Sentences with phrase «glo hd»
It's extremely sharp, but it doesn't get as bright as the Voyage, and at full brightness, text on the Glo HD doesn't pop in quite the same way.
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The Kobo Glo HD is a solid ebook reader with an unassuming, lightweight design and clear, paper - like display that ought to satisfy users looking for an affordable alternative to Amazon's Kindle Voyage.
The Glo HD's home screen lets you sort books alphabetically, by title or author.
The image below gives you a good idea of what to expect — the Glo HD is on the left, and the Kindle Voyage is on the right.
Also like the Kobo Glo, the Glo HD is slow to register lighter touches, particularly when adjusting settings like brightness — in my tests, it took a second or two to register actions like that.
For $ 129, the Kobo Glo HD is largely comparable with the $ 199 Amazon Kindle Voyage.
Like its smaller sibling, the Glo HD, it comes with 4 GB of memory and is compatible with 14 file formats, including EPUB and MOBI.
But H2O's lower resolution — 265 ppi, compared to 300 ppi on the Kindle Paperwhite and Kobo Glo HD — made reading less enjoyable.
Pricing, though, is lower than the Voyage and matches the competing Kobo Glo HD.
While the Voyage retails for about $ 200 (and that's with ads) as of this article's writing, the Glo HD costs about $ 130.
At the top of the list is the Kobo Glo HD.
But if your reading habits more typically leave you landlocked, you'd be better served by a less - expensive and more - capable alternative, such as the Amazon Kindle Paperwhite or the Kobo Glo HD.
They also both boast 300 points per inch of resolution though the Glo HD slightly comes out on top with its 1448 x 1072 display.
What makes the Kobo Glo HD unique from other Kobo devices is the super high 300 ppi resolution screen.
The displays on the $ 120 Kindle Paperwhite, the $ 130 Kobo Glo HD, and every device further up the scale boast resolution of 300 ppi.
$ 129 is a good price for the Glo HD considering the screen; the only other way to get that screen is to buy a Kindle Voyage for $ 199, and that's with ads.
But if you'd rather get a Kobo Glo HD, it's now available for pre-order from the Chapters.Indigo website.
I think the Glo HD is the better device at that price point.
Yesterday Kobo officially announced their latest new ebook reader, the Kobo Glo HD.
Some folks are wondering about what's different with the Glo HD from other Kobo devices.
The Kobo Glo HD is set to be released on May 1st in Canada, the United States, Australia, and New Zealand.
Suspecting the Aura edition 2 would be the replacement for the Glo HD I bought a Glo HD in the last week.
If the oddly named Kobo Aura Edition 2 had something new or better to offer, or if it was priced lower, it would make a lot more sense for it to replace the Glo HD, but not at the current price and configuration.
Unfortunately it has a lower resolution screen than the Kobo Glo HD, and it has no benefits over it, and the price is only $ 10 lower so none of it really makes much sense.
Why would Kobo ditch the Glo HD in favor of an inferior model?
The E Ink display sports an 1872 x 1404 resolution, which works out to 300 ppi — the same as what you'll find on the Kindle Voyage and the last - gen Glo HD — i.e. about as sharp as reading real text on a real page.
The Glo HD comes with 4 GB of internal storage space, with about 3.2 GB of usable space.
Like other Kobo ereaders, the Glo HD has an internal microSD card that can be cloned and swapped out for a larger card.
I upgraded my Glo HD to a 32 GB card using the Magic Memory Mod you linked to.
I haven't upgraded the memory on my Glo HD but I used the same process on my original Kobo Glo when the internal memory card became corrupt and the device wouldn't do anything.
This ended up breaking the power switch on my original Glo, which makes it a huge hassle to turn on and off, so this kind of upgrade definitely comes with some risks (but at least the Glo HD doesn't have a power slider to break).
In reality Kobo released the PW3 with the Kobo Glo HD and Amazon was forced to implement it or risk losing customers.
The Kobo Glo HD has been out for a few months longer than the Kobo Touch 2.0, so there are more options out there that list it specifically but some don't say anything about fitting the Touch 2.0, and we know they are the same size so that opens up more options.
If the Glo HD was not a profitable device its replacement can't have the same base level material costs.
They have no reason to do so but it just happens that the Glo HD is listed as out of stock at Kobo's website and at Indigo's website.
They have discontinued the Glo HD.
The worst thing about it is the lower resolution screen is a noticeable downgrade from the Kobo Glo HD, which only costs $ 10 more.
The Kobo Touch 2.0 was first introduced in 2015 shortly after the Kobo Glo HD, which was discontinued last fall.
Perhaps Kobo is going to discontinue the Kobo Glo HD.
I still think the Kobo Glo HD with the 300 ppi screen was a better product but Kobo discontinued it for some reason.
My Glo HD won't power off — perpetual sleep — and my battery drained overnight.
Currently there are a few sellers on Amazon that have the Kobo Glo HD for around $ 118 with free shipping.
The Glo HD probably won't be around for much longer so if you want one you better get one before they're gone for good.
When the new Kobo Glo HD got released a couple months ago, Kobo started running sales on the Kobo Aura for $ 99, and now it looks like that's where the price is going to stay.
It doesn't really fit in their lineup now that the Glo HD has a better screen.
It's available at $ 129.99 — down from the Glo HD's $ 139.99 — in black starting September 6th.
It didn't really make much sense for Kobo to discontinue the Glo HD because now they don't have a 6 - inch model with a high - res screen to compete with all the other 300 ppi ereaders.
Indigo also has the Kobo Glo HD on sale for $ 20 off, but with their higher Canadian prices that comes to $ 119.
In fact they just put the Glo HD on discount for Mother's Day.
I've got a pretty big library with Kobo, as well as a Glo HD.