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Old 10-31-2018, 05:35 PM   #16
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Old 11-02-2018, 05:16 AM   #17
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I looking for alternative e-reader (I have a Kindle PW 3, is there very stable and solid text, even after 10-15 pages (without refreshing) but I want more text on one page).

> 7-8" (еPub suport, and saturated and density text , maximaze text to edges (may be with Coolreader), good backlight, and lighter body).

Is that just on the horizon (since 2018+)
ONYX BOOX NOVA eBook Reader 7.8 inch UItra HD

It's quite expensive at the moment, but is it eligible?

Tolino Epos?! I think it's outdated (did I read it slow?)
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I had Kobo Aura H20 over 30 days, but I did not like the slower browsing than PW3, loss of optical density of 2-3 letters page turns.
Whilе, Kindle PW3 - is retained even after 10-15 pages and more (without refresh), with very good quality (and dark) of the text.
I dislike refresh every 5 pages...
PW3 be refreshed each chapter - 10-20 pages and more

In Aura H2O - I liked it there very evenly / flat (no shadows, Blick) backlight, which in PW3 is worse.
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Old 11-27-2018, 04:23 AM   #18
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Mars is ok.
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Old 11-29-2018, 12:48 AM   #19
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The Mars seems to tick all the boxes, but apparently Kobo is releasing a new model very soon, and so is Dasung (the awkwardly named "not-ereader"). There's also the Onyx Boox Nova, the inkbook Explore (which seems mediocre according to some reviews) and perhaps many other models I haven't even heard of.
Should I wait or drop the dough?
I have a Likebook Mars.I think it is a good choice. Kindle, chrome, google play book, gmail, KOreader, kobo all work fine. It almost is a android tablet for me.
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Old 11-29-2018, 01:37 AM   #20
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I had Kobo Aura H20 over 30 days, but I did not like the slower browsing than PW3, loss of optical density of 2-3 letters page turns.
I've had my Aura H2O2 for ten days now and have been using it A LOT - what is this "loss of optical density" you mention?
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Old 11-29-2018, 04:45 AM   #21
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I've had my Aura H2O2 for ten days now and have been using it A LOT - what is this "loss of optical density" you mention?
Sounds as if he's referring to ghosting.
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Old 11-29-2018, 04:47 AM   #22
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Sounds as if he's referring to ghosting.
Ah, thank you. I must have a "good" one, I think. Eighty hours of reading, so far only two noticeable instances of ghosting, only one of which persisted for more than a minute.
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Old 04-23-2020, 01:28 PM   #23
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Never buy the likebook mars
Never buy the likebook mars. I got one, but used only couple of months, it became a brick after system update. It doesn't have Factory Reset button. Contacted the customer service, no response.
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Old 04-23-2020, 02:07 PM   #24
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Never buy the likebook mars. I got one, but used only couple of months, it became a brick after system update. It doesn't have Factory Reset button. Contacted the customer service, no response.
I have never heard of a device with no reset option. Have you asked google?

I did, and it has.

Google likebook mars reset

But the kobo forma is arguably a better choice, with better customer support
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But the kobo forma is arguably a better choice, with better customer support
It really depends on your main task. I would not replace my Android-powered Mars, with autoupdate/download rss feeds and custom apps. It's great for reading scanlations with Tachiyomi.
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I like my Nook 7.8"
How is it for web browsing?
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Old 05-04-2020, 12:38 PM   #28
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How is it for web browsing?
Probably just as bad as every other e-ink device is.

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Old 05-04-2020, 12:51 PM   #29
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How is it for web browsing?
Pretty much like any eInk device. You use it if you have to, forget video and gratefully go back to a device where web browsing is not an afterthought.
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Drop the dough on the Kobo Forma. It's an 8" 300DPI plastic backed screen. It will be awesome.
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You don't know what it'll be like until it's released, Jon. It's a little premature to describe a device that nobody's yet used as "awesome". Lighting is one area that degrades with screen size due to the nature of front-lighting. Let's wait and see before being in awe of it.
Cough.

The Forma already exsits. I was released in October 2018.

And a lot of people think it is awesome. Yeah, a lot of people think it isn't but they only could say so because they've been able to touch it. For real
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