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Probably one of the most interesting features of the new Kindle Paperweight is this: "The display has 62 percent more pixels, and it’s super sharp with excellen
by sahat 14y ago
Probably one of the most interesting features of the new Kindle Paperweight is this: "The display has 62 percent more pixels, and it’s super sharp with excellent contrast". There haven't been any new breakthroughs in the eInk department since B&N Nook Simple Touch and Kindle 4.
- TylerE 14y agoKindle 4 was 600x800, Kindle Paperwhite is 768x1024.
- mtgx 14y agoGlad to see they are finally increasing the resolution, although I think I would prefer a 7"-8" version with higher resolution. 6" is kind of small for reading books, isn't it?
- TylerE 14y agoDoesn't bug me. I like the DPI increase. Might be truly to retina levels, but the difference should be noticeable.
- bryanlarsen 14y agoTo each their own, but I think 6" is too big. Both my wife and I prefer reading on our smartphones than on our 6" eReaders and 7" and 10" tablets.
- HelloMcFly 14y agoI'm having a hard time wrapping my head around this. You'd prefer to read 1.5 paragraphs at a time on your smartphone to reading something that approximates the size of a book?
- bryanlarsen 14y agoIt's not 1.5 paragraphs, but in essence, yes. Have you tried it? With a book or slow ereader, page turns interrupt your reading, but on a phone they're instantaneous so pretty much disappear as a reason to prefer large pages. When reading, your eyes focus on an area about 3 lines high and about 5-10 words across. Unless you're a beginner reader you don't read one word at a time. Because the width of a smartphone is the same as the width of what you're focusing on, the lines above and below your current reading line provide full context for your brain to help interpret the current line, improving reading speed and comprehension. Also there is no eye scanning or head movement required, which I really appreciate when reading in bed.
- HelloMcFly 14y agoI've tried it and found it pretty much intolerable. Way too much page turning for my liking, not enough on-screen text, and I don't like looking at a backlit screen right right before I go to bed.
- sireat 14y agoThat is just going from 800x600 to 1024x768. It does make a difference reading wise, but is long overdue for Amazon. Funny, spec wise this is identical to my cheapo $49 iRiver HD which I've had for a year. Some other readers have it too.
- tzs 14y ago"Paperweight"? Brain glitch, auto-correct, or opinion?
- ernesth 14y agoThe higher resolution was pioneered by iRiver one year ago, the frontlit screen by Barnes and Noble 4 months ago. And the combination of both by Kobo yesterday. So not a breakthrough by amazon ;-)
- RexRollman 14y agoYou're right, but the way they are lighting it is indeed different.