I didn't know I needed a colour e-reader until now! Bigme Inknote Color Lite review

[@eriebeverly]

I always want every gadget you show. Even that lamp! This seems very cool and I'm almost more interested in their black and white tablets.

[@CriminOllyBlog]

The lamp is great! Using this has definitely made me re-evaluate the purpose of e-ink tablets. I think they could be great productivity devices.

[@4034miguel]

It is kind of the colour you see on a newspaper. So, it makes it still similar to the paper we are accustomed to. Of course it is not same of very saturated colour magazines.

[@CriminOllyBlog]

Yeah that’s a very good way to describe it

[@DanielsBibliophagy]

The pen as a remote page turner is really appealing.

[@CriminOllyBlog]

It’s cool!

[@aleidadiaz2261]

The remote control is a great idea. In the winter I’m all tucked into by blankets and I have having to reach into the cold to turn the page is really annoying. I read somewhere that they were going to have the kindle use the movement of your eyes to learn when to turn the page without the reader touching it.

[@CriminOllyBlog]

There have certainly been mobile phone apps that use to cameras to track eye movement and scroll text to match that.

[@aleidadiaz2261]

@@CriminOllyBlogwhat are their names?? Do they work?

[@CriminOllyBlog]

@@aleidadiaz2261I think they were in built in Samsung phones a few years ago

[@CriminOllyBlog]

@@aleidadiaz2261search for Samsung smart scroll

[@GopherCakeStuff]

Looks great. There are about 3 ereaders I want to combine to make a perfect one for myself though. Everything is juuuust about there

[@d.r.martin6301]

My ideal ereader has always been the original 1st gen Fire. It hadn't yet been saddled with all the Android tablet-y crap that subsequent generations of Fire came with. It was essentially a color ereader with a nice LCD screen. If Amazon rebooted that exact design, I'd buy it in an instant. I have the current Kindle, and it's nice, but I miss the color book covers.

[@aleidadiaz2261]

I still have mine. It’s the best.

[@CriminOllyBlog]

I didn’t realise that. I think if Amazon did a Fire with a colour e-ink screen and a very curated set of apps it could work very well

[@d.r.martin6301]

@@CriminOllyBlog It doesn't have to be e-ink. I'm suggesting they just make a basic color e-reader with an ordinary LCD screen. It would be cheap and easy to do.

[@PokhrajRoy.]

UNBOXOLLY IS BACK!

[@CriminOllyBlog]

😁

[@angelwalker979]

😂

[@dianemorasco]

😂

[@AmandaInEly]

Looks nice. What I would wish for would be a replacement for art books. So the colour would need to be better.

[@binglamb2176]

A big drawback with this device for me would be all the distracting apps (like KZbin) that make it like a tablet. That's the best part of regular ereaders is that it is reading only and not subject to these distractions. If I would go for a new colour ereader, I think I would choose the new Kobo.

[@robintree3306]

I have this device. Although you can practically watch videos it heats a lot that you would not continue, so a good thing in my opinion😅.

[@wurdnurd1]

Kobo just came out with a couple of color eink models, but I just bought my Libra 2 last year, so I can't justify the $150-200...

[@CriminOllyBlog]

The rate at which companies release new devices nowadays can certainly be frustrating!

[@scsitransfer]

I noticed at 8:31 when you turned the page there's a distinct line in the middle of the next page. The line appears to be a ghost image of the black border of the comic and thus what is causing the ghosting. Those types of visual artifacts on comics are extremely distracting to me, are there settings on the device to clean that up by forcing a full refresh after every page turn?

[@CriminOllyBlog]

Yes there is, the screen is super configurable and you can tweak the refresh rate

[@Toliman.]

If you tap the half-sun icon at the middle top, it opens up the refresh menu. It's the same panel and menu that's on other Bigme eInk tablets. This can also change the blue/yellow light levels for afternoon/evening/night lighting brightness levels and change the contrast for different lighting environments. If you choose HD or Regal mode, it's a lot slower, but it removes these kinds of scrolling artifacts. Different modes introduce different problems, so it's a trade-off. Slower/Quality modes have a sharper and higher quality image that is better for comic/manga, but the slow redraw can be a nuisance in books and drawing/note-taking as it takes half a second or longer to clear and redraw the color elements, as the black and color resolution is different. The slower modes also change the visuals on text and images, so it can be a preference to how long you want to wait between page turns or transitions. Faster modes introduce more ghosting/artifacts and make scrolling better, but it leaves 'grit' and menus/lines behind as a result. This can also be improved with 'auto-clear' but if it's a real deterrent for you, check the Boox Note Air C/Tab Ultra C series as they have a (more expensive) clean process. It's very similar in size/features, but there's less discounts with the Boox series. Its also a different GPU/Processor so it has differences if you put them side by side. For comics, you can create a linked preset for your preferred refresh / comics mode, so it switches presets when you open the app. If you use something like Kindle, you'll need to change the refresh to something that works for the books/font sizes you use. eInk tends to have these artifacts as power is used to 'paint' the screen. The less the screen changes, the less power it consumes. Which is why a kindle can last weeks on a charge. However, these new tablet eReaders are running Android 11, so it's nearly always going to be using power to check Wifi, run background tasks.

[@davebrzeski]

So it looks promising, and almost makes me regret having bought my Scribe. For the moment, I'll wait, as it, and the Scribe are sure to get better, and I just plain don't have the money. I'm curious... does this mean your Scribe will be getting much less use now you have this new, possibly superior device?

[@CriminOllyBlog]

I think it probably does, I haven’t used the Scribe since I got this

[@Jordan-calver1993]

Hi, I posted this on an earlier video but wasn't sure if you noticed it.. in regards to the Kindle Oasis, do you know if it offers custom sorting within collections? So if I download the Ed McBain novels from Kindle Unlimited can I sort them into series order? Thanks.

[@CriminOllyBlog]

Sorry, I don’t get to all of my comments. I don’t think there is a way to sort within collections, but if the Amazon metadata knows that a book is in a series (which I’m pretty sure it does for the 87th Precinct) it will sort them in order automatically

[@Jordan-calver1993]

No Worries, nothing to apologise over :)... ahh right, thanks for the info and for the continuous great content. ​@@CriminOllyBlog

[@CriminOllyBlog]

@@Jordan-calver1993 glad you enjoy it!

[@allgirlreview433]

Is it possible to transfer notes etc from the device to a personal computer without the cloud? I work in an industry that doesn't permit cloud storage.

[@CriminOllyBlog]

I’m not sure it would be - I guess it would depend on the app you’re using. You can definitely connect the device as a drive to a laptop though

[@allgirlreview433]

@@CriminOllyBlog Interesting. Thanks so much. I wish I could go into a store and play with it.

[@jessicamou]

K3 screen is just too dark to be used without very bright front light, that’s the main problem of all similar devices for now.

[@grace_silva]

nice! this looks like it would be great for manga readers. Ive had a few e-readers but haven't found the perfect one for me yet. I'm thinking of just getting an iPad mini lol. im not techy enough to use all the plugins and whatsits

[@CriminOllyBlog]

The iPad mini is a cool little device! For prolonged reading I definitely prefer an eink screen though

[@dianemorasco]

Which comic subscription do you use? Thank you.

[@CriminOllyBlog]

For manga I use Shonen Jump 😊

[@wendyvilla2904]

💚🖤

[@lukethomas216]

As someone who would want a colour e-reader just for reading illustrated books and comics, this doesn’t look that impressive compared to printed paper. Until the colours are much richer it seems like pointless tech-again, in terms of being an e-reader. I won’t be ditching paper comics yet it seems

[@CriminOllyBlog]

Yeah there is definitely some way to go before the technology is at that level. I’d compare the colour reproduction to be equivalent to cheaply printed comics on newspaper style paper at the moment.

[@karlmunford7000]

Battery life for an average user? _[Reading books, the web and watching the odd video]_

[@CriminOllyBlog]

Video will definitely drain the battery a lot faster. Without that I’ve been getting a good few days up to a week

[@karlmunford7000]

@@CriminOllyBlog Thats much better than I would have expected. I almost purchased the Bigme B751 for Bible reference searches while studying... as well as some light reading, it was under £200 at the time! I study with the Supernote A5X but it has a terrible web browser, in the end I found a bargain Boox Note Air 2 plus on eBay to compliment my Supernote.

[@HakimALIGHT]

Bit pricey… might as well get an iPad.

[@k9nick]

Muted? More like washed out. I got to say, why would you want this when you can get a damn good tablet for the same price and a far better experience. Keep a six inch in your pocket for reading. Just saying.......

[@minano-nim6795]

I thought the same for a long time, but I noticed since using an ebook reader more, that reading on an eink screen works much better for my eye strain. Personally, reading on a tablet or phone (as I used to often) tends to give me headaches, which I haven't experienced with ebook readers so far. I have a regular (basically the cheapest I could find) ereader, to be fair.

[@CriminOllyBlog]

@minano-nim6795 yeah, they’re much nice screens to read on for prolonged periods

[@k9nick]

@@minano-nim6795 which is why you keep a six inch reader for reading.

[@CleaSelene]

​@@k9nick I'm sorry, I'm being daft, but what has the inch size got to do with the monitor light fraking with people's eyes?

[@Joeda6]

eink you can read in direct sunlight with no issues; tablet in sunlight is nearly impossible