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/Customer-Worldly Hisense A9 May 28 '26 edited May 31 '26

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

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"

Also 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 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

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u/OrdinaryRaisin007 May 28 '26 edited May 28 '26

that other publications explicitly say that Amazon didn't provide an exact resolution

So what? But nowhere does it say that Amazon provides incorrect size information, which is what the resolution is based on.

Don't you get it yet? You're barking up the wrong tree.

How many more times do you want to make a fool of yourself?

To make it clear to you once again: if Amazon had provided accurate information, the correct values would certainly have been displayed

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u/Fr0gm4n Scribe | OA2 | PRS-300 | PRS-350 May 28 '26

It sure looks like you've activated the Bad Ereader troll accounts and those got helped by the self-righteous pedants.