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Ripplinger · 09-07-2014, 12:59 AM

I didn't keep going far enough in the 2nd video then.

I just tried one of my few PDFs on my readers. It's only 4.1MB, but it takes less than 2 seconds to open on firmware 2.4.0 (the one I really use for reading), and the identical copy takes 8 seconds to open on 3.8.0. So there seems to be something going on with PDFs in the newer firmware.

I probably have larger PDFs buried on my hard drives from old games, etc. that I could try another test on with a larger PDF, but if it happens with only 4.1MB, I'm sure there's going to be a huge difference with larger files.

Edit: Second time I opened the PDF from the home screen, it took much longer, almost 20 seconds. Page turns between the 2 firmwares seem to take almost double the time on the newer firmware as well.

09-07-2014, 12:59 AM	#4
Ripplinger 350 Hoarder Posts: 3,574 Karma: 8281267 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Midwest USA Device: Sony PRS-350, Kobo Glo & Glo HD, PW2	I didn't keep going far enough in the 2nd video then. I just tried one of my few PDFs on my readers. It's only 4.1MB, but it takes less than 2 seconds to open on firmware 2.4.0 (the one I really use for reading), and the identical copy takes 8 seconds to open on 3.8.0. So there seems to be something going on with PDFs in the newer firmware. I probably have larger PDFs buried on my hard drives from old games, etc. that I could try another test on with a larger PDF, but if it happens with only 4.1MB, I'm sure there's going to be a huge difference with larger files. Edit: Second time I opened the PDF from the home screen, it took much longer, almost 20 seconds. Page turns between the 2 firmwares seem to take almost double the time on the newer firmware as well. Last edited by Ripplinger; 09-07-2014 at 01:06 AM.