Libra Colour So far I love my Colour Kobo. What about you?

[GreyFox]

Originally Posted by gforgiraffe39935

I am testing out a Boox Go Color 7 and the Libby app for those comics that aren't available through the Kobo Libra Colour's OverDrive-Kobo login. I haven't been able to find that sweet spot refresh setting to make the comics look as good as on the Kobo Libra Colour.

I was thinking Boox Go would be better for my nephew to borrow on than the KLC, but now I am unsure.

If you want a device like the boox go 7 that handles refresh and ghosting well look at the bigme 751c. Same form factor, same android, MUCH better handling of refresh and ghosting.

[Steven Karp]

My 2 cents worth.

I picked up a Clara Colour last week. Love it, but won't be keeping it.

For my usage, the colors are fine. No, they're not super saturated, but they look nice to me. Yes, I had to up the backlight from 10% on my Clara HD to 20% on the KCC. Shrug.

The deal-breaker for me: I want to keep my entire collection on the device. Not a problem with the KCHD after I replaced the SD card with a 32GB. I could have sworn the KCC had 32GB out of the box. Nope. 16GB and not upgradable. I'm about 500 books beyond what it'll hold right now.

Yeah, that's on me for not double-checking the specs before I ordered. But, argh! I like the device, I really do. I just don't want to change the way I use it.

[mgrimace]

I own both a Libra 2 and a Libra Colour, and after roughly six months of real-world use I exclusively use the Colour now. My personal use-case is reading b/w text mainly at night, and colour Manga.

Colour Manga/Comics are an absolutely joy. I can't overstate how wonderful it is to read full colour Manga on e-ink. Similarly, seeing full-colour book covers on the homescreen and lockscreen is wonderful - it's not 'necessary' by any means, but it is a surprisingly nice feature nonetheless.

For b/w reading, yes, side-by-side KLC vs KL2 there is a difference that I'd characterize as a slight 'graininess' to the black and white text. I took some side-by-side pics in the original poll thread for folks, and yes, the Libra 2 is objectively better in contrast, brightness, and whiteness quality. If you're exclusively reading B/W text and you don't find any interest in having colour covers, colour lockscreen or any of those small touches, then Libra 2 is the best possible screen IMO.

But, I don't read on two separate devices side-by-side so it's not a constant comparison. I use one, or the other, and in both cases the device is meant to fade away and let you read. And, reading b/w text on the KLC is not only just fine, the overall experience of reading on the colour is the better experience. For me, that comes from the response time and overall 'snappiness' of the device itself, colour covers, a just-fine b/w reading experience, and joyful colour experience.