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Originally Posted by lionfish
I'm still hesitated. You know, there is no warranty outside US. Quite a number of users in the hi-pda forum (a Chinese hand-held forum) have bricked their 505 after hacking and some have malfunction screens after charging.
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Could you elaborate on this a bit more? I am curious to know what problems users experience with what types of hacks and so on.
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I don't mind the thickness, arrangement of keys, grayscale etc. because as I stated, I am using it to read texts. If ghosting isn't that serious, I think 500 has a more reasonable price considering we lose warranty outside US. Most of the users of 500 in this forum also seems quite satisfactory.
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I guess the best way is to see for yourself. Since everybody has a different threshold for acceptable screen quality, if you find 500 is good enough, I agree it may be a safer and cheaper investment. AFAIK, hacks for 500 seem to be more established and you can use the released firmware to unbrick 500 in case of trouble.
However, if you are sensitive to contrast and ghosting like me, PRS505 may be a better option than 500. For example, I found even reading PDFs on
PRS505 is very annoying due to its grayish background and ghosting. Therefore, I always convert all PDFs into LRF to read. Of course, it involves the trade-off between 150$ and a better screen which you should decide.
One option may be to use PRS500 for a while until a new e-ink device with better screen and reasonable price comes along.