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allochi · 05-24-2016, 08:03 AM

@xtech I have been in the decision phase for long time, between Max and Sony, I own Onyx M96 Plus. Yesterday, I just decided to go with the Sony (I should have done that over a year ago)

Now, the Max doesn't lack at all compared to Sony (actually, it maybe the other way), Max is more powerful and the software has more features. I just posted 2 days ago a video showing the Max playing a cartoon movie, the Max is newer, the Max is under active development, and Booxter just announced that Onyx is working on a faster more functional PDF reader, with tabs, notes and more.

Using the Onyx M96 for over 6 month, I love it, but I don't want a tablet, I don't want a monitor, I just want a PDF reader that annotate PDF files, so, taking into consideration weight, thickness and the capacitive screen, it was Sony for me. If I want to run android applications including dictionary and such I will just use my smart phone.

The Max and Sony are the only available functional 13.3" reader in the market now, with some "Real" customer support behind them, I don't think you can go wrong with any of them, the question is how do you define your reading sessions routine.

for example, even with the ability to browse the Internet using the M96, I just find myself print the webpages into a PDF in Chrome and transfer them to my M96, in textbooks, I jump between problems page and solutions page at the end of the book a lot, so I appreciate the multiple tabs in Sony, I also want to handwrite my comments and solution on an empty clean note, not on the top if the text of the book.

Now I haven't received my Sony yet, I don't know how much I will like it, I'm not worried about the Onyx reader crop/zoom functionality that I will miss with the Sony (or not), I'm only worried about the contrast/boldness function that I don't see in Sony but I keep using in my Onyx, I hope that the Sony just turn the contrast up automatically.

When I get my sony, I will share my experience comparing Sony and Onyx, things like text quality and performance when it come to read books.

05-24-2016, 08:03 AM	#511
allochi Connoisseur Posts: 88 Karma: 6770 Join Date: Jun 2014 Device: Kobo Aura	@xtech I have been in the decision phase for long time, between Max and Sony, I own Onyx M96 Plus. Yesterday, I just decided to go with the Sony (I should have done that over a year ago) Now, the Max doesn't lack at all compared to Sony (actually, it maybe the other way), Max is more powerful and the software has more features. I just posted 2 days ago a video showing the Max playing a cartoon movie, the Max is newer, the Max is under active development, and Booxter just announced that Onyx is working on a faster more functional PDF reader, with tabs, notes and more. Using the Onyx M96 for over 6 month, I love it, but I don't want a tablet, I don't want a monitor, I just want a PDF reader that annotate PDF files, so, taking into consideration weight, thickness and the capacitive screen, it was Sony for me. If I want to run android applications including dictionary and such I will just use my smart phone. The Max and Sony are the only available functional 13.3" reader in the market now, with some "Real" customer support behind them, I don't think you can go wrong with any of them, the question is how do you define your reading sessions routine. for example, even with the ability to browse the Internet using the M96, I just find myself print the webpages into a PDF in Chrome and transfer them to my M96, in textbooks, I jump between problems page and solutions page at the end of the book a lot, so I appreciate the multiple tabs in Sony, I also want to handwrite my comments and solution on an empty clean note, not on the top if the text of the book. Now I haven't received my Sony yet, I don't know how much I will like it, I'm not worried about the Onyx reader crop/zoom functionality that I will miss with the Sony (or not), I'm only worried about the contrast/boldness function that I don't see in Sony but I keep using in my Onyx, I hope that the Sony just turn the contrast up automatically. When I get my sony, I will share my experience comparing Sony and Onyx, things like text quality and performance when it come to read books.