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Old 07-02-2008, 04:01 PM   #1
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SVGA vs Viziplex

I have a Sony PRS505 and the Cybook Gen 3 (as of Monday). The screen appears very similar on both but one is a SVGA and one is a Viziplex. Can anyone tell me the technical difference. The Sony has 8 greyscale - the Cybook only 4 - but they appear about the same.

Muy old PRS500 is 4 greyscale and it looks much worse than the 505 (IMHO)....So, I am thinking something else is making the difference.

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Old 07-02-2008, 04:06 PM   #2
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There is no difference bewteen the screen on the 505 and the Cybook. Both devices use the same Vizplex screen.
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Old 07-02-2008, 04:08 PM   #3
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SVGA just means 600x800 pixels. The screens on the PRS505 and Gen3 are both Vizplex (i.e. are identical). The difference is the controller, which gives 8 greyscales on the PRS505.
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Old 07-02-2008, 04:10 PM   #4
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SVGA is also 800x600 the same resolution as the 6" Vizplex eink screen. The PRS-500 used the first generation eink screen which was slower and did not have as good a contrast. The PRS-505 uses a controller to drive the screen that supports 8 shades which will give better dithered photos then the Gen3 which uses a 4 shade controller.
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