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The rise of E Ink Tablets and Note Takers: reMarkable 2 vs Onyx Boox Note Air

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Re: The rise of E Ink Tablets and Note Takers: reMarkable 2 vs Onyx Boox Note Air

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Post by lallysingh »

sdflhasjd wrote: post #28
sammorrowdrums wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I mentioned below, but you.can see my thoughts on RM2 and Max Lumi here: https://sammorrowdrums.com/e-writers-remarkable-2-v-s Personally I don't get a lot out of the Android (as I really try to avoid DRM e-books), but they are both nice devices. Haven't tried Note Air.

I don't think I'd get a huge amount out of Android itself, but just being able to install a browser with a reader mode would be really nice. In my mind, I'd install Firefox and use that when reading articles.

I installed a script on my laptop to 'Print' to remarkable. I can send it articles to read on it later.

Re: The rise of E Ink Tablets and Note Takers: reMarkable 2 vs Onyx Boox Note Air

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Post by jcfrei »

I keep reading that reading stuff on a paper or e-ink display is easier on the eyes than a monitor. Certainly makes sense if the comparison is to a CRT but compared to a standard LCD? Are there any medical studies that confirm this? As far as I know modern life exposes us to far little brightness, causing myopia for a lot of people. If anything a very bright backlight display should probably be better for our eyes...

Re: The rise of E Ink Tablets and Note Takers: reMarkable 2 vs Onyx Boox Note Air

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Post by lallysingh »

ABS wrote: post #23

I have a Remarkable 2 and the device is great, software is improving as well and taking notes is a joy BUT finding those notes later on is next to impossible. OCR is very bad and basically makes indexing and full-text searching impossible (and off device)

I generally end up taking my Big Notebook on my RM2, putting it into page overview, and moving pages to different notebooks later.

OCR could never work with my handwriting.

Re: The rise of E Ink Tablets and Note Takers: reMarkable 2 vs Onyx Boox Note Air

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Post by Tho85 »

hcurtiss wrote: post #27
Tho85 wrote: post #14

I bought the Onyx Boox Note Air some months ago, and I must say that I'm really happy with it. Screen refresh is good, there's almost no ghosting in default mode, and refresh rates are acceptable. There are only two downsides about it: The vendor does not respect FOSS and does not publish the sources for their modified Linux kernel, and the device constantly phones home to China. However, the device can be rooted eas…

Man, I don't know. I have the Onyx Poke 3 and I find the software pretty janky. For instance, in order to install a dictionary, I have to jump through a whole series of hoops to download one to a PC and then upload/install it on the tablet. I could install the Kindle app (after I enable the Google Play Store), but then I might as well buy a Kindle. In order to upload epub or pdf documents to the Poke3, I have to inte…

I use Syncthing [1] to do all the syncing, works like a charm. I have a folder synchronized between my reader, my PC and my phone, and whenever I need to send a document to the reader or from the reader to my PC, I just put it into that folder.

[1] https://syncthing.net/

Re: The rise of E Ink Tablets and Note Takers: reMarkable 2 vs Onyx Boox Note Air

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Post by vbezhenar »

jcfrei wrote: post #32

I keep reading that reading stuff on a paper or e-ink display is easier on the eyes than a monitor. Certainly makes sense if the comparison is to a CRT but compared to a standard LCD? Are there any medical studies that confirm this? As far as I know modern life exposes us to far little brightness, causing myopia for a lot of people. If anything a very bright backlight display should probably be better for our eyes...

I don't think that's true as long as you provide healthy lightning. Light is light, doesn't matter whether it came from the sun or from backlight lamp. E-ink obviously is preferable when you're reading in the direct sun light, because LCD could be barely visible in those conditions.

Re: The rise of E Ink Tablets and Note Takers: reMarkable 2 vs Onyx Boox Note Air

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Post by rvz »

I was interested in purchasing a ReMarkable tablet last year then realised the ReMarkable 2 just released months ago and was very surprised that to see that they still don't have a color e-ink version.

Until then, I am skipping it since I don't think it is worth the price.

Downvoters: So I disagreed with the HN hivemind with a point I made about saving money for a better version and now I get downvoted for wrongthink? So somehow, this device is worth $400 to spend on a 32 bit machine with 8 GB of space and 1 GB of RAM?

That is more like spending $400 on an over powered Raspberry Pi 2 just to read ebooks. (In black and white). You also might as well buy the latest iPad then.

Re: The rise of E Ink Tablets and Note Takers: reMarkable 2 vs Onyx Boox Note Air

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Post by mrfusion »

0-_-0 wrote: post #17
noja wrote: post #2

Why the ReMarkable doesn't have a backlight I do not understand.

I would probably buy it if it had one, but I want to read in the dark often without turning the lights on and bothering others.

Buy a book light?

Re: The rise of E Ink Tablets and Note Takers: reMarkable 2 vs Onyx Boox Note Air

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Post by rlkf »

vbezhenar wrote: post #36
jcfrei wrote: post #32

I keep reading that reading stuff on a paper or e-ink display is easier on the eyes than a monitor. Certainly makes sense if the comparison is to a CRT but compared to a standard LCD? Are there any medical studies that confirm this? As far as I know modern life exposes us to far little brightness, causing myopia for a lot of people. If anything a very bright backlight display should probably be better for our eyes...

I don't think that's true as long as you provide healthy lightning. Light is light, doesn't matter whether it came from the sun or from backlight lamp. E-ink obviously is preferable when you're reading in the direct sun light, because LCD could be barely visible in those conditions.

Light from the sun contains a much greater number of wavelengths (and different depending on time of day) than that from the backlight; it's not the same.
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