Youtube video comparing 4 different ebook readers

cbell · 05-31-2009, 10:39 PM

An interesting comparison video is on Youtube today.

Its a short demonstration of the HanLin V3, Cybook Gen3, iLiad Book Edition and DR1000S.

(With thanks to 'Mars Girl' author Jeff Garrity).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHuguElJdwQ

Edit: we have 2 videos now. Please see:

http://www.youtube.com/user/DAInfoServ

Sparrow · 06-01-2009, 02:59 AM

Very interesting vid.

cbell · 06-01-2009, 03:12 AM

Thank you! We had fun making it!

fjtorres · 06-01-2009, 08:34 AM

Quetion: what book format was used? The same on all, one hopes. Don't think it was the same file, though. Which makes it harder to judge relative merit.
By the observed performance of the non-iRex devices I would guess it was a pdf file rather than an actual ebook. Would that be accurate?

Over · 06-01-2009, 08:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fjtorres

Quetion: what book format was used? The same on all, one hopes. Don't think it was the same file, though. Which makes it harder to judge relative merit.
By the observed performance of the non-iRex devices I would guess it was a pdf file rather than an actual ebook. Would that be accurate?

Good question.

zelda_pinwheel · 06-01-2009, 09:18 AM

thank you for this very interesting video ! i'm going to stick this thread to make it easier to find ; i think it will be really helpful for people to see the comparison when they're trying to make their choice.

(over, your bug is driving me crazy !

i keep wanting to brush it off my screen !!!)

Sweetpea · 06-01-2009, 02:16 PM

Loved the vid, I like how you showed the same things whenever possible (the menu, changing font-size, etc)

Quote:

Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

(over, your bug is driving me crazy !

i keep wanting to brush it off my screen !!!)

Good, I'm not the only one then!

Over · 06-01-2009, 02:27 PM

I knew I had something that drives women crazy. :P

cbell · 06-01-2009, 07:21 PM

We used the Mobipocket version of 'Mars Girl' on the HanLin and Cybook (the author, Jeff Garrity, has his own thread here and gave us permission).
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=29061

We used a PDF I created on the iLiad to show the zoom and annotation-ability and then the Mobi '20,000 Leagues Under the Sea' (pre-loaded classic on the Book edition). We used a newspaper on the DR1000S to show the PressReader application.

Over, the bug and the walker arghhh

ChipnDale · 06-05-2009, 04:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Over

I knew I had something that drives women crazy. :P

Sreiously though, bugs scare me...

kevindorsey · 06-08-2009, 05:33 PM

This is like one of those Car review videos

cbell · 06-10-2009, 06:13 AM

kevindorsey, I have no idea what you mean, but thank you (I think)!

DrBen · 06-12-2009, 11:24 PM

That was helpful.
thanks.

pboss · 07-07-2009, 06:03 PM

I'm more than decided but a friend found it quite helpful. Now I need to make him change his mind. A well made video nevertheless!

cbell · 07-08-2009, 07:45 PM

Thank you, DrBen and pboss. We're making another ebook reader video today and we'll upload it when it's ready.

05-31-2009, 10:39 PM	#1
cbell Frenetic Posts: 590 Karma: 8181 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Australia Device: iLiad V2	Youtube video comparing 4 different ebook readers An interesting comparison video is on Youtube today. Its a short demonstration of the HanLin V3, Cybook Gen3, iLiad Book Edition and DR1000S. (With thanks to 'Mars Girl' author Jeff Garrity). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHuguElJdwQ Edit: we have 2 videos now. Please see: http://www.youtube.com/user/DAInfoServ Last edited by cbell; 08-13-2009 at 05:33 AM. Reason: Added 2nd video

06-01-2009, 08:34 AM	#4
fjtorres Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,732 Karma: 128354696 Join Date: May 2009 Location: 26 kly from Sgr A* Device: T100TA,PW2,PRS-T1,KT,FireHD 8.9,K2, PB360,BeBook One,Axim51v,TC1000	Quetion: what book format was used? The same on all, one hopes. Don't think it was the same file, though. Which makes it harder to judge relative merit. By the observed performance of the non-iRex devices I would guess it was a pdf file rather than an actual ebook. Would that be accurate? Last edited by fjtorres; 06-01-2009 at 08:39 AM.

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