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Lord_Pall · 04-27-2008, 11:43 AM

I got my wife a PRS-505 for her birthday. Bought it in November in the US.

Now we're in Finland. She leaned across her desk and placed her elbow on the case(Default brown case from borders). Very slight pressure on the screen.

And it broke.

Like really really broke.

And she cried.

Which sucked.

So, I suspect Sony won't fix it because it's not in the states and the screen is broken through normal use..

Any ideas? Is it ruined? It's got the classic "straight lines broken screen look".

Are all the vizplex devices this fragile? This wasn't dropping it or really putting weight on it, it was slight pressure with the included case around the unit.

That seems to be far too fragile.

I'd like one of these with a protective cover between the housing and the screen.

The old Reb 1100 and 1200's we had were built like tanks. Anyone make eink units like that?

04-27-2008, 11:43 AM	#1
Lord_Pall Member Posts: 14 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2008 Device: Prs-505, reb1200, reb1100	PRS-505 made my wife cry I got my wife a PRS-505 for her birthday. Bought it in November in the US. Now we're in Finland. She leaned across her desk and placed her elbow on the case(Default brown case from borders). Very slight pressure on the screen. And it broke. Like really really broke. And she cried. Which sucked. So, I suspect Sony won't fix it because it's not in the states and the screen is broken through normal use.. Any ideas? Is it ruined? It's got the classic "straight lines broken screen look". Are all the vizplex devices this fragile? This wasn't dropping it or really putting weight on it, it was slight pressure with the included case around the unit. That seems to be far too fragile. I'd like one of these with a protective cover between the housing and the screen. The old Reb 1100 and 1200's we had were built like tanks. Anyone make eink units like that?