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now's your chance to see how these two
really stack up against each other on
the same table in the same video and
looking at these two you will see that
they're pretty much the same shape as
you saw from the beginning b-roll
they're the same shape the same kind of
styling cues although this is a
miniaturized version and actually that
one inch of screen real estate really
does change the game you really see how
small this looks compared to the bigger
forma and we did put different colors so
you can see how they both kind of look
separately button on the back gyroscope
still works of course no button on the
back they didn't put it there they put
it on the side see this thickness and
everything we just kind of left these
untethered so you guys can get a good
idea of what they look like this is a
non flush screen embezzle it is recessed
you will see that there is a gap and
here is the flush screen embezzle
through and through all the way so catch
some light that's how reflective that
one's gonna look so now that we're done
with the whole be rolling just kind of
throwing the devices around on camera
you guys can see for yourself and really
get an idea of what the size looks like
compared to these guys as you go on
through the video so let's just kick it
off with the home screen here and home
screen is pretty much identical in every
way except that the icons are all a
little bit smaller on the seven-inch and
that's to be expected because everything
is scaled down so everything from home
to the three lines to the icons right
there they are all smaller on the Cobo
libra although they do have the same
settings and we're not going to go
through every setting but you can see
here they are exact
the same except for the form ax and the
libra names at the bottom they both have
overdrive etc so basically we're gonna
go through book PDF and manga and then
check the glow lights out so let's look
at a book first
the forma does show a lot more text on
the screen because it is a inch bigger
than the Libra the Libra does have some
interesting features though which we
covered in the review you do have some
information up top some additional
information at the bottom that the forma
does not have you have a little progress
bar down here as well and it is in black
so as you progress through the book you
can see that and clicking on the bottom
it automatically selects the scrubber
rather than having to select it on the
forma and a view as you jump around a
little bit
page to page back to page forward page
it leaves these little breadcrumb kind
of things and that's really cool because
if you lose what place you were on a
second ago you can either well attempt
to tap the little black dot you don't
want to run the risk of hitting a couple
pages too far too shallow so what you
want to do is maybe just click the back
to page and it goes directly to that dot
so those are just some of the new
features that the Libra introduced over
the forma the forma does not have those
features in place they do have the
scrubber but you do have to click on it
and when you move left and right it
doesn't actually keep your page and you
don't have the progress bar on the
bottom and you do have a little bit less
information but page turns are both very
snappy they both work very well they
both have all the same features in terms
of the text augmentation advanced menu
and everything else they also bring the
exact same features when it comes to
long pressing in the form of notes and
highlights and dictionary definitions
one of the only things we will show
compared to these comparing these
towards the keyboard because you do
appear to have some more room on the
form of but it's not really using the
screen to its full potential if you
actually look at the side-by-side the
margins on the libra are actually pretty
small and the margins on the forma are
fairly large so the individual letters
and keys aren't all that much bigger
than each other's pdfs again it is a
matter of how big your screen is so as
we go through the book here you will see
that they pretty much turn pages at the
exact same rate and you can use the
physical page turn buttons as well but
looking at these side-by-side you guys
can just tell for yourself we actually
did something recently on black bezels
versus white bezels so that will play
into account here but it is ever so
clear that the format is a little much
bigger screen so with the format you can
actually read things as is whereas on
the Libre you might want to do a little
bit of pinch and zooming you do get a
mini-map and everything but with PDFs
you see stuff like that happens you got
to kind of be patient with it all right
one of the game changes for these two
devices side by side is manga you can
very clearly see the forma on the right
has a much bigger screen for manga it is
very much scaled down on the Left Libre
here although they are both really high
quality and we are nitpicking but it
does really make a difference when you
compare the two now if you press and
hold the page turn buttons it does zoom
through the book and this is the quick
page turn system that they input in
place because a lot of people read manga
on their Kobo devices and you can see
here what it looks like side-by-side
they both do have the ability to pinch
and zoom although there is no mini-map
but the thing about these devices is
that don't get us wrong the Libra is a
pretty decent screen it is 7 inches it's
just compared to the Giant forma it it
really gets pushed to the side but they
both display manga extremely well for
what they are in their own respective
screen size so it doesn't matter which
one you really pick but putting these
side by side the forma is a lot more of
a comfortable reading experience when it
comes to graphic novels and manga no
your eyes are not deceiving you the glow
lights are different on these two
devices and this is for a couple reasons
one the Libra is newer it's a smaller
screen and it's using a recessed screen
where it means it's sitting down the
forma is a flush screen in bezel so you
actually can't even see the LEDs the
reason that you want to get the Kobo
devices though is because of this
the warm natural lighting you can turn
the warm natural lighting up to a pretty
nice glow and you can actually go and
white balance your device because it has
both the blue LEDs and the orange LEDs
on at the same time you also have auto
learn more for why you should keep auto
on and why you should not have too much
blue light in your face when you're
sleeping
etc they just have some information on
that but in terms of the glow lights
they're both very nice they're both
distributed very well
however the forma just has a little bit
of a better look to it because of the
fact that it's a flush screen embezzle
the light carries better through an
obstructed piece of glass rather than
the Libra just it shining on the screen
itself but it all just it's all
subjective it just comes down to your
own liking but this is what they look
like side by side yes the forma is
bigger and badder you can read things as
they are PDFs are bigger mangas bigger
the text there's more text to display on
the screen when you're reading a book
and you don't have to pinch and zoom as
much you don't have to change the size
of the font as much we understand all
that but you know what you're paying
more this is $100 more than the Libra
the forma is around two hundred $69 USD
and the Libra is around the $169 USD so
although they are the same shape design
and overall idea the Libra is probably a
better bang for your buck because you're
getting most of what the forma can do at
$100 less for good reader comm in a
comparison between the form ax and the
Libra this is Peter
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