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11-06-2022, 10:14 AM | #17 |
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11-06-2022, 11:24 AM | #18 |
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There is more to it than DPI. My PDF reading experience is much better on a 13" 150 DPI Sony DPT-S1 than a 13" 300 DPI Onyx Boox Max Lumi, proably because of the surface layer on the latter meant to improve the writing experience. The Max Lumi 2 is likely even worse.
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11-06-2022, 11:25 AM | #19 |
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I'm a fairly long time user of Onyx Boox devices. I read PDF occasionally on a Nova Pro (1st gen). The software is very good. The device is quick enough despite its age. I use the out-of-the-box Neoreader software to read PDF. Despite the Nova being only 7.8" I can read PDF okay if I put the PDF in landscape. I can crop easily on the fly. Sometimes I just zoom and scroll around the pages. It works okay. The Neoreader software is very good. The only downside is that it does not have a inverted dark mode. As an aside, Koreader is very unstable on my Onyx.
If I was going to read PDF *ALOT*, I would go for the 10.3" Note. I would definitely go for an Onyx for PDF. Likebook are probably just as good, but I've never owned a recent one. Last edited by Pajamaman; 11-06-2022 at 11:27 AM. |
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11-06-2022, 12:09 PM | #22 | |
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I'd imagine a 13″ @ 150 dpi is similar to 10.3″ 227 dpi but inferior due to weight. I considered the two sizes of Sony years ago and thought the 13″ model was really for office desks and smaller one too expensive. They were aimed at paperless office concept, not reading. I wear 3.5 strength reading glasses. They are not very flexible on reading distance compared to people not needing reading glasses. Last edited by Quoth; 11-06-2022 at 12:12 PM. |
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DX* are exactly 150 DPI, so a bit worse than K2, but so much nicer for reflowable books. PDF OK for the tiny percentage with small page size, small margins, and non-tiny text size.
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11-06-2022, 12:52 PM | #24 |
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At least for the Nova non-pro/Nova pro (they dumped the distinction after gen 1), the pro had the writing layer, the non-pro did not (could not annotate on). Don't know of that is what you mean. I have not seen a massive difference between the Nova pro/non-pro. But this is only applicable for gen 1.
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11-06-2022, 12:54 PM | #25 |
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Ditto. I hate reading with glasses. I just increase font size. I like to work on small screen more portable laptops, but I may need to get larger screens in future.
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The Wacom layer is behind the display - writing is not a problem The image disturbs the foil, which simulates the feeling of writing on paper: Note Air 2, Nova Air, Note 5, .... Last edited by ottischwenk; 11-06-2022 at 01:22 PM. |
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11-06-2022, 03:25 PM | #27 | |
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Using Android means stuff like Zoo for Zotero runs. I'm not using Calibre to manage journal articles because it's really not designed for that at all. I don't personally use Calibre for much beyond DRM removal so I don't really care if collections or whatever work. Having more RAM and faster processor means web browsing is a decent and tolerable experience for doing things like downloading articles on the device directly. You can use the pen in random Android apps but third party ones are not optimized for eInk so it's a poor experience. The built in notes app works well IMO. It has handwriting and shape recognition but not math. You can also use a handwriting recognition keyboard to enter text in text boxes if you want. Neoreader is better than KOreader and lets you annotate PDFs is half the appeal of these devices. |
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https://www.willus.com/k2pdfopt/ Briss https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtX9oAZISRE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEW50fay16Y&t=25s We can also quickly crop(cut) two-column pdf vertically or horizontally in half, or in four rectangles per page, if our older 8" or 10" ereader lacks such capability or is slower in that case. Last edited by Marinolino; 11-07-2022 at 12:04 AM. |
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11-07-2022, 05:36 AM | #29 |
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On unprotected PDFs. It's also significant work for an existing collection.
I've done it for PW3 & DX. I'd not go back to using something that doesn't crop & turnpages on the device. |
11-07-2022, 10:18 AM | #30 |
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I have multiple ereaders. I can say Kindle DX is worse than Kobo Forma 8" for pdf. 150dpi is just not enough, and battery on mine is almost dead because of its age.
I use Note2 Air and that is better for A5+ pdfs. For smaller pdfs up to A5 and some A4 as well and for comics I prefer Boox Nova color 3c despite of low resolution. For me color is almost a must. Onyx boox readers come with pretty descent own software. I don't have to use koreader there. Read, annotate, write is quite good (not perfect though). Last edited by hel; 11-07-2022 at 10:20 AM. |
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