Monday, April 13, 2015

Kobo Glo HD: comparison with Aura H2O and Kindle Voyage | Video – HDblog (Blog)

Kobo Glo is the HD screen ebook reader with more defined market (along with Kindle Voyage) but its diagonal 6 inches does not make it suitable for all content. Readers so compact (and here, in particular, there is a frame smaller than the others) tend to have problems with PDF , or because they are often formatted pages for larger (perhaps in A4) or because the management software is not designed to handle smoothly zoom, text reflow and adaptation of the images.

Kobo Glo HD vs Kobo Aura H2O

They serve eReader for PDFs larger: the ideal is to have a (expensive) but also the same 9.7-inch Kobo Aura H2O diagonal 6.8 inches is a good starting point. In this regard, GoodReader has compared the new Kobo Glo HD with Aura H2O and has shown in comparative video found to follow the differences in the management of their own UI with PDFs. The capacitive touch of the new model is more responsive and accurate touch infrared of H2O, and this allows you to bypass the limits of the diagonal.

Also note how the panel E-Ink Paper of the two players has almost the same shade of white, such as a copy of the other looks – a consideration that we can also regard the UI and reading options (including formatting). Changing aesthetic details, design, finishing back, the presence of the microSD reader of H2O and the precautions taken to make it waterproof.

We can say that Aura H2O remains the top range Kobo line, while Glo HD can achieve in terms of functionality but with a price less than 50 € .

Kobo Glo HD vs Kindle Voyage

And what about Kindle Voyage, the top-of-range Amazon came out six months ago (but distributed with the dropper) and identical pixel density and density of the screen? Remains higher Kobo Glo HD in certain technical aspects ( sensor for brightness , vibration, change page on additional frame, display flush) but its PDF handling is not better. Video comparison of GoodReader trafficking from minute 8:15. Interestingly, the screen seems to Glo HD whiter Voyage , less yellow, with less deep blacks and a shade cooler overall.

The two players are very different in terms interface, user experience, usability and content management (cloud or local). The ebook reader Amazon proposes a more simple and straightforward, with few menus and no digression. Kobo does more things , format text as we want, and has extras such as integration with Pocket.

Amazon store more vast , purchasing management made directly from the player is much better than the Kobo, who in turn responded with support for multiple formats and libraries. Kobo Glo HD will be available in Italy from June 1 to 129 Euros. On Kindle Voyage there is no information.

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