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Asterra · 12-03-2007, 06:16 PM

This is one question I posed in another thread which hadn't really been tackled, and I was reminded of my lingering concern when I saw a photo of how the latest Sony Reader handles images. See for yourself:

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/att...6&d=1195338610

You may need to look closely, but it is evident that the Sony Reader has made use of the "nearest neighbor" scaling algorithm, which is a pretty fast process which produces very ugly results. Text and thin lines suffer particularly. (It is easy to recognize that the photo itself is not simply too low in resolution, as the Sony Reader's bezel looks fine.) It's the same thing IE and Firefox use by default to shrink an image down when it's too big for the display area.

Well obviously that won't do. Fortunately, the iLiad seems to be ahead of Sony's game in many respects already. What I'm hoping is that it utilizes, perhaps optionally, a more acceptable resizing algorithm. What would be amazingly inconvenient is the prospect of manually resizing hundreds of JPG images to whatever works best with the iLiad's default resolution(s). That wouldn't exactly be the sort of plug-&-play experience I'm hoping for with this device.

Anyway, I'm sure you manga readers out there probably know what the scoop is on this facet of the iLiad, so please inform.

12-03-2007, 06:16 PM	#1
Asterra Member Posts: 13 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2007 Device: PRS-505	Final word on iLiad's image resizing? This is one question I posed in another thread which hadn't really been tackled, and I was reminded of my lingering concern when I saw a photo of how the latest Sony Reader handles images. See for yourself: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/att...6&d=1195338610 You may need to look closely, but it is evident that the Sony Reader has made use of the "nearest neighbor" scaling algorithm, which is a pretty fast process which produces very ugly results. Text and thin lines suffer particularly. (It is easy to recognize that the photo itself is not simply too low in resolution, as the Sony Reader's bezel looks fine.) It's the same thing IE and Firefox use by default to shrink an image down when it's too big for the display area. Well obviously that won't do. Fortunately, the iLiad seems to be ahead of Sony's game in many respects already. What I'm hoping is that it utilizes, perhaps optionally, a more acceptable resizing algorithm. What would be amazingly inconvenient is the prospect of manually resizing hundreds of JPG images to whatever works best with the iLiad's default resolution(s). That wouldn't exactly be the sort of plug-&-play experience I'm hoping for with this device. Anyway, I'm sure you manga readers out there probably know what the scoop is on this facet of the iLiad, so please inform.