Ebook readers are not as popular as tablets, and smartphones, is called. niche, but having his strongest supporters. This is not surprising, because even cheap e-book reader for a little over 250 zł for convenient reading and collecting thousands of electronic editions that you can wear literally in your pocket. Of course, the tests could not miss the latest Amazon Kindle reader Voyage, which premiered at the end of 2014 years. Ran for Kindle Classic, which is no longer produced. In our tests, readers will find it with waterproof housings and it’s not the end of the news.
All readers participating in the trials are equipped with E Ink screens. These types of displays have been designed as the digital equivalent of the traditional paper. Even adopted the term digital ink, because the display of the image are used microcapsules with a diameter of a human hair. They contain suspended in a transparent liquid white and black particles charged with opposite electric charges. Particles subjected to the influence of electromagnetic fields move up or down. Thanks capsule changes from white to black and formed the electronic equivalent of a drop of ink. The E Ink screen image is changed only when viewing the new element and does not turn off when you turn off the current. These types of displays do not bombard our brain or eyes as ordinary TFT displays, which typically operate at 60 Hz.
The display on the screens of E Ink which the image is clearly visible in the sun, but at night you will see very little on it. Manufacturers solved this problem by installing additional lighting, the reader screens. Until recently, this functionality was the domain of the most expensive models, now has them most devices, even in the medium price range. E Ink screen with backlighting is also not easy on the eyes. It’s as if we were reading a book by the light is on.
An additional advantage of E Ink screen is minimal demand for electricity. Thanks to the reader, even with a relatively small battery with a capacity of 1300 mAh can work a few weeks. While the tablet after 2 – 3 days very intensive use must be recharged. In conclusion, if you like to read a lot, even a cheap reader with E Ink screen will be a good buy.
Amazon Kindle Voyage and other readers in the test – Control ebook reader
More and more readers allows you to control the device using the touch screen. Cheap models mostly have a simple touch of a positioning system using infrared LEDs (light beam intersection indicates the touch coordinates). Better quality of readers like. Voyage Kindle or PocketBook Ultra are equipped with capacitive screens touch system.
In practice, the effect of touch screens installed even in the most expensive reader is not as precise and quick as tablets or smartphones. While browsing the book a little longer to “charge” the following pages do not mind, but to navigate the menu options using the touch screen is sometimes frustrating. This is due to the way the digital paper work that needs up to 450 ms (E Ink Pearl) to refresh the image. Also processors readers do not belong to the fastest and therefore the system response to touch the reader is quite slow. Therefore, readers are a good option, with at least basic buttons to navigate through the pages of the book.
Amazon Kindle Voyage and other readers in tests – Kindle and the rest
We hope that, in accordance with the latest trends, Amazon will offer at least one reader with a slightly larger diagonal, but the manufacturer has been at the current size and most advanced Voyage and cheaper Kindle Touch (unfortunately we could not get it to tests) are equipped with a 6 inch screens. Amazon I worked for the resolution and quality of the digital paper and once again proved his reader in this respect the best. Kindle Voyage is up to 300 dpi, smooth, readable fonts and great quality digital ink and paper. He received 10/10 points in the evaluation of image quality.
However, competition is not sleeping and PocketBook, Onyx, Kobo have on offer readers that in many respects can compete with Amazon products, or are they successful alternative .
All readers besides Amazon models have built-in memory card readers and allow browsing of books stored in different formats, without the need to convert. Most of the readers is equipped with a 6 – inch screens, but almost every company has to offer at least one model with a larger screen. One of the best models with a slightly larger screen is Kobo Aura H2O , which has a 6.8-inch E Ink display Carta HD (1430 x 1080 pixels).
Kobo Aura H2O as Aqua PocketBook stand also waterproof housings, also resistant to dust. You can use them in the bath, on the beach, without fear that it will stop working after dipping. This functionality is not so far none of the Kindle reader.
Amazon Kindle and other readers Voyage tests – Cheap reader
We have not neglected or cheaper models, which are often chosen by people looking for cheap readers: Onyx Boox Classic , PocketBook Basic 2, Kiano Booky Light cost less than 300 zł.
Kiano Booky Light is one of the few readers up to 300 zł, which has a built-in backlight. Onyx Boox Classic in turn tempts more advanced E Ink Pearl display HD (1024 x 758 pixels). PocketBook Basic 2 (800 x 600 pixels, no backlight) seems to be of the three least attractive, but in our opinion it is the reader, because of the simple and hassle-free operation can be the best choice for people who never before did not benefit from the reader .
Readers Kindle and Kobo Aura Voyage H2O provided the shop www.kindle-24.pl
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