E-reader comparison table & tool

[Gormagon]

Praise to Guido for his work!

I noticed that the Huawei MatePad Paper from 2022 is missing.

Since you also included some (reflective) LCD screens like the Hannspree HannsNote2 I wonder if you will include matte displays like TCL NXTPAPER, Huawei MatePad 11,5 S or Lenovo Tab P12 in future updates? Of course these are more tablets and or smartphones (TCL) than e-readers, but then the Hannspree HannsNote2 is also more a tablet than an e-reader.

[Frogm4n]

Originally Posted by Guido

Thanks for letting me know. I can't seem to replicate it myself though. I've added an attachment to show what happens when I sort by display size.

Did you use any other filters or settings when this occurred?

I only clicked the Display size header once to sort from small to large. Here's a screenshot that I just took.

[Frogm4n]

Well, I went through and attached it but it didn't stay when I posted.

[Guido]

Just finished a major update to the table. The table now contains over 200 devices total!

I've added:
- All currently available Tolino models (as listed for sale by Tolino themselves)
- Bookeen Notéa
- Huawei MatePad Paper
- Viwoods AiPaper and AiPaper mini
- Meebook M6C and M103
- Readmoo - all 6 current devices
- Hisense Touch (which is both an e-reader and a Hi-Res audio player)
- Pocketbook Color note (announced, all specs are available but it's not for sale yet)

As always, let me know if you're missing something that you want to see added!

Apart from adding more devices, I added a new function; namely to only show the differences between two models in the side-by-side comparison tool. This makes it much easier to spot the differences between two products that have a lot of similarities.

Here's an example with this option switched on with the new reMarkable Paper Pro vs the reMarkable 2: https://comparisontabl.es/e-readers/...sOnly=true#sbs

Other than that, I've applied pagination to the table now. As the table was getting ridiculously large, it started causing a stuttering issue when scrolling (on mobile devices). Now the table will show 50 items a page by default, but you can increase this number if you want. With 50 items at a time, the stuttering issue seems to be resolved.

Note that the filters, sorting, etc are still applied to all of the items in the table at once; so across all of the pages - not only the 50 being shown. So for instance, if the e-reader with the largest screen is on page 4 when it loads, it'll still show up on top on page 1 if you sort by screen size.

Apart from all this, I've also been busy adding comparison tables on other subjects to the site. So if you like the comparison format of the site, then you might also be interested in some of the other tables. To name a few: cloud storage providers, JBL bluetooth speakers, and Breville Espresso machines. When it comes to mobile reading; I'll also be adding a comparison table for tablets soon.

Originally Posted by Gormagon

Praise to Guido for his work!

I noticed that the Huawei MatePad Paper from 2022 is missing.

Thanks for the praise! I've made sure to add the Huawei MatePad Paper for you

Originally Posted by Gormagon

Since you also included some (reflective) LCD screens like the Hannspree HannsNote2 I wonder if you will include matte displays like TCL NXTPAPER, Huawei MatePad 11,5 S or Lenovo Tab P12 in future updates? Of course these are more tablets and or smartphones (TCL) than e-readers, but then the Hannspree HannsNote2 is also more a tablet than an e-reader.

It's a bit of a slippery slope to add tablets with a matte display to this table, I think. So far I've only added any devices to the table that don't require a backlight to create a visible image. I'll be adding the NxtPaper devices to the table with tablets for sure though, and I'll make sure to add a column for 'screen finish' to it, so you'll be able to filter the table on either matte or glossy screens.
A thing I could also look into, is the possibility to add cross-category (e-reader vs tablet) side-by-side comparisons to the site somewhere, to make it possible to compare devices from the e-reader table to devices in the upcoming 'tablet' table. But this will require a bit more coding.

By the way, I just purchased a NxtPaper 11 myself!

Originally Posted by Frogm4n

I only clicked the Display size header once to sort from small to large. Here's a screenshot that I just took.

Huh. I think it's actually the HiSense A6L that's somehow breaking up the sorting function, as it doesn't have a straight number in this column (since it has two screens). Will think of how to best fix that. Will let you know if I've figured out a fix!

[Renate]

Onyx Go6 is Android 11.
https://shop.boox.com/products/go6
Also, my device shows 11.

[Guido]

Originally Posted by Renate

Onyx Go6 is Android 11.
https://shop.boox.com/products/go6
Also, my device shows 11.

Thanks, fixed!

Since my last post here, I've added the new Kindles to the table (and a size comparison here), as well as the newly released Boox devices (Note Air 4 C and Palma 2; still waiting on the full specs on the Note Max).

[bluepeter]

Originally Posted by rcentros

Also, it's kind of an asterisk type note, but at some point the Kobo Mini went from VizPlex screens to Pearl screens and (apparently at the same time) they started using 4 GB SD Cards instead of 2 GB ones (although they only used 2 GBs of that 4 GB SD Card).

No, it wasn't at the same time. I have a Mini with a Pearl screen, but the SD card was only 2GB (it's 32GB now).

The switch to Pearl screens must therefore have happened before the change to 4GB SD cards. That configuration might only have been made for a short period, but it was certainly produced. Unfortunately, I can't say when it was made because I bought mine secondhand (in May 2014, so it must have been before that).

[miquele]

hi, would if be possible for you to please include colour and pixel density into the filter of your awesome comparison? many thanks!

[crimson]

Great tool! I'd love to have the option to filter by internal storage.

[pypeke]

Thank you, Guido. You saved me a ton of time. I needed to find an eReader that was a specific size AND that was a newer model.


Have you thought about adding a column for "recessed or flush screen"

[Guido]

Originally Posted by miquele

hi, would if be possible for you to please include colour and pixel density into the filter of your awesome comparison? many thanks!

Hi, there's already a 'Color display' filter available for you to use! I'll look into adding one for pixel density. For now, you can already sort the pixel density column if you want to sort it from high to low, which might help you to easily identify the best (highest PPI) options.

Originally Posted by crimson

Great tool! I'd love to have the option to filter by internal storage.

Thanks! I've tried adding a filter option for internal storage, but it's giving me issues that I need to sort out. For instance, if I add a filter option for '4 GB', selecting that option will also show e-readers with '64 GB' as that text also contains '4 GB'. I've tried fixing that by making it look for exact matches only, but that's not working correctly either, as some e-readers for instance have both a 4 GB and 8 GB option available; both of which are listed in the same cell. So in that case, looking for '4 GB' as an exact match will not show that e-reader either, even though it's available with 4 GB. But I'll look further into fixing this.

Originally Posted by pypeke

Thank you, Guido. You saved me a ton of time. I needed to find an eReader that was a specific size AND that was a newer model.

You're welcome! Glad it helped you out

Originally Posted by pypeke

Have you thought about adding a column for "recessed or flush screen"

Yes! I've had multiple other people request this, too. I just went ahead and spent a few hours to add this data for all 200+ e-readers, both to the main e-reader comparison table as well as for all of the brand-specific ones (Kindle, Kobo, Boox, etc).

Also, I've added a two new models to the tables since my last post here: the Bigme B1051C and the Penstar eNote.

I've also found a few more e-readers to add soon; those by Woxter and SPC Dickens - both seem to be prominent in Spain and are also available in a few other European countries.

There are also a few more old (and discontinued) models by PocketBook and Boox I could still add, and I might actually add the (long discontinued) Sony e-readers to the table as well, if there's any interest.

[Frogm4n]

Thanks again, for continually adding to and tweaking this tool. It's been very handy to do comparisons!