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rainblown · 12-12-2010, 06:15 PM

Hello everyone! I just got myself a Sony PRS-650, but right now I'm kind of regretting it. I'm going to use my reader for MOSTLY manga viewing (although I will use it to read some novels as well) and after researching a bit, it seems like 650 is too small? I've heard some people that they don't mind the small size, but I heard from others that the small size is just not enough space for manga viewing. My parents are willing to spend up to $250 to get me a reader for christmas (which is why I got the 650), but I think I may return it and chip in the extra $100 myself to get a Kindle DX.

I've got rather bad eyes and I don't want to make my eyes worse by straining too much to read the texts in the manga (which I heard the 650 makes you do). However, I'm also concerned about the kindle memory of 4GB. Sony allows SD card in their reader, so you can add a lot more manga, but is it really worth the trade for the small screen size? Is 4GB enough space to warrant a purchase still? Manga volumes take up space really fast, so I don't know if that's enough. Does anyone know how much manga volumes you can approximately fit in 4GB?

12-12-2010, 06:15 PM	#1
rainblown Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2010 Device: none	Sony 650 vs Kindle DX for manga? Hello everyone! I just got myself a Sony PRS-650, but right now I'm kind of regretting it. I'm going to use my reader for MOSTLY manga viewing (although I will use it to read some novels as well) and after researching a bit, it seems like 650 is too small? I've heard some people that they don't mind the small size, but I heard from others that the small size is just not enough space for manga viewing. My parents are willing to spend up to $250 to get me a reader for christmas (which is why I got the 650), but I think I may return it and chip in the extra $100 myself to get a Kindle DX. I've got rather bad eyes and I don't want to make my eyes worse by straining too much to read the texts in the manga (which I heard the 650 makes you do). However, I'm also concerned about the kindle memory of 4GB. Sony allows SD card in their reader, so you can add a lot more manga, but is it really worth the trade for the small screen size? Is 4GB enough space to warrant a purchase still? Manga volumes take up space really fast, so I don't know if that's enough. Does anyone know how much manga volumes you can approximately fit in 4GB? Last edited by rainblown; 12-12-2010 at 06:20 PM.