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splanchnic · 12-02-2008, 11:09 AM

Hi folks,

I'm hoping to draw on your collective experience here. I have decided (almost) to get the prs-505 over the prs-700 and the other equivalents available to me here in Canada (BeBook, Cybook, NOT the Kindle). I was gung-ho for the 700 until I saw it in person sitting beside the 505 and there was really no question. The screen quality was the one thing I decided I would not compromise on given the choice. Anyway, why am I posting this here in the 700 forum? Well, it seems like there is a push for ePub to become a new standard and I am choosing Sony because they support it (and because I can buy it in person rather than online [sorry Cybook, it was a close one!], and because of Calibre). The 505 received a firmware update to support ePub, I believe, but is there anything about the ePub format that could overwhelm the slightly aging hardware of the 505 (compared to the 700) that I should consider? I think I read in another forum thread that large ePubs (or maybe complex ones?!) could cause the 505 to choke. Is this a realistic concern?
This is sounding less and less like a 700 thread, but I am in some small way considering the 700 for its pdf support (I'm a university prof who is kidding himself that he will use his reader for work related journal articles...but I might!) and its beefier internals.
Anyway, it seems clear the the 700 will handle PDFs better, but will this be true for other formats like ePub (beyond quicker loading and page flipping)?

Ramblingly yours... another flip-flopping liseuse shopper who should probably be in the 'which one should I buy' thread. Thanks!

12-02-2008, 11:09 AM	#1
splanchnic Enthusiast Posts: 27 Karma: 64 Join Date: Nov 2008 Device: PRS-505, Ipod Touch	Developments in ePub... Hi folks, I'm hoping to draw on your collective experience here. I have decided (almost) to get the prs-505 over the prs-700 and the other equivalents available to me here in Canada (BeBook, Cybook, NOT the Kindle). I was gung-ho for the 700 until I saw it in person sitting beside the 505 and there was really no question. The screen quality was the one thing I decided I would not compromise on given the choice. Anyway, why am I posting this here in the 700 forum? Well, it seems like there is a push for ePub to become a new standard and I am choosing Sony because they support it (and because I can buy it in person rather than online [sorry Cybook, it was a close one!], and because of Calibre). The 505 received a firmware update to support ePub, I believe, but is there anything about the ePub format that could overwhelm the slightly aging hardware of the 505 (compared to the 700) that I should consider? I think I read in another forum thread that large ePubs (or maybe complex ones?!) could cause the 505 to choke. Is this a realistic concern? This is sounding less and less like a 700 thread, but I am in some small way considering the 700 for its pdf support (I'm a university prof who is kidding himself that he will use his reader for work related journal articles...but I might!) and its beefier internals. Anyway, it seems clear the the 700 will handle PDFs better, but will this be true for other formats like ePub (beyond quicker loading and page flipping)? Ramblingly yours... another flip-flopping liseuse shopper who should probably be in the 'which one should I buy' thread. Thanks!