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pengrus · 02-18-2009, 04:34 PM

I have read a ton of online review in the past week or so, and was so excited to order the Sony PRS-700. All the reviews warned the screen, and I thought, "what's the big deal??". Yeah, it could be blurry, but as long as I am not old, I should be able to read it. I so looked forward to receiving the new reader thinking about all the new benefits/features.

Well, I got it today.

And let me tell you. Within 5 minutes of playing with it, I am COMPLETELY SHOCKED by how bad the screen is. It is such a huge disappointment. Therefore, I want to warn you: DO NOT BUY IT, or you will regret it.

I am only 33 year old with good vision. But I feel serious dizzy after I looking it the screen for a few minutes.

Let me describe it for you in details. On youtube, there is some video show you a close up of the ebook reader, this one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5wBUfVsnuU

For a few seconds, it shows the close up the screen with text displayed, and it looked fine to me when I watched the video.

But when I got it, the screen has a lot of reflection -> blurred reflection of your face, light plus the blurry of the text displayed! I cannot keep my eyes focused on it. The 505 screen background looks like grey, but the 700 screen looks like yellowish grey. I am viewing in my room, with no direct light.

And trust me, I tried several times when I write this message, and I just cannot read it. No words can express my disappointment. I am not a picky person, but to me, Sony completely failed on this model. I hope they can issue a recall to replace the screen. For me, I am going to return this product right away, and order a Kindle 2.

Too bad that I cannot enjoy this 700's PDF reflow feature. Oh, also wanted to let you know, the reflow just gets rid of the blank page resulted by the larger font, but the Table will be the same as 505 in which it got stretched and makes no sense at all. So you have to switch to small font, then you will be able to see the complete table and use the zoom to enlarge the table.

02-18-2009, 04:34 PM	#1
pengrus Enthusiast Posts: 30 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2009 Device: kindle	WARNING: Screen is so bad that... I have read a ton of online review in the past week or so, and was so excited to order the Sony PRS-700. All the reviews warned the screen, and I thought, "what's the big deal??". Yeah, it could be blurry, but as long as I am not old, I should be able to read it. I so looked forward to receiving the new reader thinking about all the new benefits/features. Well, I got it today. And let me tell you. Within 5 minutes of playing with it, I am COMPLETELY SHOCKED by how bad the screen is. It is such a huge disappointment. Therefore, I want to warn you: DO NOT BUY IT, or you will regret it. I am only 33 year old with good vision. But I feel serious dizzy after I looking it the screen for a few minutes. Let me describe it for you in details. On youtube, there is some video show you a close up of the ebook reader, this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5wBUfVsnuU For a few seconds, it shows the close up the screen with text displayed, and it looked fine to me when I watched the video. But when I got it, the screen has a lot of reflection -> blurred reflection of your face, light plus the blurry of the text displayed! I cannot keep my eyes focused on it. The 505 screen background looks like grey, but the 700 screen looks like yellowish grey. I am viewing in my room, with no direct light. And trust me, I tried several times when I write this message, and I just cannot read it. No words can express my disappointment. I am not a picky person, but to me, Sony completely failed on this model. I hope they can issue a recall to replace the screen. For me, I am going to return this product right away, and order a Kindle 2. Too bad that I cannot enjoy this 700's PDF reflow feature. Oh, also wanted to let you know, the reflow just gets rid of the blank page resulted by the larger font, but the Table will be the same as 505 in which it got stretched and makes no sense at all. So you have to switch to small font, then you will be able to see the complete table and use the zoom to enlarge the table. Last edited by pengrus; 02-18-2009 at 04:39 PM.