Thread: Buy Cybook now or wait for Readius?
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Old 10-23-2008, 12:32 PM   #7
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
The Readius doesn't sound at all like a good choice to me. The biggest issue is the screen resolution, which is only quarter VGA (ie 320x240). On a 5" screen, that's going to result in awfully "blocky" text. Compare to LCD screens of a similar size which are generally 800x600. Another issue, as you mention, is that no support has been announced for any popular eBook format. It sounds like a complete "non starter" to me, I'm afraid.
Actually similarly LCD screens of that size are typically 640x480 (VGA) sized but that is still 4 times the resolution of the Readius. The eBookwise reader is twice the resolution of the Readius at 480x320 but compensates by using special fonts that are adjusted for work well at that resolution.

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