WEBVTT 00:00:06.640 --> 00:00:12.559 The Cooler Master Glacer 240L CPU cooler delivers the convenience of an 00:00:10.639 --> 00:00:18.080 all-in-one and the performance of a custom water cooler. Click now to learn 00:00:15.000 --> 00:00:20.640 more. So, I must be the only person on 00:00:18.080 --> 00:00:25.279 Earth who had never really used a Kindle before I bought this one. Consider this 00:00:22.560 --> 00:00:29.439 a review not from a seasoned ebook reader perspective, but rather from 00:00:27.279 --> 00:00:34.880 someone who has mostly relied on dead trees for the enjoyment of novels in the 00:00:31.760 --> 00:00:37.200 past. Yes, I am just old-fashioned like 00:00:34.880 --> 00:00:42.320 that, I guess. The first thing I noticed about the Kindle was the guaranteed or 00:00:39.680 --> 00:00:47.680 certified frustration packaging. I laughed and then opened it up. Inside, I 00:00:45.280 --> 00:00:51.520 found a charging cable, but no wall wart, a quick start guide, which I 00:00:50.320 --> 00:00:58.800 didn't really need because the thing only has one button, and the quick start guide basically says push the button, 00:00:55.840 --> 00:01:03.840 and the paper weight itself. Basic specs wise, it's got a 6-in e-aper display 00:01:00.559 --> 00:01:06.000 with a 212 pixels per inch density, 16 00:01:03.840 --> 00:01:09.600 levels of grayscale for maps and illustrations, and a blue tinted 00:01:07.680 --> 00:01:14.560 brightness adjustable backlight. It's got 2 gigs of storage for up to 1,100 00:01:12.640 --> 00:01:19.680 books, plus free cloud storage of books on Amazon if you actually have more than 00:01:17.200 --> 00:01:24.159 that. And Amazon figures it'll do about 28 hours of continuous battery life. But 00:01:21.600 --> 00:01:27.920 with my low backlight preference and slow reading, I actually got more out of 00:01:26.159 --> 00:01:33.520 it than than that. So, let's start with the screen. E-aper is really really 00:01:31.200 --> 00:01:37.439 cool. The screen saver on it, which stays on at all times. Remember, it 00:01:35.119 --> 00:01:42.079 doesn't take power to maintain an image only to change it. actually looked like 00:01:39.840 --> 00:01:46.320 a sticker that was over top of the screen and I initially tried to like 00:01:44.159 --> 00:01:51.200 peel it off before realizing what a dunce I was being and turning the thing 00:01:48.000 --> 00:01:53.759 on. The screen does still have a bit of 00:01:51.200 --> 00:01:58.880 a yellow cast, but it's much better than other e-aper devices that I've seen and 00:01:56.000 --> 00:02:02.320 really is more white. When it came to benchmarking, um I don't know, Amazon 00:02:00.719 --> 00:02:05.840 says it's faster than the old one or something. I I don't know. I still 00:02:04.159 --> 00:02:09.920 couldn't type my wireless password at full speed. So, I figured, what is there 00:02:08.239 --> 00:02:14.640 to do with this thing other than read some books and see if the actual speed 00:02:12.640 --> 00:02:18.080 bothers me or doesn't bother me? The quick start guide made it easy to get 00:02:16.080 --> 00:02:21.680 started within about 8 minutes. It had walked me through all the functionality 00:02:19.760 --> 00:02:25.120 I needed, connected me to my Wi-Fi, and I had purchased a book. I decided to 00:02:23.760 --> 00:02:29.680 skip the whole Facebook and Twitter integration thing, though, so maybe that would have taken a bit more time. And 00:02:28.239 --> 00:02:34.480 then, of course, you can't benchmark without comparative testing. So, I read 00:02:32.000 --> 00:02:39.120 The Hobbit on my iPad 2 to cleanse myself of that second movie. I read I 00:02:36.959 --> 00:02:43.680 Hope They Serve Beer and Hell on Paper, followed by the first book and about a 00:02:41.599 --> 00:02:48.800 third or so of the second one of A Song of Fire and Ice on the Kindle. The 00:02:46.080 --> 00:02:52.959 higher display density contrasts sharply with other e-readers and significantly 00:02:51.040 --> 00:02:58.319 reduced my eye strain compared to my iPad 2. I see well closeup. So, smaller 00:02:55.760 --> 00:03:01.120 font sizes with fewer page flips is more comfortable for me as long as the 00:02:59.599 --> 00:03:04.959 resolution is high enough that the text doesn't look distorted. And I found the 00:03:03.040 --> 00:03:09.440 pixels weren't very noticeable to me unless I was closer than about 4 in. 00:03:07.760 --> 00:03:15.760 Speaking of page flips, one thing that drove me crazy was that referring back 00:03:12.560 --> 00:03:17.840 to things like maps or family trees in a 00:03:15.760 --> 00:03:22.239 fantasy novel like I was reading was nearly impossible and very flowbreaking 00:03:20.400 --> 00:03:26.640 compared to being able to keep my pinky in the appropriate appendix for quick 00:03:24.239 --> 00:03:31.120 reference or my thumb. I'm willing to trade my appendices, however, not my 00:03:28.959 --> 00:03:34.640 appendix, my appendices for the quick dictionary feature on the other hand 00:03:32.640 --> 00:03:39.720 that lets you look things up either in the dictionary or on Wikipedia and have 00:03:37.040 --> 00:03:44.159 it defined for you. That is extremely handy. The backlight was also super 00:03:42.239 --> 00:03:48.879 convenient. I found on a setting of about four or five, I couldn't tell it 00:03:46.879 --> 00:03:52.319 was on with the bedside lamp on in my bedroom, but when I ventured into the 00:03:50.640 --> 00:03:56.560 darkened house to retrieve a reading snack, the setting was perfect for that 00:03:54.560 --> 00:04:02.159 as well. So, I actually never really adjusted it. Now, Amazon touts this as 00:03:59.920 --> 00:04:06.000 optimal for reading with one hand, but I call bollocks on that. It can be as 00:04:04.159 --> 00:04:10.319 light as it wants to be, but it's not balanced. In portrait, the bezel is so 00:04:08.720 --> 00:04:13.439 narrow. In fact, if you look at the picture on Amazon's website, no one can 00:04:12.000 --> 00:04:16.880 hold it like that. They've got the thumb like way off to the side here. The bezel 00:04:15.280 --> 00:04:20.799 is so narrow that you couldn't hope to actually use it that way unless you're 00:04:18.720 --> 00:04:24.880 also resting it on your lap or bed or something. And for right-handed folks, 00:04:22.800 --> 00:04:32.000 this was really frustrating. The only way it works in landscape mode, here we 00:04:27.759 --> 00:04:33.440 go, is this way with the narrower side 00:04:32.000 --> 00:04:38.639 in your right hand. Most people are right-handed, Amazon. I mean, it's great for the lefties. They have that nice big 00:04:36.479 --> 00:04:42.720 bezel that I could actually legitimately call suitable for one-handed reading, 00:04:40.800 --> 00:04:47.840 but until Amazon gives you the option to go either way with landscape mode, I I 00:04:45.360 --> 00:04:51.919 can't really let that one go. I mean, I know a book is heavier, but the thing 00:04:49.919 --> 00:04:56.120 about it is that it's also inherently balanced unless you're just starting out 00:04:54.160 --> 00:05:00.800 or just finishing it up. So, I guess that's it. It's not the 00:04:58.960 --> 00:05:04.320 most complete review I've ever done, but the conclusion isn't likely to change 00:05:02.479 --> 00:05:09.360 with more experience with the product. So, while it doesn't compare to holding 00:05:07.199 --> 00:05:14.160 a book for me, and I think it's the biggest scam ever, that ebooks cost the 00:05:12.080 --> 00:05:18.400 same as physical books given their digital distribution cost savings and 00:05:16.560 --> 00:05:23.000 the fact that they don't let people lend them more than once for 14 days, which 00:05:21.919 --> 00:05:27.919 is ridiculous. I'll still probably be 00:05:25.840 --> 00:05:32.240 continuing to buy books on Kindle rather than paper. Your mileage may vary, but 00:05:29.840 --> 00:05:38.320 the space savings and convenience of only having one device to keep track of 00:05:34.919 --> 00:05:40.479 outweighs the superior experience of the 00:05:38.320 --> 00:05:44.800 smell of paper and turning actual pages for me. Thank you for checking out this 00:05:42.400 --> 00:05:47.520 video on the Kindle Paper White 2013 edition. Don't forget to like this video 00:05:46.080 --> 00:05:54.240 if you liked it, dislike it if you disliked it. Leave a comment. Let me 00:05:51.080 --> 00:05:55.680 know books or ebooks, which do you 00:05:54.240 --> 00:05:58.880 prefer? And as always guys, don't forget to subscribe to Linus Tech Tips for more 00:05:57.360 --> 00:06:01.880 unboxings, reviews, and other computer videos.