E-Readers are technolo/g/.
What's the best E-Reader?
Which one do you use?
Kobo user here.
>>51663914
>Kobo user here.
Mah nigga. Aura HD here.
>all recent e-readers
>4gb storage
>512mb usable
>no sd card slot
>have to get an inferior screen for not-ancient storage space
>>51663944
But Kobo's don't do any of that.
I use a kobo glo. Works fine.
I've read a collosal quantity on it.
>>51663951
I've heard the glo is good. How much did you get it for?
>>51663948
the only e-readers available to me for a fair price are the kobo glo hd, aura and some kindles.
guess which one I'm gonna get.
>>51663948
It's like kobos have good screens, expandable storage, and decent software.
>>51663967
I bought it years ago. £80 bongbux, which translates to about $90. (not because of exchange rates, but because of increased costs)
Back in 2012 I think.
>>51663975
>bad screen
>its the same hd screen as the kindle paperwhite ones
>inb4 trying to refute me, i have both of them in my hand
>>51663975
That's what I was implying, yes.
I have an old Kindle touch
screen is shit for today e-readers but storage has never been a problem to me, unless you want to store more than 200000 books at a time you are going to be good with 4 gb
only downside is you can't read epubs unless you jailbreak it (wich I did, just for the custom screensavers, but all my books are mobis)
>>51664042
also the free 3g comes handy sometimes, I spend a lot of time in wikipedia
kindle keyboard, over 4 years old now and still does the job
Ayy, using a Kobo Glo HD and I am loving it.
>>51663914
A smart phone
Got an old kindle keyboard recently. Works fine
>>51664192
as a hacking tip, the kobo glo hd have an internal sd card built in as storage, you can open the case to change the sd card for a bigger one
>>51664203
What's so funny fatboy? Smartphones have superior screens and are better value
>>51664237
>Smartphones have superior screens
>>51664237
But none of that is true
Battery life is worse
Screen is smaller
Costs way more
doesn't have an e-ink screen
The whole point of an e-reader is the e-ink.
>>51664210
altrough I don't know the specifics, last time I heard of it it was said that cloning the os to a bigger sd card wouln't let it boot rendering the slot uselss. Is there a workaround for this now?
>>51664254
Your shitty black and white screen is literally ass.
Smartphones have superior feature set amd can do anything your paper weight can do
And no one needs to read for 24 hours straight.
>>51664314
You seem upset, faggot
>>51664314
try reading in sunlight or in bed faggot
>>51664314
>black and white screen
>FOR READING TEXT
How can you guys read epubs, don't you find the formatting to be terrible? e ink itself is fine, but I can't deal with the poor formatting.
>>51664314
>lazy eye
>short-sightedness
>not able of reading under sun light
>literally trying to read in a 4 inch screen
>>51664382
>downloading shitty epubs (or using a shit tier ereader)
Kobo aura user here.
How do I get rid of Adobe DRM? Kobo refuses to open some books because of it.
>>51664324
>>51664325
>>51664337
>>51664406>>51664324
Sure is poorfag in here. Color is superior any day.
>4in screen
What's it like living in the past anon? Do you take pride in being tech incompetent?
There are plenty of ways to get around sunlight glare. You guys are actually just butthurt fat poorfags
>>51664446
You're calling me a poorfag but I can afford a dedicated e-reader AND a smartphone
Why can't you afford both?
Use the hammer for the nails and the screwdriver for the screws
>being so poor he has to use a hammer and doesn't just bang nails in with a screwdriver
>>51664446
>Color is superior any day
>pure text
>color
>>51664468
>look at me I'm so poor I need a black and white screen with tech from the 90s to read my animus
>I swear I'm not just a poorfag who can't afford a good smartphone
>>51664480
>tech of the 90s
>literally just released the HD ink screen
>>51664425
I wasn't aware the epub format itself allowed much control over formatting. Isn't it just a subset of html and limited CSS? I have a kobo, what do you recommend for this flawless epub display?
>>51663914
I have an ancient Kindle 3 and would not even consider any replacement but for the fact I've stuffed it to the brim with pirated books. Is Kobo the only decent alternative if you want SD card slot?
>>51664539
I don't know which problem do you have but I can do the same or even more with the kobo than with the paperwhite
>>51664237
>>51664621
I wish they sold kobo aura h2o where i live.
have to read on my 5.5" LG G4.
craving for an e-ink screen so bad t.bh f.am
>>51664480
Read animus?
Ebooks are for reading TEXT.
Do you not get this?
>>51664647
Amazon? Ebay?
>>51664801
would have to be imported. might have to shell about hal the cost in import duty.
>tfw not as rich as i'd like to be.
>>51664719
I think he meant manga
>>51664504
Congrats you're only about 10 years behind
>>51664719
Which is better done on a phone
>>51664480
The display Technology used on E-Readers is vastly different than the ones used on Smartphones.
Due to the nature of the screen on E-Readers, it literally feels like it being the real thing (Or as real as it can get), and since it works in such an abstract way, the battery life can last much longer which is great for people who like to read a lot.
Although I agree, you can do this on your smartphone but it's not recommended unless you're a casual reader. It's like a car for racing, you can use any old car for racing, that's true, but people who want to specialize in racing get cars that are meant for racing and not for something else.
>>51665396
I agree and eReader are the old car whereas smartphones are the race cars
i currently have a kobo mini, upgraded to the latest firmware (3.18), nightmode mod, multitouch mod, and am going to see if i can run this firmware next to debian ARM (which can run on the kobo devices)
great thing about kobo: you can replace the internal micro SD card for a bigger one. just make sure you backup the micro sd card, as it has the whole filesystem on it.
tl;dr: kobo is the way to go because you can change a lot of stuff, they'll open everything, and are nicely made both hardware and software.
>>51665512
smartphones and ereaders serve 2 completely different purposes. i use my ereader to read, and the screen of a smartphone is both not nice for your eyes, and will make the device run out of battery way faster.
>>51665567
Upgrade to a phone of this decade
>>51665582
If you're implying a Yota, then sure.
Anything else is still dogshit compared to an ereader.
>>51665609
Clearly you never used a note 5
>>51665512
confirmed for never have seen a e-ink display
confirmed for never have read more than 5 min on a smartphone display
>>51665663
I've been reading your shit for the past 3 hours. TRY AGAIN poorfag.
>>51665567
>the screen of a smartphone is both not nice for your eyes
I use a Galaxy S3. OLED display with hardware color remapping (so you can turn off the blue channel and modify the red/green channels to preserve luminance information), and PWM disabled. Light on dark color scheme + 7200mAh extended battery means battery life is no problem. This is equally easy to read as ePaper but much more convenient because it's faster and smaller.
>>51665644
What's so different about it? Can it hold battery life for three weeks?
>>51665338
Not that guy but do you have downs? Lemme make some points here:
>"And no one needs to read for 24 hours straight."
What if I'm traveling and can't charge two devices in a timely manner? Obviously I'll charge my phone but with the E-reader I can go much longer without a charge, plus being able to use it in more places such as windows seats on trains/plane/ect where sun glare would make it difficult to see on a smart phone without turning up the brightness, then increasing my battery usage.
Plus unless you own a phablet then a shitty 4" screen will be shitty, would strain your eyes too in comparison to a larger screen. And commercial tablets, say 10" Android ones or iPads have the same battery usage and screen issues as a smart phone.
Also why the hell do you absolutely NEED color? Are you reading fucking childrens books? Upset that your favorite magic tree house novel won't have all the pretty pictures that you have on your iphone? Grow up faggot, most books don't have illustrations outside of MAYBE a map or timeline.
also
>"fatboy"
>"Your shitty black and white screen is literally ass."
>"Sure is poorfag in here. Color is superior any day."
>"You guys are actually just butthurt fat poorfags"
>""look at me I'm so poor I need a black and white screen with tech from the 90s to read my animus ""
>"TRY AGAIN poorfag"
Ever consider making points and using facts to push your argument instead of being a fucking shitthead and insulting without reason.
>>51665676
nigga you're reading few sentences with picture, reading a book is different
>>51665785
sometimes you want to read non-novels and want to look at diagrams (in color). Otherwise, you just get boxed into the novel meme
>>51665811
Please, I'd love to know what non-novel's and diagrams you look at.
>>51665811
>literally still reading picture books
>>51664976
Manga is in black and white dude
>>51665844
Found one of his favourites
He still struggles with some of the words
>>51665864
>thinks reading is confined to novels (mostly about Bella)
keep your head in the sand, idiot
>>51665844
>too poor to read high quality books in color
Enjoy your black and white diagrams, idiot
>>51665926
I honestly can't tell if this is bait or same guy from >>51665895
In the market for an e-reader as well.
Are they any good at reading textbook sized pdfs? Any irremovable DRM stuff?
The screens seem a bit small for non ebook stuff.
>>51665964
It's not bait. It's you being a complete idiot who only reads Bella Thorne novella and pushes HURRR NOVELS HURRR!!!!! onto the rest of us
>>51665989
Nah, textbook sized stuff is a little awkward on the small screens. Scrolling, zooming and moving the frame around doesn't work on e-ink.
As a general rule you should be reading things with about the same page size as the device- when it comes to PDFs.
If it's epub or whatever then it's just a long string maybe with some HTML elements and it's malleable.
PDFs with pagesizes much larger than the device screen just don't work. Well I mean you CAN zoom and scroll around but it's ass. It's not smooth at all.
If you really have to: Large screen.
>>51666024
>Scrolling, zooming and moving the frame around doesn't work on e-ink.
Sure it does. It justWerks. You can even use a web browser with e-ink.
>as a general rule
Stopped reading there.
>>51666114
Well it works, just it's not very smooth.
Although I'm talking about a kobo glo, I heard newer e-ink has much faster refresh rates, do you know about this?
>>51666144
It justWerks
>>51666144
I've found that the best way to read big pdf on a ereader is to use it in landscape mode
>>51664440
Found "Apprentice Alf", but I haven't tested if it works with adobe erm. That guy wrote a calibre plugin with which I can remove the DRM from my local library's ebooks.
I can't find spare piece for my Kobo Aura and it's annoying. I ruined the case and I was obliged to glue something to make it comfy again.
Shitty pic related.
Which one is better for reading manga, Kindle (paperwhite or voyage) or Kobo Aura H20?
>>51668149
h2o with koreader because sd card
>>51668198
Thanks.
