MobileRead Forums - View Single Post - Nook VS Sony T1 VS 650 VS iRiver HD

Areinu · 03-02-2012, 06:01 AM

I currently have Sony PRS 600, which I really like, but it's awful to read without good light, which I often don't get. I already got used to interface, and have figured out it's advantages and disadvantages. I see 650 as 600 with better screen, which is cool. But I'm thinking if one of other options could be better for me.

I'm looking for something to read manga on. 600/650 have terrible scaling, and I need to convert CBZ, so it's not too nice for that. I find 6'' screen enough for most of manga I read, but rarely I find text too small. What irks me is black bar with status that takes like 20-30 pixels of the screen making manga pages to be even smaller, especially if I keep aspect ratio....

If I was to go with Nook/T1 I would root for sure. This said, before I had PRS-600 I used windows mobile with comic reader mobi. I heard mixed reviews about it on android, but what I couldn't find is if it workd with Nook or T1, and if it does how well it fares. I imagine I could read my manga with full page view on it, and those rare occurences of small text I could quickly zoom. I think it would be ideal experience for manga reading on e-ink devices...

Otherwise iRiver story HD is tempting for it's native CBZ support and higher resolution, that will probably make manga look better, and small text more crisp. I imagine I wouldn't have to zoom in almost at all with what I'm reading. I might be wrong though, hard to see from photos and videos, and opinions are mixed... And people say it's bad, bad device overall. And personally I find it ugly.

So my reasoning is:
PRS650 is familiar feeling, without much progress. The more I think about it the less I like the idea.
PRST1/Nook rooted would be great if comic reader mobi worked, and other apps don't look too shabby. Nook is 1/6th cheaper, but overall it comes to which device would work faster and better.
iRiver Story HD has higher resolution and CBZ out of the box, and is almost as cheap as Nook.

Oh, and I read some books too, but I figure out all those will do decent at book reading. Last year I read about 100 books before manga took over a bit.

03-02-2012, 06:01 AM	#1
Areinu Enthusiast Posts: 46 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2012 Device: Sony PRS-600	Nook VS Sony T1 VS 650 VS iRiver HD - which to choose I currently have Sony PRS 600, which I really like, but it's awful to read without good light, which I often don't get. I already got used to interface, and have figured out it's advantages and disadvantages. I see 650 as 600 with better screen, which is cool. But I'm thinking if one of other options could be better for me. I'm looking for something to read manga on. 600/650 have terrible scaling, and I need to convert CBZ, so it's not too nice for that. I find 6'' screen enough for most of manga I read, but rarely I find text too small. What irks me is black bar with status that takes like 20-30 pixels of the screen making manga pages to be even smaller, especially if I keep aspect ratio.... If I was to go with Nook/T1 I would root for sure. This said, before I had PRS-600 I used windows mobile with comic reader mobi. I heard mixed reviews about it on android, but what I couldn't find is if it workd with Nook or T1, and if it does how well it fares. I imagine I could read my manga with full page view on it, and those rare occurences of small text I could quickly zoom. I think it would be ideal experience for manga reading on e-ink devices... Otherwise iRiver story HD is tempting for it's native CBZ support and higher resolution, that will probably make manga look better, and small text more crisp. I imagine I wouldn't have to zoom in almost at all with what I'm reading. I might be wrong though, hard to see from photos and videos, and opinions are mixed... And people say it's bad, bad device overall. And personally I find it ugly. So my reasoning is: PRS650 is familiar feeling, without much progress. The more I think about it the less I like the idea. PRST1/Nook rooted would be great if comic reader mobi worked, and other apps don't look too shabby. Nook is 1/6th cheaper, but overall it comes to which device would work faster and better. iRiver Story HD has higher resolution and CBZ out of the box, and is almost as cheap as Nook. Oh, and I read some books too, but I figure out all those will do decent at book reading. Last year I read about 100 books before manga took over a bit.