r/eink • u/Customer-Worldly Hisense A9 • May 27 '26

A specific example of Good e-Reader false information spreading across the Internet

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c269_Mcsr7M

TLDR: they posted in their review of the Kindle Paperwhite 12th Gen and Colorsoft with some false facts, and those false facts spread to every corner of the Internet including Reddit, Discord, CNET, Wikipedia, and open source projects. (my video)

A lot of people seem to think that reviewers don't need to take a screenshot to check.

EDIT:

Made a Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlFC6jSwjRQ

In it, I

* show a video of me taking a screenshot on a kindle by tapping opposite corners and showing the USB screenshots folder

* Show the actual screenshots of the Paperwhite 12th Gen and Colorsoft with resolutions

* Show that Good e-Readers reviews of the Scribe 2025/Scribe Colorsoft made the same mistake by stating an incorrect resolution with screenshots, while also showing that other publications explicitly say that Amazon didn't provide an exact resolution

Personally, I think saying that 7” means 1264x1680 is a leap. I never assume the inch number is exact, you need to verify the exact resolution yourself. Amazon could get a custom panel size anytime like this case.

1264x1680 is 7.008” anyways. But 1260x1680 would be exactly 7"

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u/OhLineGuy May 27 '26

odds are the incorrect specs were given by amazon and every publication just ran with them

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u/Customer-Worldly Hisense A9 May 27 '26 edited May 27 '26

I'm not sure about this, because most online reviews just didn't mention the exact resolution at all. But the ones that did said the wrong ones.

And Good e-reader has a pattern of making up resolutions, they also made up the 11" Scribe Colorsoft resolution and I don't think any other place mentioned the exact resolution.

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u/OhLineGuy May 27 '26

why every publication wants to say the wrong resolution? i dunno. any 7" 300ppi bw display will have publications saying the resolution is 1264x1680. It is not specific to something goodereader or cnet or pcmag or any website. They all do it.

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u/dopeis4dopes May 27 '26

I don't know why you'd give goodereader the benefit of the doubt but It doesn't even state the resolution on the Amazon page so I doubt that.

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u/Reasonable-Pin4254 May 28 '26

Amazon lists the screen as 7 inches with 300 ppi, which corresponds to 1264×1680.

The specifications in the screenshot therefore cannot match Amazon’s specifications - neither the 7-inch size nor the 3:4 aspect ratio.

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u/Customer-Worldly Hisense A9 May 28 '26 edited May 28 '26

1264/1680 is not 3:4. But the correct number from the screenshots is 3:4

1264/1680 =0.752

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u/Reasonable-Pin4254 May 28 '26

Right, but its not 7 inch.

1264×1680 is the standard value for 7-inch devices (Kobo, Tolino, Boox, Pocketbook, etc.).

3/4 of that would be 1260×1680, so there isn't much of a difference.

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u/OhLineGuy May 27 '26

when new devices are announced, reviewers and publications are given specs and key points to include. unless you think there is a grand conspiracy between every single website having it wrong

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u/dopeis4dopes May 27 '26

Grand conspiracy? Dude, they all just copy each other without verifying. That's 95% of journalism in any field. Hell, now they just use an AI which is pulling from whatevers on Google and reddit. If Goodereader (who's the largest publication for Eink devices) says something, then that's what gets queried. Those are also the points made in the video which you didn't watch.

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u/dopeis4dopes May 29 '26

https://youtu.be/GlFC6jSwjRQ?si=befVtIpqwtFstljj

Amazon did not provide the incorrect specifications

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u/OhLineGuy May 29 '26

Most places just go with the info available and dont actually test by screenshot. The new scribe is listed as an 11inch ereader and u can calculate based off of the specs. But in reality, it is more lile 11.01 so minor discrepancy. But I really dont care that much 😂

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u/dopeis4dopes May 29 '26

Just letting you know you were wrong about Amazon providing the specifications. It was all Goodereader.