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Originally Posted by Poppaea
The screens are the same the resolution is different. I can read one whole font size smaller on the 350 as on the 650. Also there were vast comparisons made between the Sony and the Kindle and it turned out, the Kindle screen was not better, it just looked better due to the different font they use. . . .
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Actually I have done comparison checks with a Kindle using documents with various embedded fonts and although these do make the Sony look a little better, even with similar fonts, the Sony's Pearl screen still doesn't have the contrast of the Kindle (or new Nooks).
If you just restart the units and look at the startup graphics, which have nothing to do with 'fonts' then the slightly whiter whites and noticably darker blacks are obvious
I agree that if Sony had been smart enough to add some slightly bolder fonts as user selectable options in the last software upgrade, then the difference would not be quite so glaring, but as it is, pretty much ANYONE who takes their 650 down to their nearest B&N and puts it side-by-side with a Nook Touch is going to be in for a big shocking disappointment.
Sorry, Poppaea, as you know, I'm a fan of the Sonys also, but in this case, there is BOTH a small but REAL difference in contrast that is being magnified and made more obvious by SONY'S STUPIDITY (in not having some alternative bolder user selectable fonts, which I agree, would have gone a long way towards masking this problem).
