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luqmaninbmore · 01-04-2011, 08:48 PM

Is there any reason to believe that the new Sipix screens used by readers such as the Pandigital Novel Personal Reader and Cybook Orizon are more robust than eink screens? The latter are notoriously fragile, much more so than lcd screens. A couple months back my kid got a hold of my Pocketbook 360 and broke the screen. While I will in the future be much more careful where I leave my device, the experience has made me hesitant about replacing it with another eink device. I briefly had a PRS350, but got too paranoid about it and returned it. I currently have a nook color (lcds tend to be more robust than eink) but I am experiencing problems with the touch screen. I'll probably return it soon. I've been eyeing the Pandigital device mentioned above. Other than a greyer screen than other readers, it seems a pretty decent device (dictionary, wifi and browser, capacitative touch screen, B and N ebook store, etc.). Is there enough data to make a conclusion about the relative toughness of eink and sipix?

01-04-2011, 08:48 PM	#1
luqmaninbmore Da'i Posts: 1,144 Karma: 1217499 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Baltimore Device: Toshiba Thrive, Kobo Touch, Kindle 1, Aluratek Libre, T-Mobile Comet	Sipix more robust than eink? Is there any reason to believe that the new Sipix screens used by readers such as the Pandigital Novel Personal Reader and Cybook Orizon are more robust than eink screens? The latter are notoriously fragile, much more so than lcd screens. A couple months back my kid got a hold of my Pocketbook 360 and broke the screen. While I will in the future be much more careful where I leave my device, the experience has made me hesitant about replacing it with another eink device. I briefly had a PRS350, but got too paranoid about it and returned it. I currently have a nook color (lcds tend to be more robust than eink) but I am experiencing problems with the touch screen. I'll probably return it soon. I've been eyeing the Pandigital device mentioned above. Other than a greyer screen than other readers, it seems a pretty decent device (dictionary, wifi and browser, capacitative touch screen, B and N ebook store, etc.). Is there enough data to make a conclusion about the relative toughness of eink and sipix?