at least on the pocketbook era Color it will be rather slow loading the website.
Era Color Ereader - 7 Inch E Ink Kaleido 3 Screen - Eye-Friendly Audio-Book & E-Book Reader - Text-to-Speech - Waterproof IPX8 - Bluetooth & Speakers - WiFi Cloud Sync - 32GB Storage
By Pocketbook
What one Redditor said
“I too have the Pocketbook Era Color and I immediately knew that I want to install KOReader. The default PBReader is just lacking in terms of customisation. KOReader offers so much more.”
What Reddit thinks
Pros
8- +can install KOReader
- +has a coloring app
- +KOReader offers extensive customization (status bar, margins, line heights, font sizes, gestures)
- +not locked into a system
- +KOReader allows increasing contrast, margins, line spacing
- +KOReader offers 'time left in chapter' info and status bar customization
- +easy to install KOReader
- +color e-ink is good for prettier home screen
Cons
6- −heavier
- −Slow loading websites
- −screen too small for comics (PDF format)
- −needs scaling for readable text
- −screen blinks/re-renders when scrolling
- −low response rate
Where Reddit talks about it
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Reddit reviews
I would’ve loved to go with the Color one but I rarely read Comics so I think for me the BW is fine.
I brought more than year Era Color, to have chance read the comics with my kids, but it's working really bad. Should mention what I have PDF format comics - screen to small to fit the entire page with
I too have the Pocketbook Era Color and I immediately knew that I want to install KOReader. The default PBReader is just lacking in terms of customisation. KOReader offers so much more.
The Era Color's possibilities are very limited! I tried one once and sent it back immediately because the contrast was so bad. ... I tried installing KoReader on it and now, after a few days with it,
I switched from Kindle Oasis to Pocketbook Era Color and i just missed the "time left in the chapter" info on the bottom so much, that i searched for a solution. Koreader has this option and many more
Just to be sure is the speed just noticeable on era or its also noticeable in era color ( processors are different)?
Clean! I love it and glad you’re enjoying the era color :)
Welcome to the PB gang! Enjoy your new Era Color!
I will say I have tried to read color comics on it and found the experience subpar. I'm not sure that color eink is really there yet when it comes to complex images.
7 inch is still okay to read them, but when mangas get a bit more frames in one page or contents to read, it gets a little frustrating zooming constantly (for me at least).
i’ve returned a PB Color Pro and an Era Color because of the bad saturation/screen.
I wanted an E-Reader specifically for the screen, since it strains your eyes less. I might end up getting a black and white E-Reader, and wait a couple more generations for the colored ones to work ou
I have a Pocketbook Era Color and I would not recommend its screen size for Comics. Mangas perhaps as they tend to have a smaller page size.
"LCP DRM Profil 2.x." was explicitly mentioned in a 2024 update log of the Era, and the Era Color came out in 2024, so it was possible already supported at release.
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