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curstpriest · 10-15-2010, 02:05 PM

Biggest issue with kindle PDF reader is that it crops pdfs strangely, sometimes text gets cropped mid-line (only when you turn it horizontal), and K2/DX can't do bookmarks/TOC navigation yet.

The DX does PDFs well-enough if you crop them in acrobat and view them full page, but the text isn't always dark enough, though it is comfortably readable.

I would never imagine using PDF on k2/k3. Reflow of non-tagged PDFs are mangled beyond belief, even on acrobat reader 9 - so it's no surprise.

Also, you can't possibly imagine how difficult/impossible it is to read textbooks and multi-column PDFs on tiny screens (textbooks?). It's really just not worth your time.

If you are going to dish out the money for a good pdf reader, just go the full route and get the DX, or diverge and get a netbook or completely different reader, because honestly, e-ink devices are all sub-par for viewing PDFs at this point in time. They lack the refresh and smooth-scrolling capability to display the content adequately. You also don't get color =(

Sorry to say, but IPAD might actually win out here for PDF reading. Now that I think about it, PDF viewing may be about the only thing and IPAD is actually god for as of yet.

10-15-2010, 02:05 PM	#4
curstpriest Confused Posts: 402 Karma: 5538 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Bay Area Device: Kindle DXG	Biggest issue with kindle PDF reader is that it crops pdfs strangely, sometimes text gets cropped mid-line (only when you turn it horizontal), and K2/DX can't do bookmarks/TOC navigation yet. The DX does PDFs well-enough if you crop them in acrobat and view them full page, but the text isn't always dark enough, though it is comfortably readable. I would never imagine using PDF on k2/k3. Reflow of non-tagged PDFs are mangled beyond belief, even on acrobat reader 9 - so it's no surprise. Also, you can't possibly imagine how difficult/impossible it is to read textbooks and multi-column PDFs on tiny screens (textbooks?). It's really just not worth your time. If you are going to dish out the money for a good pdf reader, just go the full route and get the DX, or diverge and get a netbook or completely different reader, because honestly, e-ink devices are all sub-par for viewing PDFs at this point in time. They lack the refresh and smooth-scrolling capability to display the content adequately. You also don't get color =( Sorry to say, but IPAD might actually win out here for PDF reading. Now that I think about it, PDF viewing may be about the only thing and IPAD is actually god for as of yet. Last edited by curstpriest; 10-15-2010 at 02:08 PM.