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nerys · 01-18-2011, 07:15 PM

"Seriously, I'd rather buy a dog, shoot the dog, feed it to the cats, bag and drown the cats, pulp their bodies into biodiesel and waste the biodiesel on an outdoor air-conditioner than use a Sony."

WOW someone hates sony :-) hehe my first reader was the PRS500 I still have it still use it still love it though it pails next to my DX.

the reason I bought the sony was that they did a very "un" sony thing. they made it standardized and OPEN.

it used an industry standard power port (the psp barrel plug is universal to a surprising number of things) My sanyo camera uses it my creative zen uses it my psp uses it my reader uses it and many other things I have use it.

it has a standard Mini A usb port.

it takes SD cards

it reads STANDARD formats (namely prc txt rtf and pdf)

it requires NO SOFTWARE PC SIDE AT ALL.

these were all requirements of mine. My property has to be mine or I am not interested in it. I also HATE proprietary.

I almost did not get the kindle for lack of Memory Card storage but the 3.3gig (not THAT big really) and standard micro usb mass storage access won me over (and it charges via the same port)

it reads txt pdf mobi (lacks rtf and epub)

I also like that while not intended to be user changeable the battery is socket-ed and easy to swap out.

in fact the only thing I miss from my PRS500 was the insane battery life. that damned little sony would run forever. usually once a month I charge it and I use it damned near daily.

the DX has to be charged weekly or more depending on how much reading I am doing.

but every since sony pulled that root kit crap I have shied off sony and any new reader I get has to have a DX sized screen

though I was tempted by that refurb pocket reader from sony at biglots for $100 :-)

sony has gone back to their proprietary practices and I hate it. I was intrigued by their new MP3 player it remedied a lot of the reasons I would not buy the older model but they took out half the features I want and use in the new model. so they upgraded the hardware and murdered the software. How typically sony.

I also got my DX with leather hard cover for $300 (when the new graphite came out) :-)

I do wish they would add native non drm epub support.

I don't do DRM. period. end of discussion. DRM should be illegal and should be outlawed and shunned. I will not support it which means I won't buy it.

Avatar is the only blu-ray I bought and the only one I will buy anytime soon (heck I don't even have a blu ray player)

I just refuse to support DRM. and now they want to remove the ability to output 1080p or ANY hd resolution over Component and force everyone to use updated linked in connected live HDCP supporting HDMI. no thanks.

if that means no new movies then fine I will just download them. My way or the highway and that is how you ALL should be.

01-18-2011, 07:15 PM	#57
nerys Addict Posts: 243 Karma: 48 Join Date: Dec 2006 Device: PRS 500 - REB 1200	"Seriously, I'd rather buy a dog, shoot the dog, feed it to the cats, bag and drown the cats, pulp their bodies into biodiesel and waste the biodiesel on an outdoor air-conditioner than use a Sony." WOW someone hates sony :-) hehe my first reader was the PRS500 I still have it still use it still love it though it pails next to my DX. the reason I bought the sony was that they did a very "un" sony thing. they made it standardized and OPEN. it used an industry standard power port (the psp barrel plug is universal to a surprising number of things) My sanyo camera uses it my creative zen uses it my psp uses it my reader uses it and many other things I have use it. it has a standard Mini A usb port. it takes SD cards it reads STANDARD formats (namely prc txt rtf and pdf) it requires NO SOFTWARE PC SIDE AT ALL. these were all requirements of mine. My property has to be mine or I am not interested in it. I also HATE proprietary. I almost did not get the kindle for lack of Memory Card storage but the 3.3gig (not THAT big really) and standard micro usb mass storage access won me over (and it charges via the same port) it reads txt pdf mobi (lacks rtf and epub) I also like that while not intended to be user changeable the battery is socket-ed and easy to swap out. in fact the only thing I miss from my PRS500 was the insane battery life. that damned little sony would run forever. usually once a month I charge it and I use it damned near daily. the DX has to be charged weekly or more depending on how much reading I am doing. but every since sony pulled that root kit crap I have shied off sony and any new reader I get has to have a DX sized screen though I was tempted by that refurb pocket reader from sony at biglots for $100 :-) sony has gone back to their proprietary practices and I hate it. I was intrigued by their new MP3 player it remedied a lot of the reasons I would not buy the older model but they took out half the features I want and use in the new model. so they upgraded the hardware and murdered the software. How typically sony. I also got my DX with leather hard cover for $300 (when the new graphite came out) :-) I do wish they would add native non drm epub support. I don't do DRM. period. end of discussion. DRM should be illegal and should be outlawed and shunned. I will not support it which means I won't buy it. Avatar is the only blu-ray I bought and the only one I will buy anytime soon (heck I don't even have a blu ray player) I just refuse to support DRM. and now they want to remove the ability to output 1080p or ANY hd resolution over Component and force everyone to use updated linked in connected live HDCP supporting HDMI. no thanks. if that means no new movies then fine I will just download them. My way or the highway and that is how you ALL should be.