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I know if I had a darker panel, I there are times I would have to either turn on the light, up the font size or both with the LC where I don't have to do either with the L2. Because I've used panels that are darker with less contrast then the Carta 1200, I don't need to see the LC in person to know what it's like reading plain text. The only thing I don't know is if I would see the sparkels on the Kaleido panel with text. If I did, that would be annoying to me. With the L2, in bed with no lights on, I have the light set to 3. I cannot do that with the LC as I would not be able to read. Last edited by JSWolf; Yesterday at 05:09 PM. |
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But this has not always been the case. We sometimes forget that there was a time when printed books were not considered "real" books. Federico da Montefelto abhorred them because he was a child of the age of the marvellous illuminated manuscripts (where the presence of colour did not confuse anyone, but differentiated and clarified the text). For the exquisite readers of the 15th century, a book printed in black and white was little short of an abomination. I have nothing against monochrome e-readers, on which I have read for many years and where I still occasionally read. But I don't see them as the finished product of a deliberate and thoughtful design that has decided to exclude colour because it makes for better reading. "That's it, we've done it. This is what we wanted to offer and what readers want". I rather think that the absence of colour in e-readers is due to a technological limitation and that they will continue to evolve in the direction of colour. But maybe I'm completely wrong. |
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You are correct. The problem is not the addition of colour but that doing so compromises the monochromatic performance, which is how 99% of novels are formatted. If it were possible to get colour covers without sacrificing BW performance, I'd be on board with that.
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Come on Kobo, get your finger out of your rear and get the Libra BW made. |
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