Body: <p>I need an e-ink screen I can look at all day without getting my eyes sore (no more than I would on a book, at least). I need it to study, so I'm about to read PDFs and DJVUs, consisting of scanned books, lecture notes taken from a tactile screen with software like OneNote, and also lecture notes hand-written on plain paper and then scanned to file.</p>
  
  <p>I wanted to ask you if there is a good device which can handle those tasks decently. The features I'm looking for are:</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>Good rendering of scanned and handwritten PDFs and DJVUs</li>
  <li>Bearable loading times</li>
  <li>Software open enough to switch to alternative reading apps if the built-in one does not satisfy me</li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>I don't particularly need good backlight (even if every ereader now has it) or touch screen (idem). I say this because I'll be reading mostly under the sun, so what I really need is a good contrast which will allow me to read perfectly using natural (even intense) light, like a real book. I've read capacitive layers can negatively affect this.</p>
  
  <p>Also, I've heard to have a good rendition of PDFs you have to get close to natural size of the page. But I've seen big screens tend to have a much lower resolution than small screens. Is it just to limit manufacture costs? Isn't a good resolution more important?</p>
  
  <p>Note: I know similar questions have already been asked, but I didn't find any really satisfying answer. In the meantime technology went forward, so I'm asking what the options are in 2016.</p>
  
Comments.ContentLicense: CC BY-SA 3.0
Comments.CreationDate: 2016-06-13T18:07:12.113Z
Comments.Text: Possible duplicate of [What devices support reading scanned PDF documents well?](http://ebooks.stackexchange.com/questions/5758/what-devices-support-reading-scanned-pdf-documents-well)
Comments.UserDisplayName: Sekhemty
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Comments.CreationDate: 2016-06-25T16:08:13.337Z
Comments.Text: my questions: How much is your badget? Do you care about portability? min dimension of device you prefer?
Comments.UserDisplayName: Sadegh
Tags: <pdf><e-ink><djvu>
Title: Good ereader for hand-written notes
UserDisplayName: Jeffrey Lebowski
ThreadText: # Good ereader for hand-written notes
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2016-06-13)
  
  I need an e-ink screen I can look at all day without getting my eyes sore (no more than I would on a book, at least). I need it to study, so I'm about to read PDFs and DJVUs, consisting of scanned books, lecture notes taken from a tactile screen with software like OneNote, and also lecture notes hand-written on plain paper and then scanned to file.
  
  I wanted to ask you if there is a good device which can handle those tasks decently. The features I'm looking for are:
  
  * Good rendering of scanned and handwritten PDFs and DJVUs
  * Bearable loading times
  * Software open enough to switch to alternative reading apps if the built-in one does not satisfy me
  
  I don't particularly need good backlight (even if every ereader now has it) or touch screen (idem). I say this because I'll be reading mostly under the sun, so what I really need is a good contrast which will allow me to read perfectly using natural (even intense) light, like a real book. I've read capacitive layers can negatively affect this.
  
  Also, I've heard to have a good rendition of PDFs you have to get close to natural size of the page. But I've seen big screens tend to have a much lower resolution than small screens. Is it just to limit manufacture costs? Isn't a good resolution more important?
  
  Note: I know similar questions have already been asked, but I didn't find any really satisfying answer. In the meantime technology went forward, so I'm asking what the options are in 2016.
  
  **Tags:** pdf, e-ink, djvu
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: Possible duplicate of [What devices support reading scanned PDF documents well?](http://ebooks.stackexchange.com/questions/5758/what-devices-support-reading-scanned-pdf-documents-well)  
  > **username_2**: my questions: How much is your badget? Do you care about portability? min dimension of device you prefer?  
  
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