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Spycrowsoft · 03-15-2023, 05:57 PM

Hi all!

I have an old and battered pink Sony PRS-T1 which was gifted to me in 2012 by a family member who bought it, but regretted their purchase because it turned out that e-readers are not for them.

I already had a considerable library of e-books and comics at that point in time, which has only grown since and is now approaching the 3000 books/comics and 100 GB mark.

So far I've been content with my PRS-T1 and I've been able to squish my entire library down to something just below 29 GB by having Calibre scale all images down and making them monochrome, but the end of what I can accomplish with that method is in sight and I'd really like to be able to carry the entire contents of my amassed library with me without having to swap books out.

So I've recently started looking at replacement options and discovered that there has been some progress in this space, but apart from colored e-ink displays, nothing too groundbreaking that would warrant replacing the PSR-T1 as it currently stands.

So I wanted to ask you all:
- What is your experience with colored e-ink displays?
- Do you know of any, or do you have any suggestions for e-readers which support SDXC memory-cards (larger than 32 GB), preferably with a colored e-ink display?

P.S. I've tried using tablets and smartphones as a replacement, but I've discovered that those are not for me. They are too small and/or there's too much light coming from those screens for me to read comfortably compared to e-ink by day and with a small single-led reading light at night.

P.P.S. I've been looking at the pocketbook readers with colored displays, but there are no physical shops nearby where I can test those out. I am aware that it might be possible to to format an SDXC card as FAT32 with off-spec sector sizes and that most linux-based OSes will actually read those cards just fine. However it could also be that there is a hardware limitation in the reader chip, which really caps the maximum card size at 32 GB, no matter what tricks you apply.

I figured this forum might be the best place to ask.

03-15-2023, 05:57 PM	#1
Spycrowsoft Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2023 Device: Sony PRS-T1	Replacing an old PRS-T1 Hi all! I have an old and battered pink Sony PRS-T1 which was gifted to me in 2012 by a family member who bought it, but regretted their purchase because it turned out that e-readers are not for them. I already had a considerable library of e-books and comics at that point in time, which has only grown since and is now approaching the 3000 books/comics and 100 GB mark. So far I've been content with my PRS-T1 and I've been able to squish my entire library down to something just below 29 GB by having Calibre scale all images down and making them monochrome, but the end of what I can accomplish with that method is in sight and I'd really like to be able to carry the entire contents of my amassed library with me without having to swap books out. So I've recently started looking at replacement options and discovered that there has been some progress in this space, but apart from colored e-ink displays, nothing too groundbreaking that would warrant replacing the PSR-T1 as it currently stands. So I wanted to ask you all: - What is your experience with colored e-ink displays? - Do you know of any, or do you have any suggestions for e-readers which support SDXC memory-cards (larger than 32 GB), preferably with a colored e-ink display? P.S. I've tried using tablets and smartphones as a replacement, but I've discovered that those are not for me. They are too small and/or there's too much light coming from those screens for me to read comfortably compared to e-ink by day and with a small single-led reading light at night. P.P.S. I've been looking at the pocketbook readers with colored displays, but there are no physical shops nearby where I can test those out. I am aware that it might be possible to to format an SDXC card as FAT32 with off-spec sector sizes and that most linux-based OSes will actually read those cards just fine. However it could also be that there is a hardware limitation in the reader chip, which really caps the maximum card size at 32 GB, no matter what tricks you apply. I figured this forum might be the best place to ask.