You'll see a lot of posts of people trying to read manual/technical pdfs that may contain graphs and people attempting to read them on the smaller 6' e-readers. Some resize the pdfs and use landscape with varying results.
Most in the end suggest an ipad, mainly because of the larger accommodating display. But how about this device?
http://aluratek.com/cinepal-hd-personal-media-player
I've read great things it as a video player, and know it's not wifi/touch device like the ipad, but it's $149 in Canada.
But the info on it as a ereader is next to nil. The web site just says 'but also ebooks (txt format).' Nothing more mentioned in the manual. A search here for this model turns up on results.
Does anyone have any experience with this as a reader? It seems like a great alternative right now for people who read more computer manual/tech documents etc that are usually in pdf.
From what I gather, it's literally just txt files. For pdf people convert to jpgs. I'm not sure how time consuming that is and the results given. Like is it readable in portrait or should you still go landscape, and if so how well is it at moving an image?