This is a compilation of Kindle Review Videos - We have Kindle 2 Review Videos and comparisons between Kindle 1 and Kindle 2 and DX and will add more Kindle DX videos soon.
The different features shown will help give you a good idea of what the Kindle 2, its screen, and different features feel like, how they look, and how the Kindle works. Hopefully they can help you decide whether you should get a Kindle 2 for yourself.
Kindle DX Video (comparing it with Kindle 1)
What the Kindle Looks Like + second generation Kindle Features
What the Kindle 2 looks like –
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Kindle 2 TTS Example –
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Kindle 2 Text To Speech Female Voice –
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Kindle 2 Screen & the screen contrast –
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Changeable Font Sizes –
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Kindle 2 Refresh Rate Demo –
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How Thin the Kindle 2 is –
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Change Line Spacing (Close-Up) -
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Change Line Spacing (From a Little Distance) -
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Reading Newspapers on Kindle 2
Here’s a simple newspaper reading video. For the Kindle DX, imagine the same with a screen that is 2.5 times as big, and allows for landscape mode -
Kindle 2 Additional Videos
Ghosting (Use Alt-G to remove ghosting) –
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Kindle 2 Image Viewer (Note: Image resolution was very high so a slightly unfair video) –
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Using the Kindle 2 –
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How bold font looks better AKA a potential semi-solution to increase contrast on the Kindle 2’s screen –
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Kindle 2 Vs Kindle 1 Comparison Videos
Kindle 2 Vs Kindle 1 Video Review –
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Kindle 1 Vs Kindle 2 Image Display Comparison –
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Kindle 2 Vs Kindle Screen Contrast Review –
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Kindle 2 Vs Kindle 1 Refresh Rate Comparison -
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I hope these videos help you get a better idea of the Kindle 2 and figure out whether you should get a Kindle 2.
Watching the reviews taught me that I could listen to the Kindle talk – I switched mine to speech to talk and heard a voice and now the Kindle is stuck on the page that was read?? Can anybody help me??
Dawn, the page turn doesn’t work while Text To Speech is turned off. You have to switch it off (using the menu or the shortcut). Pausing doesn’t work – you have to turn it off.
Hello:
I have followed your excellent directions and downloaded STANZA to download pdf files to my Kindle 2. I have also used the USB device to copy them into the Kinlde document file BUT I am not able to open any of the files that I see when I have attached my Kindle to the computer through the USB port. I am not in USB connection mode when I open up my Kindle.
Can you help?
Thank you. I have booked marked your site as the information it contains is excellent.
VR Wilson
I appreciate your fantastic reviews and especially your videos.
I am visually impaired and the possibility to increase font size is one of the main reasons that would make me buy an e-reader like the Kindle. (I’d rather read than listen to the text-to-speech engine, which I have on my PC too.) However, I don’t know whether even the largest font size available on the Kindle is large enough for me.
Could you measure the height of the various font sizes with a ruler or something and give me the size in millimeters? Maybe you could redo the video about font sizes, but using a ruler to measure the height of the various font sizes.
Please check this Kindle Font Size Guide which has a comparison with Microsoft Word. The largest kindle font size is around 20pt size in Microsoft Word.
Let me know if that’s enough. If not will try to find a ruler or tape measure and do an additional video.
Amazon are also adding a new supersize font to the Kindle in mid 2010 that will be double the current largest size – so perhaps 40 pt size in Word. They will also make the Menus accessible via the Read To Me feature.
Thanks a lot! I missed that post you linked to above. Very informative, as are all your posts. The video there was great, no need for ruler measurements now.
I knew Sony had the biggest font, but the Kindle’s size 6 (~20pct.) should be big enough for me. I think the 40pct. addition would be great for people with even poorer eyesight, but that may mean turning the page every 3 seconds, because of the small screen. I prefer the DX for its screen size, but it’s too expensive for me.
One more thing: do you think Amazon will release a new Kindle this spring? Do you think it will be significantly more expensive than Kindle 2? Because right now Kindle 3 is the only thing keeping me from buying Kindle 2.
Not sure on when Kindle 3 is released. February and Fall would be the big candidates.
There’s always a good market for used Kindles plus a 30 day return period. The downside of buying a Kindle and a new model coming out is relatively low.
I love all the tricks and tips. Could someone tell me with the Kindle2 should it be off or in sleep mode? I don’t find the battery lasts very long – any advice
Dawn, turn the wireless off to get the Kindle to last longer. Leaving it in sleep mode is fine – no need to turn it off as the screen only uses energy when it changes.
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Watching the reviews taught me that I could listen to the Kindle talk – I switched mine to speech to talk and heard a voice and now the Kindle is stuck on the page that was read?? Can anybody help me??
Dawn, the page turn doesn’t work while Text To Speech is turned off. You have to switch it off (using the menu or the shortcut). Pausing doesn’t work – you have to turn it off.
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Hello:
I have followed your excellent directions and downloaded STANZA to download pdf files to my Kindle 2. I have also used the USB device to copy them into the Kinlde document file BUT I am not able to open any of the files that I see when I have attached my Kindle to the computer through the USB port. I am not in USB connection mode when I open up my Kindle.
Can you help?
Thank you. I have booked marked your site as the information it contains is excellent.
VR Wilson
Virginia, what Kindle do you have?
After converting files using Stanza – which format files are you moving over to the Kindle?
Hello,
I appreciate your fantastic reviews and especially your videos.
I am visually impaired and the possibility to increase font size is one of the main reasons that would make me buy an e-reader like the Kindle. (I’d rather read than listen to the text-to-speech engine, which I have on my PC too.) However, I don’t know whether even the largest font size available on the Kindle is large enough for me.
Could you measure the height of the various font sizes with a ruler or something and give me the size in millimeters? Maybe you could redo the video about font sizes, but using a ruler to measure the height of the various font sizes.
Thank you very much!
Please check this Kindle Font Size Guide which has a comparison with Microsoft Word. The largest kindle font size is around 20pt size in Microsoft Word.
Let me know if that’s enough. If not will try to find a ruler or tape measure and do an additional video.
Amazon are also adding a new supersize font to the Kindle in mid 2010 that will be double the current largest size – so perhaps 40 pt size in Word. They will also make the Menus accessible via the Read To Me feature.
Thanks a lot! I missed that post you linked to above. Very informative, as are all your posts. The video there was great, no need for ruler measurements now.
I knew Sony had the biggest font, but the Kindle’s size 6 (~20pct.) should be big enough for me. I think the 40pct. addition would be great for people with even poorer eyesight, but that may mean turning the page every 3 seconds, because of the small screen. I prefer the DX for its screen size, but it’s too expensive for me.
One more thing: do you think Amazon will release a new Kindle this spring? Do you think it will be significantly more expensive than Kindle 2? Because right now Kindle 3 is the only thing keeping me from buying Kindle 2.
Thanks again!
Not sure on when Kindle 3 is released. February and Fall would be the big candidates.
There’s always a good market for used Kindles plus a 30 day return period. The downside of buying a Kindle and a new model coming out is relatively low.
Most of the videos on this page are badly aligned and the Fullscreen buttons are inaccessible. Thanks.
Thanks for the note.
there was some change in the underlying software. Have changed the alignment.
I love all the tricks and tips. Could someone tell me with the Kindle2 should it be off or in sleep mode? I don’t find the battery lasts very long – any advice
Dawn, turn the wireless off to get the Kindle to last longer. Leaving it in sleep mode is fine – no need to turn it off as the screen only uses energy when it changes.