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Originally Posted by Kaitou Ace
I had the 2008 version, the PRS-700. It was a POS to be sure. But the light wasn't the problem! The problem was the reflective touch layer that floated a good 3 - 4mm above the screen that made the normally super sharp and matte eink screen look dull and blurred. The light if anything was the only thing that made it possible to read on the 700. And I did end up giving it back within a week. I had the PRS-600 too, which didn't have the light, but had the same touch layer, and was almost as bad.
Same problems too, glare and lack of screen contrast due to the touch layer. Which is why this Sony attitude of "we tried the light and people hated it" annoys me so much. It wasn't the light people hated, but the low quality of the touch layer.
The PRS-600 went back to the store also, and I stuck with the PRS-550 until the 650 came out.
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I didn't have the 700, but I did own the 600 and you're right that the touch layer did reduce the contrast a bit (and sometimes was too reflective). I also had one of the ones that the screen faded on in direct sunlight (something I learned after I had it a couple of years). I skipped the 650 and picked up a T1 a little more than a year ago and love it. I liked the solid feel of the 600, but the screen is definitely better on the T1. The T2 was not enough of a step up to make me swap my T1, but if the T3 is high res and front-lighted, Sony will have another repeat customer. I turned my 600 on a few days ago and discovered it had died.
Most of my books were on a MS Duo Pro, so I'd debating looking for a cheap 650 even though none of my 600 covers will fit it...