Amazon Kindle - amazon.com/Amazon-Kindle-Ereader-Family/b?node=6669702011 >6" $99 >4/8/32GB with no storage expansion possible >large and cheaper book selection >most models don't have expandable storage >worse support of sideloaded content, does not support PDFs well >older models can be found dirt cheap used
Likebook Mars - likebook.aliexpress.com/ >comes in 6" $120, 7.8" $220, 10" $440 screen sizes at 300 ppi >Android 6.0 with a custom UI >octa-core CPU and 2 GB of RAM >microSD card, 3.5mm headphone jack for audiobooks >can easily sideload apps via .apk >comfy reader for manga books, Jow Forums browsing using Clover/Firefox+4chanX
Any recommendations on what the best reader to buy is if I want to flash KOReader?
Anthony Rogers
Not the same but related: do e-ink monitors/screens for regular computers exist? Are they all either too fucking small or too fucking expensive still or did the chinks make magic happen?
I’d like this but I cant find something that connects to a network drive and can sync pdf edits so i can view them in another pc. Closest thing is a surface pro
Cooper Smith
>there are now LCDs in development that can keep the image when voltage is off
LCD confirmed for zombie, it won't die ever.
Adrian Hall
how doee colored doujin looks on e-ink?
Hudson Watson
e-ink is still pretty niche and has latency/refresh rate problems that limit its usefulness as far as I'm aware. it's only really good for sequentially viewed static pages of black and white text anyway. I remember seeing an asian company taking corporate inquiries into large e-ink display prototype products a while ago, but nothing consumer oriented.
Michael Ramirez
Anyone else feel like they would be fine with buying ebooks if they weren't DRMed and locked to whatever ecosystem you bought them on?
Samuel Parker
>4-bit greyscale bad, unless you want to manually adjust the channels in each file ahead of time stick to black and white
Jacob Gray
At this point its worth buying a book scanner and keep it in the garage and buy/return physical books on amazon.
Liam Morris
I want one as a dedicated terminal monitor while I do everything else on the other monitor. I know they already exist but they're stupid expensive. Maybe now that the patent's up, more reasonable options will show themselves.
Tyler Perez
I've been using a kindle for the past 4 years. Just bought a remarkable. Bit steep price but seems promising. Very large screen to most others. The pen stuff is decent enough although i mostly use it for reading.
It comes with root access and is very easy to connect to. Havent gotten around to actually altering stuff in there, but it was obviously some *nix flavor.
>>there are now LCDs in development that can keep the image when voltage is off >burn in as a feature The real trick is seeing if the image will change again when you power it back up.
Eli Johnson
That's why I download copies of all my Kindle books to my PC and crack them in Calibre.
John Rodriguez
>The real trick is seeing if the image will change again when you power it back up. >what is nvm?
Ayden White
>LCD >burn in
?
David Barnes
I have not experimented with other readers, but I can confirm recent kobos are piss easy to flash on.
Camden James
I know that you can but you shouldn't have to.
Michael Morgan
How is it for manga?
Mason Reed
Will kobo present a new model soon with these specs >7" >sd expandable
What is my best choice for an eReader with that specs plus comfort light and decent cpu to handle comics (cbr/cbz)?
Cameron Sullivan
Looking to replace a broken screen for my SONY PRS-600. Any tips on where to get it from?
That is gen4 though. I give it to my mum when I got a kobo glo hd. Still rocking.
Dominic Kelly
>buy kindle >dont register and wifi >turn on airplane mode >pirate books and convert them to azw3 or KFX for more font options. >put all your converted books in the kindle >read all your books for free For the best kindle experience.
Elijah Butler
Is this the best e-reader for doujins?
Robert Hall
Whats is the best and most cheap e-reader to read pirated pdfs?
It runs Android, so just grab the ComicScreen app and it will read anything. About as good as my Paperwhite. But they cut corners on the USB cable, which never worked.
>"readed" What is this? Is the chinese botnet obvious? If I get one of these, either I will keep it air gapped I guess or monitor the internet connections and see what it's connecting to. Are they flashable?
Luis Wilson
Is the oasis a worthwhile upgrade from the paperwhite? Anyone here have or had both?
Ryan James
Chinese botnet is just a meme; doesn't look like anyone's flashed/rooted them
Dylan Thomas
you can just not connect it to wifi. it has no internal 3G modem.
Brandon Wilson
I've looked into this and unfortunately there isn't anything good out there. There is only a 13 inch one made by a Chinese company. It blows and they don't make it anymore.
Amazon has the last generation Kindle Oasis for 239. Is it worth the 40 more from the Likebook Mars?
yeah, that's what I meant by air gapped. But as the previous user said it's just a meme. Maybe I'm a bit too paranoid, but the supermicro scare was pretty real
Josiah King
>Kindle Oasis It's an inch smaller so I guess it depends on if you want to read underwater
Luis Gonzalez
are there any of these damn things that are essentially a mass storage device with an eink display? I'd like one that doesn't have WiFi/cell service, doesn't require any bullshit software to install, and reads epubs. hook that thing up with a USB cable (via Linux obviously), copy my books, and get on with my life.
bonus points for redshifted backlight, expandable storage, possibility of running an open os, and generally being water resistant.
inb4 openinkpot. project is dead and the ereaders that it supported are a pain in the ass to acquire for burgers.
it's an ereader, unless you're actually in china then the chinese gubment doesn't give a shit what subversive materials you read
Logan Sanders
Is there any firmware/software for Kindle Paperwhite (any model for the sake of post) that can reduce the screen's blue light / eye strain?
Jaxson Stewart
kek I guess the waterproofing doesn't hurt if I go to humid areas. but the inch is a pretty big compromise true, but I don't trust them any more
Jace King
Is e-ink really worth it vs getting a tablet?
Jack Murphy
the advantage of a tablet is you can easily sideload books and also "check out" books from your local library using the override app
Julian Bennett
Is $16 a good deal for a first gen kindle?
Henry Peterson
I don't know of any dedicated e-Ink screens now but there are several 13" ereaders that also work as screens
Ayden Foster
Fags
Xavier Carter
You can do that with Android ereaders. A big reason I went with Android was that some of my textbooks are available as free apps in comparison to paying $70 for a PDF or $200 for the book itself
Colton Ramirez
Bezos has artificially gimped the Kindle because everything is designed to funnel you back to the Amazon store. Android is the future if there is a future.
Lincoln Powell
Saying the kindle doesn't support PDFs well is an understatement Saying that using a kindle to view PDFs is absolute ass cancer that will make you want to kill yourself as you wait 10 seconds for a page to load so God forbid if you want to jump around a reference PDF is far more accurate.
Chase Wright
I've been waiting since 2014 for this e-reader shit to get good but it doesn't seem to be happening. It's like there's an non-acquirable trinity of cost, size, and a non-gimped ecosystem where you can only get two out of the three parts.
Ryder Carter
Any thoughts on the Kobo Clara?
Jose Walker
user, does the Likebook ever get updates? Since it's running android 6, it seems outdated
Andrew Wood
Yes, but they tend to be for Likebook-specific things like screen refresh/contrast settings or the reader apps
Luke Ramirez
Anything related to security? Does it get any backported patches?
Aiden Stewart
Not him, but I doubt it does. Although most people will probably only ever use the wifi when at home to access wikipedia or the like, and if you're concerned you can just turn off wifi
Adrian Rivera
Yeah, that's what I was thinking. I would have loved to use it to torrent things on, but it's not worth the risk
Charles Parker
There's really no way to know exactly how much they're patching unless you ask them, from what I can see ... probably not a huge concern for Oriental comic book torrents
Connor Robinson
pretty accurate i thought the Pocketbook Touch HD 3 would be godlike, but while it has all the features i want (for example physical buttons, water resistance, extreme battery life and folderview) the screen is worse compared to my old Kobo Glo HD (pic related). Why is it so hard to built the perfect ereader ffs? The touch hd 3 was so close..how can they make the screen worse than on a 4 years old device? the specs of the screen are the same, but the touch hd 3 simply lacks contrast (background not white enough, text not black enough)
This sounds interesting. Can you recommend a good book scanner for A4 and smaller? I've been looking at the Iris Scan Book 5.
Andrew Evans
whats a good device to read colored manga on?
Lincoln Martin
Bump
Leo Richardson
I use a 8" Xiaomi Mi Pad 4 with a matte display protection film. Even if it isn't 100% paper like it's quite comfy to read on it, especially textbooks as they can be displayed in full colors and detail. The battery of this thing is ridiculous, if used purely for reading it can reach 20 screen hours but only around 10-12 if you add shitposting in.
i have the original b&n nook since it came out, replaced the batteries once two years ago, still going strong. get a used one. its kind of annoyingly slow in the user menus but once you open a book that doesn't matter anymore until you finish it.
Josiah Morales
Is there an offline ereader which I can just hook up to my computer to load my pdfs/epubs and not worry about botnet and drmshit?
If you are not reading mangos, yes. Just keep in mind that it'll be a little slow and the device doesn't have backlight
Ian Hughes
I wanted to give an update on the Pocketbook Touch HD 3. I tried a few things today and I thin I found an easy way for me to get around the lowcontrast: Just using a bold font makes it much more readable. I dont even know if other people would have this issue but I have to say that I suffer from higher order aberrations since I had Lasik eye surgery 3 years ago (search for "Lasik pupil size optical zone" to learn more), so my vision lacks contrast in general since 3 years and the PocketBook screen is only acceptable for me if I use bold fonts. Everything else about this device is extremely nice. Folder navigation works like a charm (no botnet needed), its a lot faster than the Kobo Glo HD and its lighter and thinner while having a better battery life.
Still using my Kindle Keyboard because I have very few fucks to give. Some of the buttons are starting to get a bit mushy, though.
Joseph Morris
Looks fine to me in your pic. Are you sure you're not just being a pussy?
Samuel Davis
Or you could just buy a kobo or virtually anything else and not have to go through the hassle of converting shit.
Gavin Miller
Maybe you should check your eyes. (Kinda ironic for me to say that with my fucked up post-Lasik vision) Pic related is Kobo background vs Pocketbook background. Significant difference. Same for the darkness of the text.
Honestly, Calibre makes converting most shit totally painless and mostly effortless. It's also handy to manage your "library of ill repute" if you catch my meaning, conversions or not.
Ah, I guess I just don't give a shit about minor differences.
Blake Lopez
Anyone have any experience with using Tachiyomi as their manga reader/getter with a Likebook Mars? I can't imagine there's any issues, but most users seem to be downloading manga from another source and using Moon+ or whatever to read.
Robert Harris
IIRC in a thread a long time ago I read that you have to download the chapters you want beforehand because waiting for each individual page to load was numbness inducing or some shit. Can't remember if it was just that user's connection or just the way the likebook handled such things.
I've always been a bit tentative downloading chapter after chapter on tachiyomi, depending on the source, as I can recall some of those sites banning specific IP's permanently if it detects such and such traffic or whatever.
Getting from some other source of your choice and just using whatever viewer does seem to be the best way to use the likebook.
Anthony Morris
Damn that's unfortunate, I'll try it when I get my likebook but I'll keep my expectations low. It's not too big of a loss since I can still use it to keep up with ongoings on my phone but having to track-down downloads for non-licensed manga is going to be a pain.
Luke Cooper
>It's not too big of a loss That's the way I'd look at it. Transferring my chinois comics onto my kobo, sorting them into shelves etc., etc., is fucking boring me to tears. I just use a tablet instead. But if my e-reader just used android, well, that'd make sorting shit easier.
Colton Allen
With ebook readers do you gradually get into the more expensive ones or is it one big leap? I want one but all I can afford are kindles, id love to read manga on one of these instead of my nexus 7 where white and blue blind me.
Get the Oasis 2017, it has all the manga features from the japanese paperwhite, plus 32 gb and page turning is super quick.
Aaron Green
Will you recommend buy the new oasis or should I wait for a new kobo? I want to use the eReader for reading comics other than books and need a large screen. Also, I want it to be pretty fast at handling pdfs, but don't want any android eReader.
Adrian Phillips
It runs fine and downloads chapters fine. I prefer ComicScreen just because it handles split pages better.