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Originally Posted by Griff
Have you noticed a large reduction in your filesizes when using lossy compression for channels that contain pictures? If so, which handheld do you use?
I'm a bit concerned that you mention the faster the handheld bit. I'm still on a NR70v and really don't want to upgrade only to notice a speed hit. Sounds like I should skip this upgrade and wait for the next.
Thanks for your reply.
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Hey Griff! The lossy compression is one of my favorite new additions as well. Filesize can be reduced a lot depending on how many pictures your source contains (for instance, Slate was reduced by more than 1/2).
The lossy compression ratio itself does not depend on your handheld speed. Only the decompression later in the iSilo viewer is less noticeable the faster your handheld processor. That said, your Clie NR70v should be more than sufficient to display the images smoothly. I still have an old 33Mhz N760C (overclocked to 42Mhz, I admit), and although the lossy compression is noticeable, it is not hurting the flow of my reading.
On upgrades: I just checked iSilo web page and it does not seem that you are restricted to a time period for upgrading your 3.x license. So why don't you wait with the 4.x development until you find a feature useful enough to upgrade?