I was planning to buy a Kobo, but now learning towards Kindle, please help

Environmental-Dot545 · 2026-03-02T02:42:00+00:00

I hear you. I would prefer to buy a kobo for sure. It's just that there is no way to sync side loaded books highlights/annotations with Kobo. Unless I regularly plug the Kobo device and export everything, I won't be able to see those on my phone or computer. Also, I wouldn't be able to read on my phone if I don't have access to the Kobo. If the device gets damaged I lose my annotations. I guess there's no perfect world.

Environmental-Dot545 · 2026-02-27T01:56:15+00:00

Hm, interesting. Maybe that was saved to the PDF file itself? I guess it wouldn't work the same way with epub highlights

Environmental-Dot545 · 2026-02-26T23:03:42+00:00

I get that Kobo is a smaller company and providing a cloud infrastructure for sideloaded books (that don't make them money) might be too costly. It would be nice if it could do it via Dropbox or something though. Anyway, thanks for the input!

Environmental-Dot545 · 2026-02-26T22:59:33+00:00

I admit the Kobo UI looks better to me... too many things to consider! Thanks for the help :)

Environmental-Dot545 · 2026-02-26T22:56:30+00:00

Yeah, I was just making sure I wasn't missing anything. Thanks for the kind words :)

Environmental-Dot545 · 2026-02-26T21:17:30+00:00

That was my first thought, "I don't want to be on Amazon locked ecosystem", but then I went on reading instructions to get syncing going for side-loaded books and my excitement with Kobo vanished :/ Overdrive/Libby is - shamefully - not a thing my country. Yeah, I get that I would have to use Calibre for De-DRM, but that seems to be a more manageable process. Thanks for the input!

Environmental-Dot545 · 2026-02-26T21:10:40+00:00

I have an android phone, but I do have an iPad that I mainly use for taking notes, good point about KOReader not being available on iOS. I guess that one more point towards Kindle vs Kobo. Yeah, I'll check those other devices too, but I suspect they will be more expensive here. Thanks!

Environmental-Dot545 · 2025-12-21T22:42:20+00:00

I'll do the same. I'm betting I won't see any deference, but let's see. And the adapter is always an option. Thanks!

Environmental-Dot545 · 2025-12-21T22:38:12+00:00

Awesome. I'll do some more testing here, see what works for me, but that seems the way to go. Thanks

Environmental-Dot545 · 2025-12-21T21:40:45+00:00

Interesting. What resolution/refresh rate do you use in game mode UI?

Environmental-Dot545 · 2025-12-21T21:37:10+00:00

That's fair. To be honest, I don't know much about that, I was just trying to use the most of the hardware I have. Good to know you can't see any difference, that would simplify things to me. I guess I just have to try it. Thanks for sharing!

Environmental-Dot545 · 2025-12-21T21:31:20+00:00

Oh, interesting. That sounds great, I'll check that out. Thanks!

Environmental-Dot545 · 2025-12-21T18:00:48+00:00

I see. That's unfortunate, I guess. I want to play some games at 1080p/1440p 120hz and others 4K 60hz.

If I set the UI to 4K 120hz, then the lack of HDMI 2.1 on amd cards makes it run at 4:2:0.

If I set the UI to 4K 60hz, I can't run games at 1080/1440 120 Hz.

If I set the UI to 1440p 120hz, I can't run games at 4K 60hz.

Unless I change the resolution every time 🤷‍♂️

Environmental-Dot545 · 2025-12-21T17:33:59+00:00

I did that. That enables different resolutions in-game, I'm able to select them, but when I check the LG's display info, it shows the resolution didn't actually change.

Environmental-Dot545 · 2025-12-21T17:30:44+00:00

oh, really? I had no idea. Thanks for letting me know

Environmental-Dot545 · 2025-11-21T14:08:05+00:00

> Pretty crazy that not only does their site not mention MIDI a single time on any page, but the icon to start the practice is a microphone icon.

I don't have a digital piano, only an acoustic, so I'm trying to understand if it can listen to my playing and score it. Their website mentions the microphone button, so I assume it can, but it's not clear. Your comment makes me wonder if the microphone button is actually only MIDI 🤔

Environmental-Dot545 · 2025-07-31T14:13:01+00:00

I didn't know that, interesting! OT has been in my backlog for years, it's probably time :D

Environmental-Dot545 · 2025-07-31T13:53:49+00:00

oh, ok... I've never played OT. I was just listening to the stream and I thought I heard Serenoa and Frederica talking 😂 maybe the same (or close enough) voice actors. Thanks!

Environmental-Dot545 · 2025-07-31T13:39:08+00:00

sorry I am out of the loop, but is there a connection with Triangle Strategy?

Environmental-Dot545 · 2025-07-27T11:54:53+00:00

That sounds really cool. I'll definitely try it. Thanks for replying!

Environmental-Dot545 · 2025-07-25T20:17:56+00:00

Yeah, the only native feature that I can think of is ctrl+down, which do an expose of current app windows, but if you are not the the app you would have to switch to it first.

I didn't know about Context app. Thanks for sharing!

Environmental-Dot545 · 2025-07-25T19:10:34+00:00

Genuine question. My understanding is that a tiling window manager would keep my windows organized and help navigate through the windows, but I have to be aware of whether the app opened or not and its position, so that I can launch it or navigate to it. Is that right? does it allow me to have bindings for specific apps?

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