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rclott · 07-28-2010, 05:58 AM

M-Angum:

Great review. I just received my DXG and will be using it for exactly the same purposes.

By the way, I just tested a PDF document with and without margin trimming (using Acrobat). I can see no difference at all. On further inspection, my default zoom setting was to "fit the page" to the screen, which effectively trimmed the margins for me.

Also, took it to dinner with me on the way home, and even though I normally read right handed, I needed my right hand to eat my soup. So i just flipped the reader upside down, so the page-turn button was on the left, and the text automatically flipped over (like going to landscape mode).

I was worred about some proprietary data sheets which were released under an NDA, watermarked, and are "secured" PDF files (not quite sure what that means). But so far all data sheets are readable without a problem on the DXG. I'll have to try your Xilinx examples for my next project, right now focusing on some NXP microprocessors and a complex Analog Devices chip!

I thought I would want to zoom in, like I do with my Sony PRS-700 when I read novels. But I found the contrast was so great, even with my aging eyes I could read most things very clearly even without reading glasses.

BTW, the DXG paid for itself, because I was about to go have nearly 1500 pages worth of various data "sheets" (books, actually) printed at the local printshop. I realized the combined printing cost would just about pay for the ereader, so I bit the bullet...

07-28-2010, 05:58 AM	#34
rclott Junior Member Posts: 8 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2009 Device: PRS-700	M-Angum: Great review. I just received my DXG and will be using it for exactly the same purposes. By the way, I just tested a PDF document with and without margin trimming (using Acrobat). I can see no difference at all. On further inspection, my default zoom setting was to "fit the page" to the screen, which effectively trimmed the margins for me. Also, took it to dinner with me on the way home, and even though I normally read right handed, I needed my right hand to eat my soup. So i just flipped the reader upside down, so the page-turn button was on the left, and the text automatically flipped over (like going to landscape mode). I was worred about some proprietary data sheets which were released under an NDA, watermarked, and are "secured" PDF files (not quite sure what that means). But so far all data sheets are readable without a problem on the DXG. I'll have to try your Xilinx examples for my next project, right now focusing on some NXP microprocessors and a complex Analog Devices chip! I thought I would want to zoom in, like I do with my Sony PRS-700 when I read novels. But I found the contrast was so great, even with my aging eyes I could read most things very clearly even without reading glasses. BTW, the DXG paid for itself, because I was about to go have nearly 1500 pages worth of various data "sheets" (books, actually) printed at the local printshop. I realized the combined printing cost would just about pay for the ereader, so I bit the bullet...