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E-readers: Kobo vs Boox? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
submitted 10 months ago by to c/books@lemmy.world
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I've been getting back into reading and while nothing will beat a physical book, having a device with multiple EPUBS seems like a good way to save space and money. After a bit of searching, I'm down to two options: Kobo (specifically the Libra Colour) and Boox (specifically the Go Color 7). I've discarded tablets because they're just a larger phone and thus blue light-induced eye strain. I've also discarded the Kindle because of Amazon's business practices. I known that Kindles can jailbroken (which I wouldn't mind doing) and I could buy one second-hand on eBay but I prefer to give my money towards a better competitor.

Which one do you think is better? Have you used their previous e-readers? How do they compare?

Thanks in advance!

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[–] 7 points 10 months ago (4 children)

I have a Boox Palma, it's really portable, but the tradeoff is the screen is pretty small.

Having it run android is both a gift and a curse. Being able to use self hosted solutions with it is nice, but the Boox OS kinda sucks (and it feels like I'm fighting it at times). On top of that not everything runs smoothly on it as it's hardware isn't the best.

I've also noticed it can run into "burn-in" issues where the text doesn't fully clear until you force it.

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  • [–] 7 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    That's not burn-in, it's ghosting. Just about every e-ink screen can have that problem if the software is doing partial/fast screen updates. E-ink screens are very slow and use somewhat more power when doing a full screen clear, so many devices save energy and time by only partially resetting the screen when turning pages/navigating. After some number of interactions, they'll do the full screen refresh to clean out the ghosts.

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  • [–] 4 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    Thanks, that is the term I was looking for, but I did find the Boox did it more than previous devices and I'd frequently have to force the refresh.

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago* (1 child)

    I'm not familiar with boox's software (I'm still on a Nook but thinking of getting either a boox or kobo soon), but there may be a way to tweak how often it does a full refresh in the settings if you dig around a bit.

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago

    Yeah, there are different modes and configurations you can set up, and you can do it per app. It's possible that I've just misunderstood some of those options, but I found I ran into the issue both when reading text on default settings and reading comics with modified settings.

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