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Originally Posted by enarchay
I'm trying to decide between the Kindle 2 and the Sony, and one of the big issues I'm having is the Kindle's lack of native PDF support. I've looked at some converted PDFs on the Kindle, and they look alright, but I'm wondering how they look on the Sony by comparison. Do PDF files look as good as I assume they do on the Sony? Please explain (or illustrate).
Basically, if the Sony doesn't display PDFs much better than the Kindle 2 - even if I must convert in the latter case - then I know which product is for me.
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I had the same question recently. I went along with Sony and so far I am quite happy. I am not reading large (format-wise) PDFs though (articles from JSTOR and scanned chapters from books), but even in this case you may have to read in landscape mode - half a page at a time (You can find an example here -
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...=45896&page=2; there are some photos posted). It would have been nice if the screen were at least one inch bigger, or there were a fixed zoom option, but even without these options Sony is very very good. I am also reading PDFs in languages other than English (Russian and Arabic) and they are displayed just fine.