Comment by tapia | Hacker News Reader

Comment by tapia | Hacker News Reader

I was thinking about buying it, because the stylus seemed to be much better than the one from the Sony DPT-RP1. However, I decided to buy the DPT-RP1 mainly for its size (13" is just perfect to read papers and taking notes!).

The writing experience of the DPT-RP1 is not great, but I have been using it for almost a year now and would never go back. The amount of paper that I have laying around at work now is minimal. I have created a virtual printer to just sent whatever file I am reading to the DPT-RP1.

Although there is no official support for Linux there is a very good python API developed by some guy, which works perfectly. Color e-ink would be nice to have for the next version, but I'm ok if only the stylus gets an upgrade.

I've been debating buying remarkable but wonder how reMarkable reading experience compares to Sony 13 inchers?

My favorite e-ink e-reader(I own several from 5inches to 13inches) by far is the original Sony DPT-S1.

It is so light for 13 inches (about 350g) and the software experience for PDFs is fantastic.

Sure it would rock to have ePub support, but Calibre can take care of that.

Sony made some questionable design choices with DPT-RP1 foregoing regular USB tethering for one and disabling of the anemic web browser which was no big loss but still was an option for emergencies.

I compared them here, if it helps any:

https://techcrunch.com/2017/10/05/sony-and-remarkables-dueli...

Problem with Sony for that amount of cash is the lack of ePub support. This is why I bought iReader Smart. The biggest nuisance with iReader is the Chinese only interface.

Callibre has a decent EPUB->PDF converter

I understand that this might be a problem for some people. But I actually prefer to use my Kindle to read e-books. I actually like the rather minimalistic approach the DPT-RP1 has. It does one thing, and it does it great (for me at least).

i hadn't heard of this one before. do you have a link with more info? where did you purchase from?

See these:

[0] https://item.m.jd.com/product/100000118023.html

[1] https://www.ifanr.com/1096368

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