|
View Poll Results: How long should a liseuse last for? | |||
Forever and a day | 9 | 10.47% | |
Up to 50 years | 2 | 2.33% | |
Up to 20 years | 4 | 4.65% | |
Up to 15 years | 1 | 1.16% | |
Up to 10 years | 19 | 22.09% | |
Up to 5 years | 39 | 45.35% | |
Up to 3 years | 4 | 4.65% | |
Up to 2 years | 4 | 4.65% | |
1 year | 1 | 1.16% | |
They're just an expensive gadget and won't last 5 minutes: get used to it | 3 | 3.49% | |
Voters: 86. You may not vote on this poll |
|
Thread Tools | Search this Thread |
10-23-2009, 06:05 PM | #46 |
Pre-season starts May 20
Posts: 7,590
Karma: 31484197
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Raleigh, NC
Device: Paperwhite, Kindles 10 & 4 and jetBook Lite
|
I still use the stereo system amp/receiver and speakers I bought in 1975, and the Atari 1040ST computer I bought in 1987 (for my music database). So I voted for "up to 50 years".
That's why I am leaning toward the jetBook Lite, which runs on AA batteries. However, the life expectancy of the jetBook LCD screen is a question mark for me. |
10-24-2009, 03:06 AM | #47 |
Grand Sorcerer
Posts: 9,707
Karma: 32763414
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Krewerd
Device: Pocketbook Inkpad 4 Color; Samsung Galaxy Tab S6
|
a lisuesue? -100 years.
A dedicated ebook reader? About 5 years. By that time the device has been so out-dated that even when it still works, you just want to have a new one... |
Advert | |
|
10-24-2009, 10:25 AM | #48 |
Wizard
Posts: 1,790
Karma: 507333
Join Date: May 2009
Device: none
|
|
10-24-2009, 10:28 AM | #49 |
Reader
Posts: 11,504
Karma: 8720163
Join Date: May 2007
Location: South Wales, UK
Device: Sony PRS-500, PRS-505, Asus EEEpc 4G
|
Let's not start flaming, otherwise I shall have to put my moderator's hat on.
|
10-24-2009, 05:03 PM | #50 |
Evangelist
Posts: 412
Karma: 546196
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: UK canal boat
Device: sony prs505, prs650, kobo Glo HD liseuses
|
I voted for five years, but am hoping for much more. My worry is that there will be some terminal failure of the hardware - e.g. one of the page turning buttons. If/when that happens then I may be tempted to upgrade my liseuse. I guess because I view it as a super version of a book, I expect a similar lifetime!
|
Advert | |
|
10-24-2009, 08:42 PM | #51 |
eBookin' Fool
Posts: 310
Karma: 1008360
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Vancouver, BC
Device: Kindle Paperwhite, KK, iPad (Ex Prs 505, 500, Reb1100-2150, Rocket)
|
I voted 5 years as MTBF - mean time before failure - barring any accidents of course (I cracked the screen on 2 Rocket eBooks in the first year!).
I tend to consider the active lifetime as a preferred gadget limited based on the attractiveness of new models. Starting with the PRS-500 I purchased the new model each year until the 700, which I returned. Since then, I'll be happy to get three years before succumbing to the charms of a new model, but my old one will likely live on either as a passed down model or sold here or ebay. All that said, I do still have a working RCA 1100, RCA 1200, Gemstar 1150, Gemstar 2150 and eBookwise 1150. |
10-27-2009, 10:24 PM | #52 |
Ad astra per aspera
Posts: 347
Karma: 724
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Mexico
Device: PRS-505, PRS-300 & HTC HD2
|
I still have quite old piece of electronics hanging around and working fine. I'm still using daily my circa 1995 HP 38G scientific calculator. Stored somewhere in a box I have an original Gameboy still in working order.
I expect no less from my 505, which feels a very well engineered product. Sure, the battery will someday have to be replaced, but it's relatively simple and easy with the unibody design of the 505. I will probably replace it far sooner with a more advanced reader though. Ps : lol @ all the foreign-words haters trolling around. |
10-28-2009, 01:56 PM | #53 |
eBook Enthusiast
Posts: 85,544
Karma: 93383043
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: UK
Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6
|
The long-term durability of eInk screens is current an unknown factor. We know that the 1st-gen screens (such as that of the PRS-500) did fade somewhat over time (long-time board members will remember innumerable threads on the subject!). The 2nd gen screens that most of us are now using seem relatively immune to the problem over the 2 years or so that they've been available, but who knows whether the screen will last 10 years, or 20? Only time will tell.
|
10-29-2009, 05:38 AM | #54 |
Guru
Posts: 753
Karma: 1496807
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: The Third World
Device: iLiad + PRS-505 + Kindle 3
|
I'd like to think my liseuses a closed self-sustaining environments.
I'm hoarding all the PD books I can find, I'm scanning my to-be-read paperbacks, and I'm buying a lot of books when sold internationally. All in the hope to fill a couple of memory cards and make my readers independent from a computer. I don't think it will be entirely possible, even if I can read at home with a power supply when batteries fail... But that's how dedicated devices should work, IMHO. And the same applies to media players: I'm waiting for a small 1TB device to store once for all my whole CD/LP collection in it... I voted for 50 years, meaning infinite: it's very unlikely I'll be still alive then.... |
10-29-2009, 03:34 PM | #55 |
Wizard
Posts: 2,214
Karma: 12796976
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: The Sunshine State
Device: Clara, Voyage, Oasis, Paperwhite & PRS-650
|
I bought my first one in April. Since then I have purchased 3 more.
Last edited by SolRaven; 10-29-2009 at 04:18 PM. Reason: Now why did this post before I was finished then post again? Weird. |
10-29-2009, 03:49 PM | #56 |
Connoisseur
Posts: 99
Karma: 403
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Portsmouth, UK
Device: Sony PRS-505, iPhone
|
In excess of 5 years, I tend to keep good care of my electronics and have never broken a laptop screen personally. My Sony TR5MP laptop is still operational (although the OS is showing the fact its never been reinstalled, I fear it so!) and will be 5 come November. I have high hopes for my 505 (silver of course )
My phones tend to suffer repeated trips to the pavement though. |
10-29-2009, 03:51 PM | #57 |
Wizard
Posts: 2,214
Karma: 12796976
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: The Sunshine State
Device: Clara, Voyage, Oasis, Paperwhite & PRS-650
|
I bought my first one in April. Since then I have purchased 3 more. Albeit one to replace one that my beau took to work and broke, but boy do I LOVE that Sangria Red! Ever since I saw it in person I wished I had one. I still love my broken blue one, but the red one?!! Wow!! I swear it improves my reading skills.
Last edited by SolRaven; 10-29-2009 at 04:18 PM. |
10-29-2009, 03:52 PM | #58 |
WWHALD
Posts: 7,879
Karma: 337114
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Mitcham, Surrey, UK
Device: iPad. Selling my silver 505 here
|
I voted up to 5 years, although I think I was being a bit pessimistic...
|
10-29-2009, 04:19 PM | #59 |
Wizard
Posts: 2,214
Karma: 12796976
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: The Sunshine State
Device: Clara, Voyage, Oasis, Paperwhite & PRS-650
|
|
10-29-2009, 04:22 PM | #60 |
WWHALD
Posts: 7,879
Karma: 337114
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Mitcham, Surrey, UK
Device: iPad. Selling my silver 505 here
|
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
liseuse or not liseuse : l'angoisse du grand lecteur... | glin | Lounge français | 39 | 10-21-2011 03:19 PM |
liseuse et linux | glin | Lounge français | 13 | 03-24-2010 07:03 AM |
Unutterably Silly Liseuse ? | aceflor | Lounge français | 20 | 09-15-2009 01:38 PM |
Liseuse feedbooks | tigeu | Autres liseuses | 2 | 11-25-2008 11:32 AM |
Long, long time... | Chaos | Introduce Yourself | 6 | 04-26-2007 11:34 PM |