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Since forever I am doing most of my readings in electronic formats. Most of the new 300 ppi devices use the same screens, or small variations on it, so the dif
by 2rsf 7y ago
Since forever I am doing most of my readings in electronic formats.
Most of the new 300 ppi devices use the same screens, or small variations on it, so the differences are not huge in terms of screen quality.
I recently moved from a Kindle paperwhite (6") to a pocketbook inkpad 3 (8" screen) and the extra space is really a great for reading but I am not sure it's big enough for PDFs. Battery life is great, but the software seems to be more mature on Kindles, but still it's totally usable.
I could recommend to go bigger, but that comes on the expense of mobility and the price jumps sharply as you go bigger.
- tartoran 7y agoIs the paperwhite 6" good enough for reading PDF documents?
- 2rsf 7y agono it is not, think of it this way- a PDF page size and content are not dynamic, it is sized according to real physical page size so what you are trying to do is squeeze a 210 × 297 millimeters page into 122 x 91 millimeters screen, or alternatively move the page around on the screen but this is usually slow to react and cumbersome. It can work if the PDF contains very large text, or images but for most cases its unusable.
- tartoran 7y agoThank you. I’ll stick to printing out my pdfs.
- jtloong 7y agoThankfully I was able to find an old Kindle DX (a discontinued line) on Ebay that has a 9.5 inch screen which is legitimately the perfect size for PDF books & papers. Super happy that I was able to find one for pretty cheap. I'd suggest keeping an eye out online for one of these if you don't want to break the bank for PDF suitable ereader.