The Christmas holidays are coming and everyone we are looking for the ideal gift for our loved ones and, of course, for ourselves. If you still do not know what to "advise" to Santa Claus or the Three Wise Men so that this year they do not leave you more underwear in your shoes, you can pass a link to this article, to see if they catch the "hint".
When I keep asking myself about the advantages (or not) of the front light of the Glo or the Paperwhite in front of my current e-readers without a front light, comes House of the book (a benchmark in the field of reading for many years) and presents its new reader Tagus lux de touch screen and with front light and what is read no reflections. Here are its main features:
- An pearl screen 6 ″, tactile and with a resolution of 1024 × 758. We are already talking about one of the HD screen readers of the year.
- With a pilot plant processor Cortex A8 at 800 Mhz, with a Flash memory 256MB DDR
- Storage capacity 4 GB expandable up to 32 GB via microSD card.
- Lithium-ion battery 1600 mAh, allowing approximately 8000 page turns. As with all readers, using the wifi, the light, and all those little things reduces the duration.
- Connectivity: 802.11 b / g / n wifi, microUSB 2.0, 3,5mm headphone jack, Micro SD card slot.
- And, something very interesting, is multiformat plates.
The box includes, apart from the Tagus Lux, a USB cable, quick start guide and warranty card. A charger / adapter for the current and some type of cover or protection is missing, although currently, except for the most expensive readers, almost none include it.
On these important dates, we are going to be positive: the absence of sheath It will allow us to take a walk through the many specialized stores in this field and choose some of the precious things that they offer; even do a little DIY and make one ourselves. Any ideas?
The measures of the Tagus Lux are very similar to those of most mid-range 6 ″ readers (171x125x10,9 mm), although somewhat distant from the models that claim to be more manageable like the PRS-T2. The same thing happens to us with weight, its 238 gr they don't make it a hulk, but it can be a bit awkward to use with one hand.
Another aspect that does not quite convince me is the amount of memory space dedicated to the operating system in front of the space that it leaves as a storage area; of the 4 GB it has, it allocates 3 GB to the Tagus system and leaves only 1 GB for the user. It is true that books occupy little and we could carry a library of a certain size, apart from being able to expand it with microSD cards, but the proportion of space occupied by the operating system is greater than in other readers.
An important point in favor of the Tagus Lux is that The dictionary of the RAE is incorporated, something that is very useful to be able to consult while you read. The ideal is to complement it with other dictionaries such as Larousse, some Spanish-English / English-Spanish and another in English (or another foreign language) such as Collins.
And one of the points that I like the most about any reader, the Tagus Lux is compatible with pdf, epub (with and without DRM), txt, html, chm, pdb, mobi, fb2, djvu, doc, xls, rtf and with rar and zip, so we can assume it is compatible with cbz and cbr. As to compatibility is almost a luxury, although it is not surprising considering that it is a clone (or almost) of the Onyx Boox i62HD Firely.
We are approaching the end with another point that I love, plays audio files, unlike the two star readers of 2012 (the Sony PRS-T2 and the Kindle Paperwhite). I have already said it on other occasions, but I think the enormous possibilities offered by the TTS (Text To Speech) system and audiobooks offer when learning languages ​​or for people with some type of visual impairment, or the possibility listening to music in the background while reading (I know this could also be done with another device but, for example when I travel, why do I have to carry more than one device and more than one charger?).
Apart from all this, the Tagus Lux allows us shop in total comfort at Casa del Libro and access one of the largest electronic book libraries in Spanish, with an easy, comfortable and perfectly integrated system with these readers (yes, okay, it just needed not to be).
Conclusion: the Tagus Lux is a great mid-range reader, with more than acceptable features at a fairly reasonable price (€ 139 on the Casa del Libro official website).
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Source - House of the book