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Originally Posted by starrigger
Thanks. That's the kind of feedback I was hoping for.
I actually did look at one in the Sony store, but the closest I could get to trying it in darkness was standing in the TV demo room with the clerk whose job it was to make sure I didn't scamper off with it. And between trying to figure out the buttons, and talking to the clerk, I didn't exactly get a clear sense of the experience.
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I agree that it's hard to get a sense of how the sidelights work in the Sony store - for me the stunning fact about the 700 is how fast it was, and that was the main reason I *wanted* it as well for excellent ergonomical features. In pitch darkness the lights were a bit strange at the beginning as opposed to the bright screen of my 770, but I got used with them fast and even started liking them as a feature, rather than "well that's the best that can be done and it's acceptable" feeling that I had originally.
I had a 500 and gave it away after a while as being too slow for my needs, as well as hating to use those 1-10 buttons menu navigation since it's so unnatural and distracting from reading, and I played with 505 demos very often at Borders or Target, always hoping they get somehow sufficiently fast that I could use one for heavy reading.