!

Despite the high pixel count, text on comic books was still hard to read.
For comic books, an 11-13" reader would be the sweet spot.

For text ebooks, 150DPI is about as low as I would go.
For comic books, 200DPI monochrome (grayscale), or 150DPI color (using RGB, meaning 3 subpixels per pixel).

I would say, that for displaying most of my paper books correctly, I would need anywhere between a 7" to 9" device; 8" probably being the sweet spot.

[DuckieTigger]

Originally Posted by ProDigit

I would say, that for displaying most of my paper books correctly, I would need anywhere between a 7" to 9" device; 8" probably being the sweet spot.

If you knew that, why didn't you go for a Kobo Aura One instead of new Oasis? Sounds like it would be your dream device for text based books.

I looked myself and was almost willing to learn a new bag of tricks, if it wasn't for the inability to read KU books on a non Amazon eink device.

[gal_amy]

Originally Posted by DuckieTigger

I looked myself and was almost willing to learn a new bag of tricks, if it wasn't for the inability to read KU books on a non Amazon eink device.

I wanted to buy the bigger screen that Kobo has, but the frustration of learning a new technology was more than I can handle.

I had a google phone which was very nice, but I didn’t want to take the time to learn everything all over again. I liked that it was unlocked. But when it came time to buy a new device, I once again chose an iPhone. Simplicity. Also bought 2 expensive iPads.

I have a Kindle HDX which is worth absolutely nothing for a trade in. But there again, a learning experience.

So I longingly looked at that very nice Kobo, I bit the bullet and got the Oasis 2.

It also helped that I cashed in my Visa perks for $150 free, mind you free Amazon gift cards. So that made my decision all the more easier.

[gal_amy]

Originally Posted by vostro

it's not the color but brightness.

Sorry, meant brightness