Do you have a color eink device?

[salamanderjuice]

Originally Posted by Quoth

In maybe 12 years of buying ebooks from Amazon, I've not bought one that needed colour. Hardly any, maybe none, need images. Anyway, I'd read actual reflowable ebooks on Sage and long ago on a Paperwhite. Neither of those does colour.

Most stuff that needs colour isn't even available for an actual eink Kindle and often needs the 14.25" tablet.

Really depends on how you define "needs color". I've personally read entirely color comics on B&W eInk readers, which I'm sure some would say needs color. Some might say a book with a handful of color illustrations or photos needs color. I can think of a handful of PDFs I've read where the figures legitimately needed color to be able to distinguish between two or more legend items but even then that's a rarity. Usually B&W is good enough.

I do like having color covers during sleep. And it is nicer on comics even if I don't think it's a necessity. But it's nice to have and I don't care as much about the lost contrast or graininess as I thought I would.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by cgsmom

Well, my status has changed since this poll came out. I decided to purchase the Colorsoft. I prefer the symetrical design of the Kindle to the asymmetrical design of the Kobo Libre (or the Kindle Oasis). I also prefer a flush screen, so I sacrificed page turn buttons. So far I am really enjoying it. I am a little disappointed that the screen is darker so the covers are not as visible when it is asleep. I also keep the light turned up a bit higher so the battery life is not as good. All that said, it is lightening fast and I love seeing my library in color as well as any illustrated books I have.

Is it worth the exorbitant price that Amazon is charging? Probably not, but I like it.

Do you prefer muddy graphics with a loss of detail? That's what you get with the Colorsoft vs the Libra Colour.

[Quoth]

I'd read comics on a big tablet screen. Even the reMarkable and Elipsa were poor.
I can't even remember ebooks with colour. I have paper books with colour, but none are novels, plays, history, biographies. Mostly larger format books that wouldn't work on a 7" screen and the colour eink is too poor for that content.

[cgsmom]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Do you prefer muddy graphics with a loss of detail? That's what you get with the Colorsoft vs the Libra Colour.

Have you seen either of these readers in person? I can assure you the Colorsoft looks different in person than it does on YouTube.

[DNSB]

I've seen both in person. The Colorsoft goes for a higher contrast display so colours are snappier but details in the brighter and darker areas are muddy/lost while the Libra Colour goes for lower contrast but better detail at the expense of muted colours. It's a trade off and the two companies made different choices. Which choice was correct? That's up to the end user's eyes.

[ucfgrad93]

I have no desire for a color e-ink device. I don't read comics, manga, etc.

[flowoeB]

i had a color e-ink device (pocketbook inkpad eo) but it was bricked by the latest official update - i don't know how i should vote on the poll

[Hellmark]

Originally Posted by flowoeB

i had a color e-ink device (pocketbook inkpad eo) but it was bricked by the latest official update - i don't know how i should vote on the poll

I hope they're going to fix that for you

[ab78727]

I moved from the reMarkable 2 to a reMarkable Pro and I am very happy with it. Unlike the kaleido screens I tried on Pocketbook devices (Eo, Inkpad Color 3), the screen is brighter and more vivid. I use it to read the daily newspapers and the rendition makes me happy, which is more than what I say about the news contents :\ .

[7hir7een]

I have a Libra Colour and it has become my main device. I don't consider myself the target audience, as I read novels and short stories pretty exclusively. I do agree that criticism of the current generation's color screens is valid.

For instance, I see a fair difference in the screen vs black and white devices when reading outdoors on my back porch. I don't consider the grayish screen a big enough problem to get up and search for another device though. It's fine.

All in all, I enjoy the novelty of seeing all my covers in color, and that's good enough for me. The muted color scheme doesn't bother me, and I always read with a backlight on. It's really not a bad device at all.


Now there is an use case where I intentionally chose a black and white device over color. My "purse reader" is a 6 inch device I use while sitting outside in my car on lunch (in very bright light). I did not see fit to pay extra to have a worse experience there, so I went with a regular screen over the Clara Colour.


TL;DR: For me, the color devices are pretty great. But if you read outdoors often, maybe stay away!