6 Jun
2013
6 Jun
'13
10:28 p.m.
On 06/06/13 9:49 PM, Ethan Dicks wrote:
On Thu, Jun 6, 2013 at 7:52 PM, Toby Thain<toby at
telegraphics.com.au> wrote:
It actually looks sharper than a 300dpi laser print, thanks to
anti-aliasing.
Kobo just introduced the Aura HD, which is 265dpi
(and anti-aliased as
well)...
Kobo met the need first :) I recommend it as an upgrade over current Kindle.
http://www.kobo.com/koboaurahd
It's about 1/4 the resolution of a native 300 dpi scan, but it's a lot closer to
what I'm looking for than what I have now. If I
could see how a magazine
page scan looked, I might be convinced.
Scans also look better and sharper than they did on the Kindle (a lot of
what I read is scanned).
A feature on the Aura some might find objectionable is the light. When I
first heard of lights on e-readers I thought the idea was ridiculous
(because I value the months-long battery life and I never thought I
needed a light). But actually having the light is more useful than I'd
have expected, and sometimes does improve the experience.
--Toby
I'm sure it's fine for plain text
rendering - what I have _now_ is good enough for that. It's about reading
classic magazine scans. That's what I'm missing now. Everything else
about it looks pretty good... well... it could be $70 cheaper.
-ethan