Jason SnellMay 24, 2024

I finally posted my review of the Kobo Libra Colour. It might be my favorite e-reader being sold at the moment--but it's a rough time for e-readers. It's $40 more expensive than the Libra 2, the screen's dimmer and offers less contrast, and the color adds very little to the experience. 🙃

https://sixcolors.com/post/2024/05/kobo-libra-colour-review-color-but-at-what-cost/

Kobo Libra Colour Review: Color, but at what cost?

All my computing devices, save one, have color displays. The last time I regularly used a computer without a color display was probably in the mid-1990s. The only exception is my e-reader, which&#8…

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Show threadNic Goodman

@jsnell I’m very late to the e-reader game and am just in love with my Kindle Paperwhite Signature but I’ve been super curious about color e-ink screens so thank you for this!

Very curious to see your take on this crazy thing: https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/23/24163225/daylight-dc1-tablet-livepaper

Daylight DC1: a new tablet with a better screen and no blue backlight

Daylight Computer is claiming to have invented a new kind of display, which it calls LivePaper, and has built a new tablet that it says will help reset our relationship with tech.

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May 25, 2024 at 12:02amIvory for iOS
Show threadJason SnellMay 25, 2024
@monkeyclaw it's not an e-reader, really, it's an e-ink-like tablet? I’m not interested in it.
Show threadNic GoodmanMay 25, 2024
@jsnell yea I mean I’m really just interested in the display tech, is it as good as traditional e-ink, better because of the higher frame rate or worse because of other tradeoffs? The rest of the whole sell is meh, whatever it’s an android tablet but the display fascinates me.
Show threadJason SnellMay 25, 2024
@monkeyclaw I think it's literally just a coating and a weird backlight.
Show threadNic GoodmanMay 25, 2024
@jsnell well that’s sad haha
Show threadJason SnellMay 25, 2024
@monkeyclaw feels like it's probably a lot like the TCL NXTPAPER, it's a "fake" e-ink display that's really just an Android tablet. more about why I don't want to go down that path: https://sixcolors.com/post/2024/01/two-e-readers-that-made-me-reconsider-why-i-use-e-readers/
Two e-readers that made me reconsider why I use e-readers

Left to right: Boox Page, TCL NXTPAPER 11, Kobo Libra 2. I’ve been writing about e-readers–Kindles, Kobos, and the like–since the first month of this site’s existence. I wri…

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Show threadNic GoodmanMay 25, 2024
@jsnell hah I just remembered that post and you’re probably right. Still interesting if it’s not that but more likely than not it’s not some huge advancement in the field.