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Originally Posted by Lady Fitzgerald
Well, I picked up my JBL from my mail service the other day, after I got back in town, and sat down last night to play with it. The resolution was a bit disappointing; it's not as good as the Astak Mentor I have (and it has a 6" screen) but it's still useable. After I figured out how to get a card to work in the machine (nowhere in the directions did it say a card has to be formatted for fat, not fat 32, which the card I was using happened to be), I loaded the PDF image book I have that has the largest pages and smallest font into the JBL. Even using it in portrait would be a dramatic improvement over the Mentor since there is a "Fit Screen" option...if the resolution was as good as the Mentor's. It's not so it is a toss up. However, in landscape, the JBL shines. Using the Fit Screen option, the book zooms itself to fit nicely across the screen with no margins showing (something the Mentor was unable to do; readability was far worse with the Mentor in landscape due to the lack of zoom). Although the contrast and resolution of the Mentor's screen is much better, the JBL's is much more readable.
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I know the resolution is different between the two, but when it comes to reading how is the resolution disappointing in the JB? I know it is less but I don't see how it could be disappointing if there are a reasonable number of lines of text on the screen in a clear and reasonable sized font.
I asked this on another thread, but will ask again. The JB used FBReader as I understand. The recent firmware upgrade has included Adobe Digital Editions. Are you able to select reading either ADE or FBReader for non-drm'd epubs at all? I personally am not a fan of ADE with the page numbers on the right hand side of the screen. I've been for a while intrigued by the JB and am tossing up on another reader to buy. Currently I own an Astak (which i think is great) but am thinking if I am to buy something else I should look for another brand and experience something else.