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Originally Posted by Liviu_5
Actually as a former very satified owner of Ebk1150 - I just moved on to the 770, but my father in law still loves the Ebk  - I have to say that yes, the 700 can be viewed as a much improved version. It is almost as fast and the touch has more options, though I miss the previous book button
It is very nice outside - I read 2 hours easily outside, true, winter and all, so the sun was not that strong so I cannot say how it will look in the summer but I expect to be nice. Did not really notice glare - it may be some, but not annoying so far at least .
In bright indoor light it looks also very nice, while in dimmer light it needs the sidelights, but I love those, they give an "eerie" feeling to reading which at night is quite nice.
I cannot say that there are conditions in which I can comfortably read a paper book without light and not read on the 700 without light. True in dim light, paper is crisper, but it's still not that comfortable to read at least for me, so I would still some bright light.
It's hard to say after all the people trashing the 700, but personally I think that the difference in speed/ergonomics between the 700 and 505 is so huge and for me having paper-like display is not that important since after all I still can and do read print books happily. |
thank you so much for that information !!! it's the first time i hear a direct comparison between the eb1150 and the sony 700 (not surprising, right ? why would somebody compare two such different liseuses ?
) and i feel really much more encouraged now. i do place a lot of importance on the display and i am disappointed that the 700 is inferior to the 550 for that, but i've really noticed that despite the terrible screen of my eb1150 i still find it very comfortable and agreeable to use, because of the ergonomy. this seems to be a somewhat neglected factor sometimes !
so, i think i've made up my mind.
probably, if sony does make a 750 next year with a better display, i'll try to sell my 700 and buy the new one. but i'll be glad to have it for this year, i think.