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duncann · 02-04-2011, 01:14 PM

Hello all,

First post here. Thought I'd start by letting people know of a deal I came across at Best Buy and is probably good until the close of 2-5-2011 (Saturday). They had an add in last Sunday's paper about a free cover for any e-reader. I was looking for the prs-950 and the sony lighted cover for said reader. Unfortunately for Best Buy, they didn't have and could not get any of the lighted covers. So I asked them to knock off $50 from the e-reader. They didn't give any problems in doing that.

So far I am extremely pleased with this reader. I should mention that before this reader I used a prs-650 for about two weeks. The extra inch on the 950 makes a huge difference. I ended up taking it back to Ultimate Electronics (across the street from Best Buy) because there was way too much ghosting (there is still some on the 950 I got) and sometimes the screen would appear to be a very faint sickly yellowish color.

Another interesting observation about the two: I had them side by side displaying the same exact epub book using the same font, line-spacing, font-size, and custom brightness/contrast. The 950 was perceptibly sharper than the 650. The 650 actually looked fuzzy!

The one drawback for me about the 950 is the silver framing and chrome buttons/side-trimming. It gets kind of distracting sometimes. However, I found electrical tape does a good job covering what I think is a design flaw. With the tape, the device even looks/feels the same in the hand as a black 650. The only thing I worry about is over time, the tape might leave a sticky residue when removed.

02-04-2011, 01:14 PM	#1
duncann Member Posts: 23 Karma: 12 Join Date: Feb 2011 Device: PRS-950, T1	Sony PRS-950 deal at Best Buy Hello all, First post here. Thought I'd start by letting people know of a deal I came across at Best Buy and is probably good until the close of 2-5-2011 (Saturday). They had an add in last Sunday's paper about a free cover for any e-reader. I was looking for the prs-950 and the sony lighted cover for said reader. Unfortunately for Best Buy, they didn't have and could not get any of the lighted covers. So I asked them to knock off $50 from the e-reader. They didn't give any problems in doing that. So far I am extremely pleased with this reader. I should mention that before this reader I used a prs-650 for about two weeks. The extra inch on the 950 makes a huge difference. I ended up taking it back to Ultimate Electronics (across the street from Best Buy) because there was way too much ghosting (there is still some on the 950 I got) and sometimes the screen would appear to be a very faint sickly yellowish color. Another interesting observation about the two: I had them side by side displaying the same exact epub book using the same font, line-spacing, font-size, and custom brightness/contrast. The 950 was perceptibly sharper than the 650. The 650 actually looked fuzzy! The one drawback for me about the 950 is the silver framing and chrome buttons/side-trimming. It gets kind of distracting sometimes. However, I found electrical tape does a good job covering what I think is a design flaw. With the tape, the device even looks/feels the same in the hand as a black 650. The only thing I worry about is over time, the tape might leave a sticky residue when removed.