Thank you for another excellent tour and review. As a long-time Kindle user, I only bought the Libra Colour because Amazon doesn’t support Libby in Canada. I have been surprised by how much better the Kobo UI and hardware is. Kobo’s Kaleido is brighter and better than the Boox NA3C I returned last year, and the battery life is much better as well. The magnetic pen storage is excellent with the new notebook case, the power and page buttons are excellent, and the active stylus rarely needs charging. I’m not an artist, so the lack of pen tilt isn’t a big shortcoming to me. My Paperwhite Signature and Scribe are now languishing in a drawer, and I am waiting desperately for an equally improved Ellpsa v3, which could be my magic bullet in a 10” e-ink tablet.

🙋‍♂Hi Jeffrey! So well explained, you clearly deserve more "Subscribers". Always extremely pleased with your content.👍 Kudos from NYC.🗽

Thank you so much for this video. I got so many information out of it before deciding to make the purchase.

"The Vorkosigan Saga" the best science fiction series ever.

@jeffreymoss

12 күн бұрын

I got really tired of reading novels that I didn't end up liking, so I decided just to read Nebula award winning books. Once I'm done with those, I'll start on the nominees that didn't win. That should keep me busy with good books for quite a while.

@petermoore9504

12 күн бұрын

@@jeffreymoss I've read thousands of sci-fi books The Vorkosigan Saga is at the top of my favorites. The Warriors Apprentice is the best place to start if you like Falling Free. Cheers

Great video!! Do you think the darker background when the light is turned off reduces the ability to read well? I feel like a good contrast is really helpful and easier on the eyes so I’m worried that this would be a big setback from my current Kobo Clara 2e 🤔

@jeffreymoss

6 күн бұрын

It really depends on your lighting situation. For example, outdoors during the daytime, you'd never need the front lighting. Indoors, it will depend on how close to the light source you are. Close enough, you won't need front lighting there either. But most indoor situations, at least in my experience, don't have great light. In those cases, you would need some front lighting, but probably can live with half power or thereabouts. Hope that helps.

@lenasophie5455

4 күн бұрын

Thank you for your response! Definitely helped 😊 I think I’ll check it out in person in store before purchasing it, just to be safe 😅

Thanks for your thorough review! I didn't quite catch why you compared B&W Kobo with color BigMe device instead of comparing Kobos together. I believe it would be better to compare 2 devices with the same UI.

@jeffreymoss

12 күн бұрын

Yeah, I can see that. My thought process was that the Libra Color used a Kaleido 3 screen and the Bigme also uses the Kaleido 3 screen, so the Bigme could act as a proxy in a sense. That allowed me to compare three devices that were more of less the same size. In theory, this should be fine as the screens themselves are from Eink and are not expected to differ (although, as we saw, front lighting can vary, and that comes from Eink as well).

Hello Jeffrey , Thanks for the video. Is the Bigme monitor review complete?

@jeffreymoss

13 күн бұрын

Yep. I did two videos, one for the monitor, and one for the all-in-one PC. Here they are: kzread.info/dash/bejne/h2aT17aqlM-ymKQ.html kzread.info/dash/bejne/qWaXs9Fyd6bYhrA.html

The grain effect is very different depending on how close you hold your device when reading, if you hold it close up then it's much more notable than if you read at arm's length where it's fine. Also, the Moire effect should be touched on for anyone interested in manga: rainbow banding is VERY visible, particularly anywhere where there is a crosshatching effect. And it's not particularly pleasant on the eyes, I'd honestly rate it as a far bigger problem than the grain if you read greyscale/BW content like manga.

Thanks for an excellent and credible review! I use the 1st gen. Kobo Libra H2O and love the Overdrive integration you praised. Can you explain why Overdrive interfaces with only one library whereas Libby can support multiple libraries simultaneously? (I use Libby on my cell.) Primarily, I'm a reader & less note taker but am tempted/intrigued by the KLC even though I have few complaints re my gen.1 device.

@jeffreymoss

17 сағат бұрын

That's an interesting question, I'm not sure. I assumed that they assumed that each person would belong to one library system based on where they lived and that was enough. But since Libby has that feature, that does seem like an odd limitation.

@michael-mvtd

16 сағат бұрын

@@jeffreymoss I use two libraries myself but lots of people use more than this. For instance, students might access at least their university and public libraries. I wish there were a means to influence Kobo and/or Overdrive. Edit: I checked the Overdrive help section and that app *does* allow for multiple libraries so I guess the issue is with Kobo's implementation of Overdrive with their software.

Thanks for the indepth review. I have had my KLC for about 5 days now, and overall I am very happy with it. I am not focusing on the note-taking at all, but I really like to be able to annotate and highlight my ebooks in colour. Are there other products out there that may compete with this? Sure! But I am not suffering from buyer's remorse yet, and I also know that in a few years the low resolution on colour (150 ppi) that this device has will look very dated. That's fine in my book, I am happy to be on this Kobo wagon for now, and then we will see what my next upgrade will be in 4-5 years. For context: My former ebook reader was the PocketBook Touch Lux 4 which has been very faithful, but very slow when it comes to adding notes/highlights.

@jeffreymoss

12 күн бұрын

Yeah, it's exciting to see new products come out, but these devices can last five years and still be relevant. Enjoy!

Very comprehensive. If this was a Kindle I would buy it immediately to replace my Kindle Oasis.

@NorseLax07

10 күн бұрын

As a long time Kindle user, I was hesitant to make the switch. Honestly I like it so much better than any kindle device I’ve owned.

@loveycricut

9 күн бұрын

Same. I'd love a high end kindle in the Oasis size. My oasis is rather old and has a diminishing battery

Do you think Boox is going to come out with a entry level color reader with note taking? Maybe a notes version of the tab mini C? Where would the Tab Mini C rank amongst your color e-reader collection?

@jeffreymoss

12 күн бұрын

The Tab Mini C is a notetaking device, so do you mean a 7" device, as opposed to the Mini C which is 7.8"? If so, I'm not sure. It may be that Eink does not sell wacom screens below 7.8". Bigme released a 7" device that didn't use wacom as well, so that might be the case. I used to use the Tab Mini C as my go-to eReader, but now I use the Bigme S6 Color+ Lite. The latter does not blow the Boox away, but I do prefer it overall. I'm guessing there will be a follow-up to the Mini C soon, so maybe I'll have a new favorite then.

As I understand, one of the problems with adding WACOM layer is that it'll make color screen less sharp looking, so there might be a reason to use the charged stylus.

@jeffreymoss

12 күн бұрын

That could be.

i have the libra color. i like the fact you can write on it. ido have a kinle scribe and its great but its much larger. i didput a cut to fit page of paperwhite to improve the writing experience abit. i just have to figure out how to get my kindlebooks transferred to it.

@jeffreymoss

6 күн бұрын

Head over to the Kobo subreddit. I seem to recall a number of posts there talking about how to transfer kindle books to Kobo, and I think there might even be an easy way as well. It's not my area of expertise, but that was the impression I got as I scanned the channel.