Which e-book to choose?

Andrew2012-10-27 00:09:58

Electronic books

Andrew, 2012-10-27 00:09:58

Until that moment, I was not at all interested in electronic books, whose acquaintances can be asked for zeros. I would like to purchase an e-book in the range of 100-200 USD. In addition to reading, I would like to watch a series or a movie once a day. But I don’t know if there will be a normal reader in this price range with video playback. And of course, one of the criteria is charging, I would like it to be enough for at least 4 hours.
What I have picked up at the moment:
1. No video:
PocketBook Pro 602-MW
PocketBook Basic 613 New
PocketBook Pro 612
Amazon Kindle (2012 )
2. From the video:
PocketBook IQ 701
PocketBook IQ 701-DB

these 2 were very surprised by their great functionality and such a small price:
Wexler .BOOK T7008
Wexler .Book T7007

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sumnix, 2012-10-27
@sumnix

You have to read on the reading room (here for me is only the Kindle), other books are more addictive than modern cinema. And there are tablets for video (from the Middle Kingdom or from behind the nexus / fire / nook hillock).

eydemidov, 2012-10-27
@eydemidov

Video? An e-book? Are you sure you don't need a tablet?
The main advantage of a normal e-book is the E-ink screen, which looks like paper, and which consumes energy when the screen is updated (updates are usually page turning, so they often indicate the charge life in pages), they hold a charge for a very long time. They are mostly monochrome, and so far have a noticeable screen redraw time, so you can’t look at them normally. Of the minuses - the inability to read in the dark. The problem is partially solved by accessories-flashlights, or screen backlight. The latter, as far as I know, is only implemented in the Amazon Kindle Paperwhite and Barnes & Noble Nook Simple Touch GlowLight so far .
Those under-tablets on TFT, which are maliciously called "e-books" - some kind of vague crap, it's better to buy a Chinese tablet with Android 4.0 for the same price instead.
At the moment I myself am the owner of SONY PRS-T1, I ordered it on eBay, it's rutted. Good stuff, I like it. Ruth is not even superfluous, despite the "reader for books." I don’t plan the next one yet, I’m waiting, maybe good models will appear, with backlight, 9-10". Ideally, they would also be colored and with the possibility of rooting, but I don’t have to rely on this much, unfortunately.

AGvin, 2012-10-27
@AGvin

Recently, I picked up a meal for myself. book. The choice fell on PocketBook Basic 613 New . This book is convenient, and supports a lot of formats.
I would like to clarify that in it the battery usage is characterized by the number of pages viewed (8000), and not in hours.
In your place, for reading books, I would take this device.

Sild, 2012-10-27
@Sild

PocketBook Pro 612
Mom is the happy owner of this device (given at work for her birthday) - happy to the point of madness. She is not a technology person, but she is not very fond of technology. I used it when I went to the sea on vacation - it lasts for about a week (reading for 3-4 hours a day), the text is clearly visible, it does not slow down (except for redrawing, but that is the fate of inkwells).
So I recommend this option, unfortunately I did not touch the others

rusmikev, 2012-10-27
@rusmikev

market.yandex.by/model.xml?modelid=7915866&hid=2417247&suggest=1
602/612 is the previous generation.
IMHO the price difference is justified.
Owner of PB602 and rutted SONY RRS-T1.
Turned in the hands of touch - in the case of a kirdyk, one of mine will be my next reader.

meDveD_spb, 2012-10-27
@meDveD_spb

Nook/Kindle. The choice is not great.

RMV1983, 2012-10-28
@RMV1983

You need to prioritize usage, I see the following options:
1. Two devices: one for reading only e-ink 5'-7'?, the other for movies and surfing ... tablet 10'? netbook?
+ Specialization
+ Ease of reading (in the first place - autonomy, but "comfort for the eyes" is a very subjective thing)
- Two devices, a lot to carry.
If you plan to use it only in one place, it’s fine, but not so much when traveling.
2. Tablet 8-10 '(Size - a separate issue)
+ One device, the usual responsive interface
+ Downloaded and you can immediately read, tired - you can watch a movie or something;
+ Ease of reading .pdf and .djvu
- Autonomy of work
- Requires getting used to the eyes (not e-ink), setting comfortable colors and minimum brightness (not all tablets allow this to be done using standard tools)
3. “Hybrid” ...
In my opinion, a very dubious option, it’s already been written here. There is neither the comfort of e-ink nor the freedom of a tablet. At one time I was interested in such "mutants" - but I regularly came across not very flattering reviews. They have all the disadvantages of a tablet and an e-ink reader, and of the pluses, only normal reading of .pdf (and even then in many models, only after flashing), and reading in the dark without a flashlight. Movies are not comfortable to watch.
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In general, you can read from anything - it's a matter of habit. I’ve been reading from a laptop (80386) from under MS-DOS and from a CASIO PV-S450 notebook (there were two AA batteries and the charge lasted from a month to two, with frequent use, there was even a backlight!), from a desktop computer from a distance, from various communicators, from a phone, from a netbook, from an e-book (Digma e500), from a tablet (a little) ... if you haven't forgotten anything ...
So, you can read from everything! But any of these options take some getting used to! Everyone has their flaws!
So, an e-book with e-ink (judging by my own) does not have normal backlighting and comfortable reading requires almost the same lighting as reading a regular book. In addition, any e-book with e-ink has some "brakes" due to the speed of screen rendering. Someone has more, someone has less, but they are definitely more than on the screen of a tablet or laptop. At first, this can be annoying.
Again, when choosing email. books (including by size) - important: what you are going to read. If the documentation (.pdf or .djvu), then you need to take more and carefully look at the reviews ... For .fb2 or .txt, 5' is enough (but the pictures will look small).
For reading from other devices, colors and brightness are very important, so if you are not reading from e-ink, then the background should not be pure white and the letters pure black. Although, I myself on small devices prefer a dark background with slightly yellowish letters. Can be bluish or any other shade. You need to adjust the font so as not to strain your eyes ... But this is all very individual.
Since, there is an experience of using only one e-book, I have no opportunity to recommend any of the proposed ones. Moreover, my information is a little outdated, but I don’t think that something has changed so radically.
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Decide: in what conditions do you like/want to read.
If it is important for you to watch movies or comfortable reading (with search, fast scrolling, etc.) .pdf, or the ability to quickly download and conveniently view documentation, you want to use a dictionary often (the key word here is often, where interface speed is important, in principle e-books also have dictionaries and they are almost convenient), or maybe you are used to reading in the dark / dim lighting and backlight is important to you - then take a tablet and do not suffer.
If you like to sit with a book or prefer reading a book during the day, in the sun (where the LCD screen fades, in the summer on the beach, for example), or maybe you often and for a long time on the road (the autonomy of e-books is much higher) or you are not used to read from the screen (e-books are more like ordinary books than tablets in terms of consumer properties), then your choice is an e-book with an e-ink display.
Only after that, in my opinion, you can start choosing a specific model.

pletinsky, 2012-10-27
@pletinsky

In general, you mixed two completely different types of readers into a bunch. With electronic ink and tiefti screen.
The first ones are ideal for reading - their contrast is close to a real book and the battery lasts for a month (!).
The second are under-tablets for a budget price. It is still theoretically possible to watch videos on them - but it is not recommended to read books on such books - it is not particularly good for the eyes. Suitable for surfing the Internet for example.
If you read books and watch movies, you better do it on different devices at the moment.
From readers with electronic ink, I recommend Amazon Kindle. Although the scenario for their use is not quite usual - books are not transferred there via cable, but via the Internet with automatic conversion to the desired format and saved in the Amazon cloud storage (although there is a special program that transfers via cable with conversion).
But these are great readers in absolutely all respects, including the price + they have the best warranty conditions (including returns in case of a cracked screen).

ks_ks, 2012-10-30
@ks_ks

I use PocketBook IQ 701 - a cool thing, if you reflash, make a root and clean out everything superfluous from there.
Plows pretty fast, for their money. Reads any formats you want,
because. On Android, you can put a lot of things.
The only thing is, don't count too much on the video.
Well, a nice bonus - I can lie around for a week,
just with the screen turned off, and the charge will remain almost full. :)
You won't see anything in the sun. But when riding the subway,
even in the brightest cars, it is easy to turn it into a readable position.