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I have a Sony PRS-650 and the new Nook (whatever it's called ;o). I have compared the screens and their contrast. My conclusions are threefold:
1) When compared equally as possible (similar font & font size, same book, and no contrast enhancements on the Sony) -- the screens seem identical in contrast and are equally readable.
2) With the Sony "Adjust View", 'custom' set at +60 contrast and -60 brightness, the Sony is easier to read and, subjectively, has greater word/background contrast.
3) The font matters: Fonts with thin line elements can and do become pixelated and therefore fuzzy, especially if those line elements are angled like "Malabar" or "Amasis". However, if the line elements are thick enough, like Amasis, then there appears to be no pixelation as the thin portions still appear solid, to my eye at least.
Kindle's advanced font hinting (if that's what they are doing) arranges the letters so as to minimize thin lines falling on half-pixels thus darkening them.
I have settled on the Amasis font for my Nook. There is no user-convenient choice on the Sony.
I hope that B&N adds the contrast & brightness adjustment to the Nook; I use it continually with my Sony books.
I would like to see a more convenient filing system on the Nook. Sony's is better in my opinion.
I now prefer to read the Nook as it has a better feel in my hand and I can download books in my easy chair in the living room. I normally side load books but recently bought the "The Girl Who --- " trilogy while in a hotel room on the Alaska Highway in the Yukon and read two of them on the ferry back to the Lower 48. Couldn't have done that with my Sony.
Interesting times ;o)
Joe
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