E-readers
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What is the best e-reader and why is it the Glo HD?
Kobo Touch $110
Kindle Basic $90
which one should I get?
Yes these are the best prices since shipping is not an option (shipping, tax and import cost)
>>54668510
Kindle Oasis
I just use my phone because I don't have autism.
>>54669064
Does one of them have a light? Get that one. If not, get the Paperwhite, Kobo Glo, or Nook Glowlight. Using a non-frontlit ereader in 2016 is on par with shitting in a rose bush. It doesn't make a lick of sense.
I got a kobo since it can load up more formats. Fuck walled gardens.
>tfw got a Glo HD for €70
>>54669693
>Fuck walled gardens
you bought an e reader
Does the resolution of the ereader actually make a difference or does it only affect viewing images and PDFs?
>>54669493
No, I think you do.
>>54668510
Kindle Oasis
>>54670426
I have the entry-level Kindle. I can see the pixels if I look closely under strong light, but in the general case it's not an issue at all. And I read with the smallest font setting.
I far prefer it to reading on my 300+ PPI phone, for example.
>>54669519
I never quite get this. Do you live in a basement or something? I have abundant sunlight in daytime and strong artificial lighting at night. One of the main reasons I got my kindle is because it looks like a printed page, reflecting light instead of emitting it.
>>54668510
not color?
>>54670426
It makes a very slight difference.
I took a graphic design class and one of the things I picked up was that text in books is printed at 300ppi. The highest-resolution Kindles and Kobos are at 300ppi. They can probably be made at higher resolutions and still look better (Compare a printed book to words on a flagship Android phone), but this is about as good as you need it.
Just get a 2nd-gen Paperwhite.
>>54670813
Kindles don't emit light. They have frontlights under the bezel and above the screen that diffuse light through the plastic/glass covering the screen.
The light is useful for reading in bed when trying to fall asleep and other low-light situations. The light isn't necessary, but getting an ereader without one doesn't make much sense anymore.
>>54670813
Frontlit ereaders don't "emit" light either. Not in the same way as LCD screens anyway. There's a layer on top that shines onto the screen, and the reflected light is what you see
>>54668510
Which one of these is the best if I want to pirate everything I would be reading upon it?
Fuck I just realized kobo is an anagram for book
>>54670947
Kobo. Kindle would require you to download Calibre and use that
>>54670947
Don't be cheap, buy your content. Kindle gives you rather large free samples of every book and has a very liberal refund policy, there's no excuse at all.
>>54671006
Kobo doesn't require Calibre but it's sure as hell convenient to use it anyway.
I do at least.
>>54671076
I'd buy more ebooks if they weren't as or more expensive than physical books delivered to my house.
Anyone know good sources for non-English books? Dutch, specifically.
Do any Kobo's have physical buttons on the side(s) for page turning?
