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the main downside of the Remarkable 2 for me is I need to use my glasses to read on it. Resizing PDFS etc. always end up being too large and not fit in screen,

the main downside of the Remarkable 2 for me is I need to use my glasses to read on it. Resizing PDFS etc. always end up being too large and not fit in screen, the screen is too dark to give sufficient contrast. This was not a problem for my Kobo, Kindle or Pocketbook readers. I got it really for reading and thought it was a nice size for what I wanted, but amazingly enough the bigger Remarkable is worse for reading than smaller ebook readers. It is very annoying.

gcr 3y ago
Wait, reading PDFs on a Kindle is better than reading them on a remarkable?? Does Kindle have some fancy PDF reflow stuff going on?
- bryanrasmussen 3y ago
  the main benefit of Kindle I've used is that the screen is not as dark. I have to zoom in several times to have a chance to read the pdf on remarkable, sometimes even have to zoom to read with glasses, because screen is darker than other ereaders I've used and as such has less contrast. For someone who's vision is going that makes it much worse.
ThrowawayR2 3y ago
> "I got it really for reading..." Why are so many people saying that it is a downside that the Remarkable does not do well at something it was not intended for and was never intended for?
- bryanrasmussen 3y ago
  When I read on remarkable.com the following "An eye-friendly reading experience Comfortably read PDFs or ebooks for hours on end without backlight, glare, or eye strain." I naively assumed it handles reading without eyestrain and thought this admittedly secondary functionality of the product, combined with its larger form factor is actually of primary interest to me and the note taking might turn out to be a nice to have (which it hasn't because I would be taking notes on stuff I read for later articles but no, I can't really use it for reading) Also if lots of people, customers even, are complaining about a secondary aspect of a product not being good enough that would indicate a possible area of improvement.

gcr 3y ago

Wait, reading PDFs on a Kindle is better than reading them on a remarkable?? Does Kindle have some fancy PDF reflow stuff going on?

bryanrasmussen 3y ago
the main benefit of Kindle I've used is that the screen is not as dark. I have to zoom in several times to have a chance to read the pdf on remarkable, sometimes even have to zoom to read with glasses, because screen is darker than other ereaders I've used and as such has less contrast. For someone who's vision is going that makes it much worse.

ThrowawayR2 3y ago

> "I got it really for reading..." Why are so many people saying that it is a downside that the Remarkable does not do well at something it was not intended for and was never intended for?

bryanrasmussen 3y ago
When I read on remarkable.com the following "An eye-friendly reading experience Comfortably read PDFs or ebooks for hours on end without backlight, glare, or eye strain." I naively assumed it handles reading without eyestrain and thought this admittedly secondary functionality of the product, combined with its larger form factor is actually of primary interest to me and the note taking might turn out to be a nice to have (which it hasn't because I would be taking notes on stuff I read for later articles but no, I can't really use it for reading) Also if lots of people, customers even, are complaining about a secondary aspect of a product not being good enough that would indicate a possible area of improvement.