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Shifting Opinion About Libra Colour Screen
When I received my Libra Colour, I asked for a return several hours later. I disliked the darker grey and grainy screen.
However, while waiting for the shipping label, I have been spending a bit more time with it. I am kind of warming up to a more grey (natural) background as opposed to a more bluish background on my Kobo Forma. Has anyone else warmed up to the darker screen on Libra Colour? It kind of reads nice compared to a more white-bluish background of other e-readers. |
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I've liked it since opening it. But I have a NA3C so was already prepared for dimmer screen. The colors pop more on the Libra Colour than they do on the NA3C fyi
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I will try not to compare it to my Kindle Paperwhite. I will use it a couple of days, learn to like it, before any comparison. I hope I will.
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Concur, Robertpolson, on the brightness of the Libra Color screen. I have found that the Libra Color needs to be at least 50 % brightness to be as bright as my Libra 2 at 30%. I can live with it, but noticed that the battery only last about 4 hours of continuous reading, vice 7 hours on the Libra 2.
I do miss having Caecilica font. I am not sure how to download/transfer it. |
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I'm still getting used to reading with the front light all the way on when I read outside. But I am starting to get used to the way the screen looks in bright light. As long as I don't compare it to my Libra 2 directly, I'm happy with it.
On the other hand, reading inside is great! Since I do most of my reading when I get home from work/before bed, I think it's going to work out quite well for me. I love seeing my covers in color now ![]() |
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It depends greatly on the ambient light. Usually, when I matched the brightness of L2 and LC (to my sight), the LC was between 5 and 10% brighter. I was very surprised last night, when in complete darkness with Natural light about haflway, (and matched as closely as I could between the two), the LC brightness was 15% vs 17% on the L2. But as you increase ambient light, the LC needs more and more supplemental light to keep up, until you hit 100% and then it still looks too dark in sunlit environment, (wheras the L2 practically glows with light completely off.)
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The Libra Colour uses the same Kaleido 3 technology as my Onyx Boox Tab Mini C. I'm curious to see how Kobo's use of Kaleido 3 compares with Onyx's.
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Out of the box, my Libra Colour was set at 80% (Which I think is too much for inside.) The best way I found is to set it back to zero for a bit, and start to slowly go up. I got it at 50%. I could dim it, but I like it this way. |
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That's the problem with most people's statements about ereaders. They are very subjective. For instance, I tend to notice font issues while one friend of mind could read Comic Sans without really noticing anything about the font.
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There are two conflicting reviews about the Pocketbook Era and the Libra 2 in the Pocketbook section. One poster says the Libra has a better screen and is more responsive, another says it's the opposite. Which of them is right, then, or can there really be that much difference between individual units? |
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