07-25-2019, 05:01 PM | #1 |
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Affordable 13.3" ?
I need a 13" e-reader for academic PDFs. There seems to only be a few of this size around (Onyx Boox Max, Sony, etc.) and they are all quite expensive.
My budget is around $500. I've looked high and low for something affordable in that size. Is there anything out there for my budget? |
07-25-2019, 05:51 PM | #2 |
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Drop the e ink requirement and get a chrome book or netbook. For less than half your budget.
Install blue light filter and reading mode apps. |
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Do the blue light filters and reading mode apps make a big difference? |
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I see that group buy is over now. I didn't even know onyx had group buys. When did they start doing that, and will they have more than one? |
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07-26-2019, 06:52 PM | #6 |
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Get AMOLED instead if you read academic papers. Eink is awful for academic papers due to a slower processor, slower screen and worse controls. AMOLED can have true blacks, and you can avoid eink completely once microLED comes out. This might be a good article for the philosophy of the larger eink reader, calling them blueprint readers. https://the-digital-reader.com/2016/03/30/99721/
You want an AMOLED screen. With the moonreader app, I am able to get true blacks (darker than eink) with white or red font for night reading. This is a compromise as its a higher resolution screen but only 10.5in for something like the tab S5e but entirely worth it for the easy searches, faster and better choices of applications, ease for reading at night if refresh rates don't bother your eyes, and how much dimmer it can get, and can be adjusted on the fly with the moonreader app (I really like it but theres lots of other good ones too). |
07-26-2019, 08:06 PM | #7 |
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Sony's 13.3" Digital Reader and Google's 12.3" Pixel Slate will be $599 between Sep-Dec. Just wait.
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07-29-2019, 11:00 AM | #8 |
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You could get a 9.7" and put the pdf in landscape and scroll. A lot cheaper. The Onyx software is very good so you could zoom easily too, though you wouldn't need to much on a 9.7 in landscape.
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Would you say AMOLED is better than the iPad Pro screen? I've heard good things about the newer iPads. Is moonreader better than any of the similar reader apps available for iOS? Last edited by Bookchin; 07-30-2019 at 02:49 AM. |
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not a problem in normal use i have a 2 year old samsung tablet with AMOLED - no issues at all ( except that samsung add a lot of bloatware that cannot be removed). but TBH, my newer tablets _ Lenovo, Huawei, which don't have amoled ,look just as good when streaming netflix video. the samsung also had a built in blue light filter and a built in reading mode option which you could toggle on/off on a per app basis. ( the latter was supposed to reduce eye strain by slowing down screen refresh ) . dunno if those features are AMOLED dependent though |
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