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It's true that the contrast is not as good, and IIRC the color resolution is also a bit lower (but is not bad overall). But people who plan to read B/W document
by gnicholas 3y ago
It's true that the contrast is not as good, and IIRC the color resolution is also a bit lower (but is not bad overall). But people who plan to read B/W documents could still benefit from a device like this because it makes highlighting much better, and it enables color-based reading enhancements like BeeLine Reader (which improves focus while reading).
I'm certainly biased (I created BeeLine), but IMO the color screens that Kobo is using are good enough to make the tradeoffs worthwhile. It's also interesting to see innovation among one of the major players in this space. The companies that have made color ereaders before now have been a bit dodgy in some cases, so Kobo will bring a level of legitimacy to the space that's very welcome.
EDIT: the price is also very favorable compared to other color ereaders. Ones I've considered in the past were around $420, which is roughly 2x-3x the price of Kobo's new units.
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- jsheard 3y ago> It's true that the contrast is not as good, and IIRC the color resolution is also a bit lower It's generally halved, i.e. the display is 300dpi in mono mode, but 150dpi in color mode.
- rahimnathwani 3y agoHalving the DPI in each direction (vertical and horizontal) means you end up with only a quarter of the pixels: 0.4 megapixels instead of 1.6 megapixels.
- gnicholas 3y agoIIRC these panels are 150 DPI color, which means it's less than halved in each direction.
- rahimnathwani 3y agoI thought they were 300dpi panels, but that the dpi was halved in color mode? I'm curious what color filters they have. Perhaps each 2x2 pixel has 3 filtered dots (RGB) and one fully transparent dot?
- JZL003 3y agobeeline readers works on kobo? Via colorizing a pdf -> kobo, or is this is just something planned?
- gnicholas 3y agoColoring a PDF for now...and I'll certainly be working on more streamlined options now that this is available!