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Originally Posted by droopy
As someone who's never had or used an e-reader, please indulge me: What do you make of what cvkamp says of faster page turns and faster book opens with this month's firmware update on his ereader? Isn't faster better? I'm trying to understand you and rcentos and sirtel.... Are you folks simply patient, half-glass-full folks?  For me, even half a second between page turns is a lot. |
I wasn't complaining about pageturn times even in the ancient times (2006) when I was using the Sony PRS-500. I have quickly learned to press the pageturn button while I was reading the second line from bottom. By the time I finished my last line the reader got to updating the screen - slow full inverted flash followed by new crisp page. I stopped seeing the flash before I finished my first book. I was extremely happy with my e-ink reader.
Mind you, going back to that speed / display resolution and contrast and overall clunkiness would involve some getting used to ;-), but at the time I was ecstatic about the display quality. I paid $350 for it in 2006. That is equivalent in purchasing power to $437.00 in 2019.