04-25-2013, 09:38 PM | #601 |
Grand Sorcerer
Posts: 6,111
Karma: 34000001
Join Date: Mar 2008
Device: KPW1, KA1
|
Yes, but strangely enough, a paperback requires much less light to read well than an ereader. I need the front light already, where I would be able to still read the paperback. A good quality hardcover with very white paper is no contest. To best that in brightness in normal daylight conditions, the frontlight needs to be way up.
I wonder if the Aura improves on this. I suppose not, as it's still Pearl e-ink. Last edited by Katsunami; 04-25-2013 at 10:40 PM. |
04-25-2013, 10:29 PM | #602 |
Nameless Being
|
Not really. I haven't done a direct comparison with paperbacks, but I've found that jacking up the font size makes eink easier to read in low light conditions. Granted, that's probably not great for the eyes.
|
04-26-2013, 03:49 AM | #603 | |
Wizard
Posts: 2,824
Karma: 5843878
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: UK
Device: Pocketbook Pro 903, (beloved Pocketbook 360 RIP), Kobo Mini, Kobo Aura
|
Quote:
|
|
04-26-2013, 06:46 AM | #604 |
Addict
Posts: 239
Karma: 1664052
Join Date: Mar 2011
Device: Kindle 4NT
|
|
04-26-2013, 07:02 AM | #605 |
eBook Enthusiast
Posts: 85,544
Karma: 93383043
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: UK
Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6
|
|
04-26-2013, 07:05 AM | #606 |
Member
Posts: 12
Karma: 138
Join Date: Jan 2010
Device: PRS505
|
|
04-26-2013, 07:11 AM | #607 |
Grand Sorcerer
Posts: 11,732
Karma: 128354696
Join Date: May 2009
Location: 26 kly from Sgr A*
Device: T100TA,PW2,PRS-T1,KT,FireHD 8.9,K2, PB360,BeBook One,Axim51v,TC1000
|
|
04-26-2013, 09:16 AM | #608 | |
Wizard
Posts: 3,470
Karma: 48036360
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: where the sun lives, or so they say
Device: Pocketbook Era, Pocketbook Inkpad 4, Kobo Libra 2, Kindle Scribe
|
Quote:
|
|
04-26-2013, 11:12 AM | #609 |
Fanatic
Posts: 556
Karma: 1283268
Join Date: Mar 2010
Device: KindleDX,Kindle 4, Kindle Keyboard 3G
|
|
04-26-2013, 11:28 AM | #610 | |
Wizard
Posts: 4,465
Karma: 6900052
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: The Heart of Texas
Device: Boox Note2, AuraHD, PDA,
|
Quote:
Well at least I'm not blind, ... yet. Luck; Ken I'll be clicking on that heart in calibre, shortly! Last edited by Ken Maltby; 04-26-2013 at 11:32 AM. |
|
04-26-2013, 01:00 PM | #611 |
Fledgling Demagogue
Posts: 2,384
Karma: 31132263
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: White Plains
Device: Clara HD; Oasis 2; Aura HD; iPad Air; PRS-350; Galaxy S7.
|
Apparently, Kobo fused my mailing and billing addresses and shipped my Aura with the wrong zip code. If Kobo's site tracked e-reader purchases as they do books, then I'd have been able to see and correct that issue in moments, long before the shipment left Canada.
Unfortunately, it took me a week to extract my order number from customer service and I was only able to get someone to verify the exact shipping address today after I noting the wrong zip code in yesterday's tracking information and demanding the exact details. Not exactly a seamless process, but then again, I wasn't expecting one. Last edited by Prestidigitweeze; 04-27-2013 at 10:58 AM. |
04-26-2013, 03:15 PM | #612 |
Addict
Posts: 239
Karma: 1664052
Join Date: Mar 2011
Device: Kindle 4NT
|
While nobody is completely certain, there are certain activities that do lead to myopia. Among them is reading, especially at a young age, for extended periods of time. The human eye was never designed to focus so closely, for such an extended period of time. But lighting levels have nothing to do with it.
|
04-26-2013, 05:11 PM | #613 | |
Connoisseur
Posts: 81
Karma: 500000
Join Date: Jul 2010
Device: Nook Color, Nook HD+, Kobo Aura HD, Kobo Aura One
|
Quote:
and an Aura on the way |
|
04-26-2013, 05:38 PM | #614 |
Wizard
Posts: 2,018
Karma: 13471689
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Almere, The Netherlands
Device: Kobo Sage
|
|
04-26-2013, 06:16 PM | #615 | |
Wizard
Posts: 4,465
Karma: 6900052
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: The Heart of Texas
Device: Boox Note2, AuraHD, PDA,
|
Quote:
to be sleeping? Ah, more guilty pleasures, should have known. Luck; Ken |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
Aura HD Kobo Aura HD | PeterT | Kobo Reader | 937 | 07-29-2013 06:02 PM |
Soribook: First eReader eInk device now in beta testing! | Nate the great | News | 13 | 04-27-2013 08:28 AM |
Best eInk ereader for PDFs? or How do I cope with PDFs on the Kobo Touch? | GvilleBridge | Kobo Reader | 8 | 01-19-2012 07:22 AM |
Sell Irex DR1000S (10" eink ereader) | Aegis | Flea Market | 10 | 03-14-2011 05:27 PM |
Total eReader sales from eInk's revenue data? | sforce | News | 6 | 10-01-2009 07:48 PM |