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  • A lot of people will recommend Kobo readers, but also look into Pocketbook readers. I have their Basic Lux, which is a barebones eReader with a black and white screen. Even though it’s lower screen size and resolution, I use it for manga and I think it looks great. They have color ereaders, and some that even run on android (but that takes away from battery life).







  • Pocketbook devices mostly run on Linux, except for a few android models. I have the Pocketbook Basic Lux, and I side load manga onto a SD card for it. It has a bookstore that can be entirely ignored, and you can use it without ever connecting wifi. I use Kindle Comic Converter to resize all my manga to the same resolution of the screen to prevent artifacts when the software downscales the images, as well as significantly reducing file size. It has a very simple menu and does not come with any bloatware or unnecessary additions. It is simply an eReader.










  • PineRune@lemmy.worldtoAsklemmy@lemmy.mlBone conduction headphones?
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    1 year ago

    I wore some of these at work for a while to listen to music, since earbuds were an OSHA safetey issue.

    • They are horrible in loud environments. I had to turn them up so high thay they would vibrate, which was an unpleasent feeling.
    • However, you can still hear them fine with OSHA approved earplugs, but then the music sounds all muffled.
    • You can find lots of different ones on Amazon and such just by searching for bone conduction headphones, ranging from cheap to expensive.
    • The ones I got cost about $20 at the time, and had an okay sound quality, but not much bass.

    I leaned about these from the Soundband Kickstarter over a decade ago, whoch I backed. None of the backers ever got a product, as it seems the creators dropped the project and ran with the money. Those ones had the bone-conduction wrap around the ear. Instead of sit on the bone in front of the ear.

    Edit, to add a few points:

    • They were comfortable enough to wear for several hours, but the vibration got real annoying if I had to turn up the volume due to a loud environment. The band that wraps around the ears could get uncomfortable after a while.
    • It didn’t irratate my skin, but vibration at loud volumes was uncomfortable.
    • I wore these with glasses no problem.
    • The band that wraps around wasn’t tight, but fit okay enough to not flop around while working. Not sure about for jogging or other work-outs.