03-29-2018, 02:48 AM | #1 |
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An e ink device for web browsing?
By now, is there any device good for web browsing yet? My Kindle voyage is fast but the font is too small with no way to enlarge it. My Sony DPT-S1 is large, but insanely slow for browsing. Is any of the e ink devices on the market good enough for browsing? Reading articles from LCDs and OLEDs is killing my eyes
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03-29-2018, 02:53 AM | #2 |
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Simple answer: no.
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03-29-2018, 04:11 AM | #3 |
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Hello, I share your pain so I understand very well your need. Yes there are good ereaders for browsing, the Boox Max 2, which is a 13.3 inch ereader that can be used as an hdmi monitor, or Onyx Boox Note which is more like a tablet at 10.3 inches.
They both have quad core processors and 2gb of ram, and have an a2 mode, but it seems even in normal mode they are fairly capable of a decent browsing experience. Here is the best video I could find of the Max 2 internet browsing: https://youtu.be/pcUzGQQUlJA (In Japanese but the only good video) Here is the Note (shows browsing at 9:50): https://youtu.be/mW_tw87-PEc Both videos are showing a2 mode (which disables the flashing of the screen to refresh it). It’s a recent android, especially on the Note. You can use wireless keyboard and mouse also I suppose. Last edited by Waiting4somethin; 03-29-2018 at 04:25 AM. |
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If the OP is dissatisfied with the speed of the Sony for browsing, I see no reason to suppose he'd be any happier with either of the choices you mention. Both are still extremely slow compared to the typical tablet.
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https://youtu.be/oPT75YLPyWY (10:40) You can completely disable refresh on the Boox devices. There is no comparison. Furthermore, as I said, the Max 2 can be used as a monitor, which at least takes away the page loading times. The following quote is from the Good e reader review of the Note: Quote:
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Absolutely, though I did post videos, it is helpful to watch more, of course. The op may well require the speed of a tablet, but if he has eye strain his tolerance may be more, hence my post. Last edited by Waiting4somethin; 03-29-2018 at 06:23 AM. Reason: Unhelpful wording |
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That’s a shame about the Sony. I can’t live with those kind of page turns either.
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If it's just reading articles, you could save the articles to Pocket and read them on a Kobo. It's not something I use myself, so I don't have a lot of knowledge. But Pocket is built in to Firefox and Kobo.
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It's been around for a few years now. I had an Onyx T68 quite a few years back which supported it, for example. As you rightly note, it's ok for text, but no use whatsoever for pictures, and most modern websites are heavily dependent on images.
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Thanks everyone. I just want to add that page turn speed is usually fine for me. However, for some reason DPT-S1 usually takes forever to load a webpage. I don't care much about images of a web page but I just wanna be able to read text from a web browser (not just read offline pdfs or so)
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You could try with pixel qi screens, they don't have issues with refresh
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