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Originally Posted by level6
Bleh.
Maybe I just got a broken one (it was the last out of 40 the manager said they had in stock.)
1) The screen has multi-colored "ghost lines" everywhere across it horizontally, and they change as the reading angle changes. I have never seen such a fault in an LCD display.
2) I tried everything to get my free downloaded epub books to show up properly, but I cannot. The Borders application refuses to sync any of the free ones. I've copied the files over and tried to read them from the explorer, but graphics stop rendering about 5% into each graphic. I eventually get to the text and it seems OK.
3) PDFs (the format the majority of my library is in) are nearly impossible to work with.
4) I have had to hit the "reset" 3 times, now. I think I may have found the issue, but am not certain. I was plugging/unplugging the USB cable in the middle of page loads. This locks the reader in a state where all buttons are not functional (even power).
5) I found a cheap book on Borders and purchased it just to see if it made any difference. It is a book I am currently reading and am on page 107, already. It sync'ed fine (so, I am convinced they have crippled sync'ing of free ebooks) but whenever I try to jump even just 5% into the book, it will begin to load, then give an "UNKNOWN ERROR" pop-up and it drops me back into the library. It's a 500+ page book. Think that has anything to do with it?
This thing blows chunks! Was I just expecting too much? The USB plugging/unplugging was a bit clumsy, I admit, but... c'mon... refusing to jump ahead on a purchased ebook? There is no way I am hitting the next page button 100+ times to get to my spot.
Raymond.
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havent had any of those sorts of issues, issue 1 does sound like defective hardware. using calibre to convert pdf to epub seems to work about 98% of the time with the files i've been using, and it syncs to the device. good qualities in a free program. once it finishes syncing, i'll let you know if they resolve the problems with PDF being basically unreadable/unusable, since epubs are designed to allow text reflow.
EDIT: worked perfectly, and the books are easily readable without having to resort to zoom and the dpad to move around.
http://calibre-ebook.com/ runs circles around the included borders software, allows you to convert and manage your current pdf library to epub, and then sync it to the device with nearly no issues. now to try the claims of 720p that the manual made.