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Sonist · 11-11-2008, 02:35 PM

I have a 70-watt table light on my side of the bed, and I don't find it enough for comfortable reading on the PRS-700. For my taste, it would have to be either direct sunlight, or a clip on shining directly on the screen.

I have about 8 hours of reading with the clip on light attached to the cover, and I find the combination pretty good. I did read for about 30 minutes in bed this morning, and needed to turn on the clip on light to be comfortable (my bedroom has floor to ceiling windows, but also a ton of vegetation outside and no direct sun - so never really bright.)

Regarding the reflection, I haven't really read during the day (work gets in the way,) but it hasn't really bothered me. With a clip on, I can control the position of the light source, so it's easy to avoid the reflection.

I do think I want a larger screen though, and I do need to be able to read in less than optimum light conditions, so I will not keep the Sony. On the other hand, I am fairly picky - I'd never read a book on any PDA or LCD screen, even on my iPhone, which has the best screen of any PDA or phone I've ever seen (and it's way, way too small for me - I want the size of a full page:-)

11-11-2008, 02:35 PM	#111
Sonist Apeist Posts: 2,126 Karma: 381090 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: The sunny part of California Device: Generic virtual reality story-experiential device	I have a 70-watt table light on my side of the bed, and I don't find it enough for comfortable reading on the PRS-700. For my taste, it would have to be either direct sunlight, or a clip on shining directly on the screen. I have about 8 hours of reading with the clip on light attached to the cover, and I find the combination pretty good. I did read for about 30 minutes in bed this morning, and needed to turn on the clip on light to be comfortable (my bedroom has floor to ceiling windows, but also a ton of vegetation outside and no direct sun - so never really bright.) Regarding the reflection, I haven't really read during the day (work gets in the way,) but it hasn't really bothered me. With a clip on, I can control the position of the light source, so it's easy to avoid the reflection. I do think I want a larger screen though, and I do need to be able to read in less than optimum light conditions, so I will not keep the Sony. On the other hand, I am fairly picky - I'd never read a book on any PDA or LCD screen, even on my iPhone, which has the best screen of any PDA or phone I've ever seen (and it's way, way too small for me - I want the size of a full page:-)