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acidzebra · 08-10-2008, 08:23 AM

I love the idea of library on a stick and when I bought the Sony I intended to do just that - carry a lifetime's worth of books with me. However, the way the Sony works quickly cured me of that idea - at least until someone writes a universal file manager which "hides" books from the Sony until called forth.

I don't think the distribution of the files matter all that much, but I carry around 700 titles, all in LRF format. I find that a greater number than that will drastically impact both the amount of time you have to wait after a full shutdown/device sync (when it rebuilds its internal database of books) and the operation of the device it self (with regards to clicking through menus and adding bookmarks for instance).

At 1500 books loaded I was at times waiting 10-15 minutes before it had rebuilt its internal database and after hitting the bookmark button and pressing menu thrice it was sitting there for something like 10-15 seconds before the bookmark indicator appeared and it jumped up three levels to the main menu.

You can test this yourself quite easily, remove both memory sticks, wait for the Sony to update its database, and then click around for a bit - you should notice a definite speed increase.

08-10-2008, 08:23 AM	#3
acidzebra Liseuse Lover Posts: 869 Karma: 1035404 Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Netherlands Device: PRS-505	I love the idea of library on a stick and when I bought the Sony I intended to do just that - carry a lifetime's worth of books with me. However, the way the Sony works quickly cured me of that idea - at least until someone writes a universal file manager which "hides" books from the Sony until called forth. I don't think the distribution of the files matter all that much, but I carry around 700 titles, all in LRF format. I find that a greater number than that will drastically impact both the amount of time you have to wait after a full shutdown/device sync (when it rebuilds its internal database of books) and the operation of the device it self (with regards to clicking through menus and adding bookmarks for instance). At 1500 books loaded I was at times waiting 10-15 minutes before it had rebuilt its internal database and after hitting the bookmark button and pressing menu thrice it was sitting there for something like 10-15 seconds before the bookmark indicator appeared and it jumped up three levels to the main menu. You can test this yourself quite easily, remove both memory sticks, wait for the Sony to update its database, and then click around for a bit - you should notice a definite speed increase.