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allochi · 05-25-2016, 08:45 AM

I got my DPT-S1

Seriously! this thing is light like nothing I held before, I should have just bought Sony DPT-S1 like a year ago and saved myself the headaches. I'll try to list my observations while setting it up:

* Very responsive - normal ePaper refresh rate
* Typing with the keyboard during setup was fast
* It scanned my 32G SD very fast!
* The "Folders" tab browsed through my SD books very fast
* It take time to grab the cover of each book about a second each (depends on the pdf size)
* Scrolling through file list is fast
* Searching the SD card for a book title is very fast
* 6-7 second to open a large scanned textbook
* fraction of a second to turn a page (in the scanned textbook)
* Quality of text looks great (specially it's zoomed the page to fit)
* it takes about 1-2s to show tile view of scanned textbook
* NO GHOSTING! AT ALL!
* Switching to another textbook, this time it's normal PDF not scanned, switching between books took me about 18s
* Funny, 2 pages tile view in landscape mode feels like hold a small book open 180 degree
* OMG! the handwriting is AMAZING! it's fast, responsive (takes a second to antialiasing and delete)
* Text looks great, big and readable, and it's dark enough, still, the contrast function on the M96 can make the text darker, kind of miss that.
* Zooming is very snappy on textbook
* Table of content took a few seconds (3-4) to show up, but jumping between chapters and bookmarks is very fast (just like turning a page)
* Search was impressively fast searching for the world "birthday" in a 590 pages book on probability took like a second, jumping between results is as fast as turning a page.
* Switching between tabs take a little bit more time, like 2-3 second, noticeably longer than a page turn although they both belong to the same book.
* Note taking is really nice, it's so nice to be able to write on a clean rectangle note that on top of the book text. (solving problems, taking long notes)
* The browser on the M96 is better, faster and better contrast/readability
* The browser is ok to read blogs or check wikipedia, text is big!

* On really heavy PDF like D&D 5th ed., it could take 9-10s to turn a page, it seems when I wait for few second between page turns it caches the next page, so it's really fast (1s) to turn to the next page, if I was really reading the book
* I just noticed that it kept my other tabs open while I was browsing D&D book, so I'm guessing that the memory can handle all the above quit good.
* D&D Zooming is quit fast (the D&D is 28.5mb heavy graphics)
* My piano music sheets look amazing (turn very fast)
* Another comic pdf, 130mb, readable, but page turn is slower now, like 6s

Overall I'm so happy with the device, this is what I needed for years, I'm happy that I got the Sony not the Max, for the weight, touch screen and the software, it's well organized to work as a study device. If the Max had the touch screen and weighted 360g like the Sony, probably I would have got the Max.

The only addition to the software that I have in mind now is to have a way to increase the darkness of the document, the Onyx do it, I don't see why the Sony can't.

I think in the future I will compare the Onyx and the Sony in a video, showing the screen quality and difference in performance, difference in font rendering and such. The Onyx is snappier, and does feel faster, still for the reasons above, I still would get the Sony.

I'm studying french, and my French course book is one of those slim, colorful course books, the Sony is lighter

If you guys have any questions just post them, since I'm still excited to try things on the Sony, I hope I could help in any possible way.

05-25-2016, 08:45 AM	#516
allochi Connoisseur Posts: 88 Karma: 6770 Join Date: Jun 2014 Device: Kobo Aura	I got my DPT-S1 Seriously! this thing is light like nothing I held before, I should have just bought Sony DPT-S1 like a year ago and saved myself the headaches. I'll try to list my observations while setting it up: * Very responsive - normal ePaper refresh rate * Typing with the keyboard during setup was fast * It scanned my 32G SD very fast! * The "Folders" tab browsed through my SD books very fast * It take time to grab the cover of each book about a second each (depends on the pdf size) * Scrolling through file list is fast * Searching the SD card for a book title is very fast * 6-7 second to open a large scanned textbook * fraction of a second to turn a page (in the scanned textbook) * Quality of text looks great (specially it's zoomed the page to fit) * it takes about 1-2s to show tile view of scanned textbook * NO GHOSTING! AT ALL! * Switching to another textbook, this time it's normal PDF not scanned, switching between books took me about 18s * Funny, 2 pages tile view in landscape mode feels like hold a small book open 180 degree * OMG! the handwriting is AMAZING! it's fast, responsive (takes a second to antialiasing and delete) * Text looks great, big and readable, and it's dark enough, still, the contrast function on the M96 can make the text darker, kind of miss that. * Zooming is very snappy on textbook * Table of content took a few seconds (3-4) to show up, but jumping between chapters and bookmarks is very fast (just like turning a page) * Search was impressively fast searching for the world "birthday" in a 590 pages book on probability took like a second, jumping between results is as fast as turning a page. * Switching between tabs take a little bit more time, like 2-3 second, noticeably longer than a page turn although they both belong to the same book. * Note taking is really nice, it's so nice to be able to write on a clean rectangle note that on top of the book text. (solving problems, taking long notes) * The browser on the M96 is better, faster and better contrast/readability * The browser is ok to read blogs or check wikipedia, text is big! * On really heavy PDF like D&D 5th ed., it could take 9-10s to turn a page, it seems when I wait for few second between page turns it caches the next page, so it's really fast (1s) to turn to the next page, if I was really reading the book * I just noticed that it kept my other tabs open while I was browsing D&D book, so I'm guessing that the memory can handle all the above quit good. * D&D Zooming is quit fast (the D&D is 28.5mb heavy graphics) * My piano music sheets look amazing (turn very fast) * Another comic pdf, 130mb, readable, but page turn is slower now, like 6s Overall I'm so happy with the device, this is what I needed for years, I'm happy that I got the Sony not the Max, for the weight, touch screen and the software, it's well organized to work as a study device. If the Max had the touch screen and weighted 360g like the Sony, probably I would have got the Max. The only addition to the software that I have in mind now is to have a way to increase the darkness of the document, the Onyx do it, I don't see why the Sony can't. I think in the future I will compare the Onyx and the Sony in a video, showing the screen quality and difference in performance, difference in font rendering and such. The Onyx is snappier, and does feel faster, still for the reasons above, I still would get the Sony. I'm studying french, and my French course book is one of those slim, colorful course books, the Sony is lighter If you guys have any questions just post them, since I'm still excited to try things on the Sony, I hope I could help in any possible way.