Odyssey Cybook Odyssey - Page 2

bob123 · 11-03-2011, 03:30 PM

I do wonder how they can measure battery life in page flips when it has HSIS. 25,000 page flips sounds good till you think just how often the page is going to change. It sounds like just opening a menu will be a lot of page flips.

BlackVoid · 11-04-2011, 11:26 AM

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Originally Posted by bob123

There blog says it will have "highlights/dictionary (French version)". Seeming to say that the English version won't.

Then the French can keep their reader, I'll buy a Kindle Touch instead.

bob123 · 11-04-2011, 03:24 PM

This has just been posted on the bookeen blog "Bookeen will announce this Monday November 7th the price and launch date of the Cybook Odyssey.
See you Monday…"

seajewel · 11-04-2011, 04:39 PM

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Originally Posted by bob123

This has just been posted on the bookeen blog "Bookeen will announce this Monday November 7th the price and launch date of the Cybook Odyssey.
See you Monday…"

Wonderful! I got a refurbished Sony PRS-350 and I don't love it, although my problems may be a screen defect (excessive flashing compared to my 505). I'm going to return it if I can (and I better be able to) and I'm looking forward to what B&N and Bookeen have to say on Monday.

pata · 11-06-2011, 08:46 AM

Will this device display comics and manga (flipped controls etc) in the cbz/cbr formats?

EowynCarter · 11-06-2011, 09:11 AM

Nope.

pata · 11-07-2011, 07:35 AM

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Originally Posted by EowynCarter

Nope.

Do you know if this topic has been broached to the Bookeen team before?

I notice that the cybooks can display a bunch of image formats... has anyone tried splitting the cbr/cbz into a folder of images and reading it that way? What's the experience like?

Edit: it's monday! What time today did they set for the announcement?

EowynCarter · 11-07-2011, 08:02 AM

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Originally Posted by pata

Do you know if this topic has been broached to the Bookeen team before?

I notice that the cybooks can display a bunch of image formats... has anyone tried splitting the cbr/cbz into a folder of images and reading it that way? What's the experience like?

Edit: it's monday! What time today did they set for the announcement?

With images in folders if works ok. As "next" will go to the the next image. (Well, on the orizon). Not sure what the result on the odyssey will be like.

Yes, Monday indeed. But bookeen and dates

Jellby · 11-07-2011, 09:15 AM

It should be possible and easy to convert the cbr/cbz to pdf, and many readers can display pdf, even with some "extra" functions such as zooming and cropping.

pata · 11-07-2011, 09:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Jellby

It should be possible and easy to convert the cbr/cbz to pdf, and many readers can display pdf, even with some "extra" functions such as zooming and cropping.

Is that a good experience though? I keep trying to read PDFs on these 6" 800x600 pixel screens and I've always been disappointed. I'm hoping the HSIS might make a difference but I'm a bit cynical at this point...

Garry Lancaster · 11-07-2011, 10:28 AM

If you google "cybook odyssey pixmania", you can get to a page which Pixmania have obviously removed, but is still cached by Google. This suggests a price of £140 inc VAT in the UK (ie a smidge more than the Sony PRS-T1).

Jellby · 11-07-2011, 10:40 AM

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Is that a good experience though? I keep trying to read PDFs on these 6" 800x600 pixel screens and I've always been disappointed. I'm hoping the HSIS might make a difference but I'm a bit cynical at this point...

It's as good an experience as reading a cbr would be. PDFs are a problem when they are formatted for a large page size, as the text doesn't reflow. For image-based pages (as comics are) this would happen for any other format, so PDF is as good as anything else here. In the Cybooks, PDFs have the advantage that they can be displayed in real fullscreen, without silly margins being added.

seajewel · 11-07-2011, 11:27 AM

It's past 5pmin France.. Is that where Bookeen is located? So far no updates on their blog.

EowynCarter · 11-07-2011, 12:03 PM

Yup.

But they updated thier blog late sometimes.

Jellby · 11-07-2011, 12:41 PM

It said "Monday November 7th", but not which year...

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11-03-2011, 03:30 PM	#16
bob123 Addict Posts: 237 Karma: 34996 Join Date: May 2011 Device: Cybook	I do wonder how they can measure battery life in page flips when it has HSIS. 25,000 page flips sounds good till you think just how often the page is going to change. It sounds like just opening a menu will be a lot of page flips.

11-04-2011, 03:24 PM	#18
bob123 Addict Posts: 237 Karma: 34996 Join Date: May 2011 Device: Cybook	This has just been posted on the bookeen blog "Bookeen will announce this Monday November 7th the price and launch date of the Cybook Odyssey. See you Monday…"

11-06-2011, 08:46 AM	#20
pata Zealot Posts: 145 Karma: 4840066 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: N/A	Will this device display comics and manga (flipped controls etc) in the cbz/cbr formats?

11-06-2011, 09:11 AM	#21
EowynCarter Wizard Posts: 4,332 Karma: 4000000 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Paris Device: Cybooks; Sony PRS-T1	Nope.

11-07-2011, 09:15 AM	#24
Jellby frumious Bandersnatch Posts: 7,516 Karma: 18512745 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Spaniard in Sweden Device: Cybook Orizon, Kobo Aura	It should be possible and easy to convert the cbr/cbz to pdf, and many readers can display pdf, even with some "extra" functions such as zooming and cropping.

11-07-2011, 10:28 AM	#26
Garry Lancaster Member Posts: 24 Karma: 40062 Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Westbury, UK Device: Sony PRS-505; Sony PRS-650; TrekStor Pyrus Mini	If you google "cybook odyssey pixmania", you can get to a page which Pixmania have obviously removed, but is still cached by Google. This suggests a price of £140 inc VAT in the UK (ie a smidge more than the Sony PRS-T1).

11-07-2011, 11:27 AM	#28
seajewel Fanatic Posts: 589 Karma: 1451235 Join Date: Jun 2008 Device: Sony PRS-505, Sony PRS-950	It's past 5pmin France.. Is that where Bookeen is located? So far no updates on their blog.

11-07-2011, 12:03 PM	#29
EowynCarter Wizard Posts: 4,332 Karma: 4000000 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Paris Device: Cybooks; Sony PRS-T1	Yup. But they updated thier blog late sometimes.

11-07-2011, 12:41 PM	#30
Jellby frumious Bandersnatch Posts: 7,516 Karma: 18512745 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Spaniard in Sweden Device: Cybook Orizon, Kobo Aura	It said "Monday November 7th", but not which year...

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