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Originally Posted by rgeorg
Dear Robert,
Thanks so much for answering my questions. I'll look into the European contacts - although I also have relatives and visit the USA regularly, being an ex-pat.
Perhaps you can help my basic question - I don't really care about the .mp3 as I have a dedicated .mp3 player with great battery life, or touchscreen or wireless, etc. What I am really interested in was the no-black-page-flash and speed of page changes that you mentioned on your (very interesting!) blog site for the Mentor Lite. I hesitate to purchase the EZreader, or really any other current device, because I fear (unreasonably?) that the page-turn delay and flash will bother me.
I suppose the most prudent course is just to wait until this summer and see what arrives on the market. Unfortunately, waiting is not my strong suit!
Thanks again for your prompt and informative reply!
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Dear rgeorg:
Purely and cleanly, what determines the speed of page turns (and no black screen in between turns, is the speed of the controller. Five years ago there was hardly any installed base for eBook Readers and no controller company wanted to get involved. PVI (the world's largest panel manufacturer) had to invent their own controller for eBook Readers. THAT is why the page turns have been very slow as controllers is not a PVI strong suit.
Now, Epson has come out with the first new controller. It is about 5 times as fast as the PVI controller and makes the world of difference that you seek.
That controller will start being installed by our factory in Taiwan in late May. SOME of the Mentor Lite would likely get it if we delay the order. BUT... if we delay the order, we might as well wait until late June and get the infinitely better Mentor Intrique as of the 8 level grey scale and note-taking, and dictionary support, and MP3, and double the battery life.
Robert B