Large Screen e-readers - Page 2

eLiNK · 03-11-2010, 04:48 PM

news flash: supply of sipix displays is delayed by another 3 months.

zetareticuli · 03-11-2010, 05:01 PM

That means the other large screen e-readers will not be out until end of year.

gastan · 03-11-2010, 05:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by eLiNK

news flash: supply of sipix displays is delayed by another 3 months.

Well ..... that still leaves the Adam and the DittoBook. DittoBook is a vizplex screen, isn't it? Maybe there's still hope for something before the middle of summer.

wallcraft · 03-11-2010, 07:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zetareticuli

You can increase the font size of a PDF in the Kindle DX?

It does not support reflow (which is what is usually meant by increasing the font size of a PDF). What you can do is switch to landscape mode, which provides one fixed magnification to fill the screen width, after trimming margins.

zetareticuli · 03-11-2010, 07:25 PM

I have only used the DX briefly. For those who have used it thoroughly, how does it compare to the eDGe displaying PDFs?

eLiNK · 03-12-2010, 08:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gastan

Well ..... that still leaves the Adam and the DittoBook. DittoBook is a vizplex screen, isn't it? Maybe there's still hope for something before the middle of summer.

It is.
And it is my hope.

Anyway, I'll wait till iRex brings the promised firmware upgrade and then decide whether I go for DR 800 or Dittobook D9.

eLiNK · 03-12-2010, 08:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TGS

Having spent the day, as I spend most days, reading academic papers on an 8.1" reader - many of which papers are double column - I would say it's plenty big enough.

Thanks.

Have you come across a paper which is not comfortably readable on the device?
I'm still apprehensive that 8.1" won't do in any case.
And it is important for me that I can see the whole page at once.

zetareticuli · 03-12-2010, 09:41 AM

I would not buy a Kindle DX unless the PDF features are enhanced. I think that 8.1" is not enough and you definitely need the larger screen. The eDGe is awesome and it has displayed all my technical and scientific papers. I can zoom and it works the same as it would work on a PC. It actually zooms in like a regular PDF reader such as Adobe Reader does an a PC. The problem I have with the eDGe is that it is heavy. I need something lighter for travel.

davidspitzer · 03-12-2010, 11:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JSWolf

DX has no ePub support. So that leaves it out of consideration. It means that the OP's ePub eBooks won't work on the DX.

calibre will convert them for free (after you remove the drm)

davidspitzer · 03-12-2010, 11:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zetareticuli

You can increase the font size of a PDF in the Kindle DX? I didn't know that. I don't own one. I have tried it by borrowing it from friends...

you can rotate it and it will fill the width - I have not found a pdf yet that does not render perfectly even with very small type this way although most i can read in portrait

davidspitzer · 03-12-2010, 11:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zetareticuli

I would not buy a Kindle DX unless the PDF features are enhanced. I think that 8.1" is not enough and you definitely need the larger screen. The eDGe is awesome and it has displayed all my technical and scientific papers. I can zoom and it works the same as it would work on a PC. It actually zooms in like a regular PDF reader such as Adobe Reader does an a PC. The problem I have with the eDGe is that it is heavy. I need something lighter for travel.

kindle dx has a 9.7 screen the exact same screen that is in the edge

zetareticuli · 03-14-2010, 09:54 AM

I like the Kindle DX. My problem with the Kindle DX are (and this is a matter of opinion, of course)

1. Poor PDF support. I have tried several technical PDFs and they do display fine in portrait and landscape mode. However, there has been a need sometimes for a middle zoom which I have not been able to achieve with the DX. I don't own one that I can use and abuse so I don't know if there is a setting that corrects this problem.

2. No capability of storage expansion. There is limited internal storage that cannot be expanded using external storage media (SD cards, USB, etc).

3. No support for folder structure.

2 is not a show stopper for me. The storage space built-in is plenty for what I need. However, 1 and 3 definitely are. Especially 1. If Amazon go ahead and fix these shortcomings via software updates, I would definitely consider buying a DX as a secondary, more portable large screen e-reader.

As far as other large screen readers, it looks like the Apple iPad will be the first to hit the market and available for purchase on April 3rd. For those who think the iPad classifies as an e-reader device...

devseev · 03-14-2010, 10:42 PM

I have a Kindle DX and you definitely cannot change font size on a PDF (or reflow PDFs) although you can on .mobi or .azw (kindle format) files. The only way to change the print size is to rotate a portrait PDF to landscape, which gives you a zoom factor roughly equivalent to a true size 8.5 x 11. It's not perfect, but it I find myself using it a lot in the absence of any resizing/reflow/zoom capability.

frediz · 03-15-2010, 03:55 AM

Hi,
I currently have a prs505, but for all books that arent mainly text that can be reflowed easily, that is to say, comics, large books with pictures etc that's not usable, and I got fed up to try to use tools to convert, cut, reflow etc
So I considered the idea of buying a large ereader.
For now few readers have large screens, many to come, but only few already on the market at a decent price.
I like the kindle dx, but its pdf handling worries me.
I saw that thread https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=76487 or I may wait for a dittobook.

Homebrew pdf support would be nice, I could bring some help for all that is not low level coding (drivers etc) but I got used on ereaders to up and down developments because of a too small dev community.
(I bought the prs505 hoping that openinkpot effort on it would continue and it stopped quickly)
So for now, I don't know.. gonna ask more about that mupdf effort.

F.

Franky · 03-15-2010, 03:59 AM

it's a pitty that most of the readers this year are delayed.

03-15-2010, 03:59 AM	#30
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03-11-2010, 04:48 PM	#16
eLiNK Addict Posts: 344 Karma: 6494 Join Date: Jan 2008 Device: PRS-505, KDXG	news flash: supply of sipix displays is delayed by another 3 months.

03-11-2010, 05:01 PM	#17
zetareticuli Addict Posts: 367 Karma: 228 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Aztak Mentor	That means the other large screen e-readers will not be out until end of year.

03-11-2010, 07:25 PM	#20
zetareticuli Addict Posts: 367 Karma: 228 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Aztak Mentor	I have only used the DX briefly. For those who have used it thoroughly, how does it compare to the eDGe displaying PDFs?

03-12-2010, 09:41 AM	#23
zetareticuli Addict Posts: 367 Karma: 228 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Aztak Mentor	I would not buy a Kindle DX unless the PDF features are enhanced. I think that 8.1" is not enough and you definitely need the larger screen. The eDGe is awesome and it has displayed all my technical and scientific papers. I can zoom and it works the same as it would work on a PC. It actually zooms in like a regular PDF reader such as Adobe Reader does an a PC. The problem I have with the eDGe is that it is heavy. I need something lighter for travel.

03-14-2010, 09:54 AM	#27
zetareticuli Addict Posts: 367 Karma: 228 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Aztak Mentor	I like the Kindle DX. My problem with the Kindle DX are (and this is a matter of opinion, of course) 1. Poor PDF support. I have tried several technical PDFs and they do display fine in portrait and landscape mode. However, there has been a need sometimes for a middle zoom which I have not been able to achieve with the DX. I don't own one that I can use and abuse so I don't know if there is a setting that corrects this problem. 2. No capability of storage expansion. There is limited internal storage that cannot be expanded using external storage media (SD cards, USB, etc). 3. No support for folder structure. 2 is not a show stopper for me. The storage space built-in is plenty for what I need. However, 1 and 3 definitely are. Especially 1. If Amazon go ahead and fix these shortcomings via software updates, I would definitely consider buying a DX as a secondary, more portable large screen e-reader. As far as other large screen readers, it looks like the Apple iPad will be the first to hit the market and available for purchase on April 3rd. For those who think the iPad classifies as an e-reader device...

03-14-2010, 10:42 PM	#28
devseev Member Posts: 14 Karma: 30 Join Date: Feb 2010 Device: Entourage Edge	I have a Kindle DX and you definitely cannot change font size on a PDF (or reflow PDFs) although you can on .mobi or .azw (kindle format) files. The only way to change the print size is to rotate a portrait PDF to landscape, which gives you a zoom factor roughly equivalent to a true size 8.5 x 11. It's not perfect, but it I find myself using it a lot in the absence of any resizing/reflow/zoom capability.

03-15-2010, 03:55 AM	#29
frediz Member Posts: 14 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2009 Device: prs 505	Hi, I currently have a prs505, but for all books that arent mainly text that can be reflowed easily, that is to say, comics, large books with pictures etc that's not usable, and I got fed up to try to use tools to convert, cut, reflow etc So I considered the idea of buying a large ereader. For now few readers have large screens, many to come, but only few already on the market at a decent price. I like the kindle dx, but its pdf handling worries me. I saw that thread https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=76487 or I may wait for a dittobook. Homebrew pdf support would be nice, I could bring some help for all that is not low level coding (drivers etc) but I got used on ereaders to up and down developments because of a too small dev community. (I bought the prs505 hoping that openinkpot effort on it would continue and it stopped quickly) So for now, I don't know.. gonna ask more about that mupdf effort. F.

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