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Thanks for your comment, but I didn’t go in with that expectation as the comparison was just to show how washed out the colours were. The whole purpose of being a colour e ink device was for it to be easy on the eyes, which the grayscale BOOX device certainly is. However, with this colour device you have to set the front light so high that it defeats the purpose of having something which is easy on the eyes and has a long battery life. So if colour is essential, my view is that you might as well use an iPad rather than this BOOX device, with its washed out colours and need for a high front light setting.
I agree that you can’t compare an OLED screen to an e ink screen, but the comparison shows how washed out the colours are on this device. With the front light set so high, my personal view is that you might as well use an iPad if you really need colour. Otherwise, use the grayscale BOOX device, which is much more comfortable for normal PDF reading where colour is not essential.
It depends on your use case whether or not the Boox Note Air3 Cis suitable. I have one and love it. I only need colour to highlight books and make colour notes, for which it is excellent. The colour also helps with app icons as well.
@@DrGazza eye strain is a lot more than that. LCDs have to fight ambient light to be as bright, that's part of it, it's like a flashlight at your eyes. AFAIK at least. The front light could still use PWM.
@@ameliabuns4058 Just trying to help. With e-ink you can turn off the front light and use natural light like paper. I haven't seen any flicker on e-ink displays, I don't think they use pwm, but variable current.
When you turn on the front light to the high level that you need to, I just personally felt that you lose the relaxing readability that you get with e ink. As with my grayscale BOOX, I can view PDFs with the front light completely switched off, and it is like reading a paper document. However, on the colour e ink device, to read even a grayscale document, you need to turn up the front light quite significantly. This is why I would recommend anyone getting an e ink to get a grayscale device rather than a colour one. And if colour if really important, then due to the limitations of this device, I feel that you are better served just using an iPad even though that will cause more eye strain than an e ink device - but at least the display won’t suffer from the distracting ghosting effects or washed out colours of this colour e ink device.
Just to add to the others comments, I think you've misunderstood the niche for this tablet. The color feature is just a nice-to-have for marking up documents, quick sketches, etc. It's not really meant for a full-color experience media tablet. e-Ink colors, being a reflective technology, are going to be "washed out" for quite a long time to come. How was the experience of writing on it, as well as reading documents/books? That is why most people are interested in this.
Essentially this is the same for all Kaleido 3 color screens, regardless of the manufacturer: washed-out color and poor contrast requiring a backlight. As for ghosting, it can mitigated by super refresh but at the cost of draining the battery very quickly.
Thank you for your comment, and I agree with your views on this. The other issue with mitigating the ghosting is the very distracting flashing with the high refresh.
I have one and like it quite a lot. There are use cases that a BW einkt screen would be better since it's lighter and the battery will last longer. Nevertheless despite the fact that the colors are washed out (and you only have 4000 colors), it's still a very nice ereader for reading and note taking. Don't compare it with an OLED or LCD screen, these are much better in respect to colors and resolution but less easier on the eyes. It are really different use-cases.
Thanks for your comment. I agree with your views. The only point that I would make is how high you have to turn up the front light on the colour device, even when just viewing a grayscale image compared to the fact that you wouldn’t need to do that on the grayscale BOOX device. That is what made it problematic to me, as it meant that it resulted in unnecessary glare and took away from the whole convenience of having an e ink device. So, I personally felt that I might as well use an iPad if the colour is really important, as the colour on the e ink feels almost as bad as having a light from an OLED device.
Thank you for your great comparison. You've raised some great aspects to consider. I'm in the market to add one of these devices. I do a ton of reading and, while I do own 2 e-readers at present, I still find myself drawn to physical books where I have to do a lot of highlighting. With a more global life shaping up for next year, I would love to be able to carry around my reading in tablet form. The ability to highlight in color was the main draw for the Air3. I might still consider it, though I'm tempted to order both the Air 3 and a larger BW for my own use-case comparison.
Thank you for your comment. I purchased it for the exact same reason, as I thought I’d use the highlighting feature and view coloured diagrams/charts. In my mind the technology just doesn’t seem ready to give a good colour e-reading experience. When you look at your black and white e-reader, you’ll likely find a much better reading experience because you can read without a frontlight; whereas on the colour device, you have to turn the frontlight up significantly for a decent reading level, even for purely black and white content.
Thank you for the real world testing you show here! - Actually I'm positively surprised, I thought that the character Sharpness and speed would be a problem on color E-Ink - but that seems alright, and color is essential to understand many technical drawings. In the right mode the muted colors look okay, and blinking to build a new screen for pages is a minor tradeoff for me.
Thank you for your kind comment. If you do not mind the blinking effect, then I agree with you that having colour can be useful. My only concern is the amount of front light that needs to be activated to view the screen clearly, which detracts from the low light viewing experience that is available on the grayscale devices which are much easier on the eyes.
With ebook you just configure it to show you the content the way that you don't have to zoom and scroll - to fit the whole page into screen or to show you half-page and then go to the second half immediately by clicking without the smooth movement. If you use it right - it'a great device. You just need to understand its strong and weak sides.
Indeed, that’s a valid point! If a paper screen requires backlighting for comfortable reading and proper contrast, it does raise questions about its practicality compared to traditional screens. After all, the appeal of paper-like displays lies in their readability under natural light.
Could you please share the links of the first image you showed same as the link to the pdf so we can test on our devices and see if our results are the same as yours. In my experience, I just got from Amazon the Boox Air 3c, and my feeling is not as bad as yours, it is actually very good, feeling. And BTW, I still have 20 days to return it if I wasn't thinking that way.
I have tried that as well. The problem is the HD mode is causing a constant refresh, which is quite distracting. You also have to have the front light on quite a high setting, which zaps the battery and is not as easy on the eyes compared to the black and white BOOX/Kindle devices.
I would agree with regard to the grayscale device, but this colour device just needs the front light on too high a setting, which defeats the purpose of having something easy on the eyes to read.
Indeed, that’s a valid point! If a paper screen requires backlighting for comfortable reading and proper contrast, it does raise questions about its practicality compared to traditional screens. After all, the appeal of paper-like displays lies in their readability under natural light.
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I think you went in with the wrong expectation if you were expecting an e-ink device to be comparable to an iPad for color reproduction.
Thanks for your comment, but I didn’t go in with that expectation as the comparison was just to show how washed out the colours were.
The whole purpose of being a colour e ink device was for it to be easy on the eyes, which the grayscale BOOX device certainly is. However, with this colour device you have to set the front light so high that it defeats the purpose of having something which is easy on the eyes and has a long battery life. So if colour is essential, my view is that you might as well use an iPad rather than this BOOX device, with its washed out colours and need for a high front light setting.
@@OvergoWorldTry the Kobo libra color , they say It is the best kaleido 3 device actually on the market.
don't compare to an illuminated oled screen. Compare to printed paper.
I agree that you can’t compare an OLED screen to an e ink screen, but the comparison shows how washed out the colours are on this device. With the front light set so high, my personal view is that you might as well use an iPad if you really need colour. Otherwise, use the grayscale BOOX device, which is much more comfortable for normal PDF reading where colour is not essential.
@@OvergoWorldthanks for ur points. Totally agreed
It depends on your use case whether or not the Boox Note Air3 Cis suitable. I have one and love it. I only need colour to highlight books and make colour notes, for which it is excellent. The colour also helps with app icons as well.
does the need for a backlight cause eye-strain? cause eye-strain's the only reason I'm looking at e-paper devices.
@@ameliabuns4058 Its a front light., and does not cause eye-strain, which is mainly due to blue light and flicker (as in LCD displays).
@@DrGazza eye strain is a lot more than that. LCDs have to fight ambient light to be as bright, that's part of it, it's like a flashlight at your eyes. AFAIK at least. The front light could still use PWM.
@@ameliabuns4058 Just trying to help. With e-ink you can turn off the front light and use natural light like paper. I haven't seen any flicker on e-ink displays, I don't think they use pwm, but variable current.
When you turn on the front light to the high level that you need to, I just personally felt that you lose the relaxing readability that you get with e ink. As with my grayscale BOOX, I can view PDFs with the front light completely switched off, and it is like reading a paper document. However, on the colour e ink device, to read even a grayscale document, you need to turn up the front light quite significantly.
This is why I would recommend anyone getting an e ink to get a grayscale device rather than a colour one. And if colour if really important, then due to the limitations of this device, I feel that you are better served just using an iPad even though that will cause more eye strain than an e ink device - but at least the display won’t suffer from the distracting ghosting effects or washed out colours of this colour e ink device.
Just to add to the others comments, I think you've misunderstood the niche for this tablet. The color feature is just a nice-to-have for marking up documents, quick sketches, etc. It's not really meant for a full-color experience media tablet. e-Ink colors, being a reflective technology, are going to be "washed out" for quite a long time to come.
How was the experience of writing on it, as well as reading documents/books? That is why most people are interested in this.
Essentially this is the same for all Kaleido 3 color screens, regardless of the manufacturer: washed-out color and poor contrast requiring a backlight. As for ghosting, it can mitigated by super refresh but at the cost of draining the battery very quickly.
Thank you for your comment, and I agree with your views on this. The other issue with mitigating the ghosting is the very distracting flashing with the high refresh.
I have one and like it quite a lot. There are use cases that a BW einkt screen would be better since it's lighter and the battery will last longer. Nevertheless despite the fact that the colors are washed out (and you only have 4000 colors), it's still a very nice ereader for reading and note taking. Don't compare it with an OLED or LCD screen, these are much better in respect to colors and resolution but less easier on the eyes. It are really different use-cases.
Thanks for your comment. I agree with your views. The only point that I would make is how high you have to turn up the front light on the colour device, even when just viewing a grayscale image compared to the fact that you wouldn’t need to do that on the grayscale BOOX device. That is what made it problematic to me, as it meant that it resulted in unnecessary glare and took away from the whole convenience of having an e ink device. So, I personally felt that I might as well use an iPad if the colour is really important, as the colour on the e ink feels almost as bad as having a light from an OLED device.
Thank you for your great comparison. You've raised some great aspects to consider. I'm in the market to add one of these devices. I do a ton of reading and, while I do own 2 e-readers at present, I still find myself drawn to physical books where I have to do a lot of highlighting. With a more global life shaping up for next year, I would love to be able to carry around my reading in tablet form. The ability to highlight in color was the main draw for the Air3. I might still consider it, though I'm tempted to order both the Air 3 and a larger BW for my own use-case comparison.
Thank you for your comment.
I purchased it for the exact same reason, as I thought I’d use the highlighting feature and view coloured diagrams/charts. In my mind the technology just doesn’t seem ready to give a good colour e-reading experience. When you look at your black and white e-reader, you’ll likely find a much better reading experience because you can read without a frontlight; whereas on the colour device, you have to turn the frontlight up significantly for a decent reading level, even for purely black and white content.
Thank you for the real world testing you show here! - Actually I'm positively surprised, I thought that the character Sharpness and speed would be a problem on color E-Ink - but that seems alright, and color is essential to understand many technical drawings. In the right mode the muted colors look okay, and blinking to build a new screen for pages is a minor tradeoff for me.
Thank you for your kind comment. If you do not mind the blinking effect, then I agree with you that having colour can be useful. My only concern is the amount of front light that needs to be activated to view the screen clearly, which detracts from the low light viewing experience that is available on the grayscale devices which are much easier on the eyes.
With ebook you just configure it to show you the content the way that you don't have to zoom and scroll - to fit the whole page into screen or to show you half-page and then go to the second half immediately by clicking without the smooth movement.
If you use it right - it'a great device. You just need to understand its strong and weak sides.
Indeed, that’s a valid point! If a paper screen requires backlighting for comfortable reading and proper contrast, it does raise questions about its practicality compared to traditional screens. After all, the appeal of paper-like displays lies in their readability under natural light.
Could you please share the links of the first image you showed same as the link to the pdf so we can test on our devices and see if our results are the same as yours. In my experience, I just got from Amazon the Boox Air 3c, and my feeling is not as bad as yours, it is actually very good, feeling. And BTW, I still have 20 days to return it if I wasn't thinking that way.
Thanks for your comments on three different reading device.
You’re welcome!
Can u review pocketbook inkpad Eo?
Nice video man 👍
Thank you, appreciate it!
Use it in hd mod with color content.You are using ut in fast or a2 mod.
I have tried that as well. The problem is the HD mode is causing a constant refresh, which is quite distracting. You also have to have the front light on quite a high setting, which zaps the battery and is not as easy on the eyes compared to the black and white BOOX/Kindle devices.
The BOOX devices are pretty remarkable
I would agree with regard to the grayscale device, but this colour device just needs the front light on too high a setting, which defeats the purpose of having something easy on the eyes to read.
Guess what i bought one , they r for note taking not entertainment or multimedia consumption
i got one and I LOVE IT lol
Indeed, that’s a valid point! If a paper screen requires backlighting for comfortable reading and proper contrast, it does raise questions about its practicality compared to traditional screens. After all, the appeal of paper-like displays lies in their readability under natural light.
Totally agree! That’s why I prefer the grayscale e ink tablets compared to this colour device.