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Solicitous · 08-25-2009, 08:13 PM

Thanks for the link to the video of the Eco Reader, it does look very nice.

I've been doing a little more comparison between the Eco Reader and the Hanlin V5. Now I've caused myself to try and make another decision

If someone could help me out with these questions I would be greatly appreciative.
- The Hanlin supports 5 levels of zoom vs 3 of the Eco Reader?
- 8 levels of greyscale, is this noticable over the 4 of the Eco Reader with ordinary book reading (I'm not a comic book reader).
- Does the 400mhz processor have that much of an impact on the reader vs the 200mhz in the Eco Reader?
- How usable is the 5" screen? I did some measurements on paper of both the 6" and the 5" comparing to an ordinary paperback and the 6" seems very close to the same size page of the paperback (bit of a difference in the 5").

The other differences such as the Text-To-Speech and support for 16gb SD card isn't an issue for me, and lack of mobi support - well I havent bought any books yet so that isn't a worry (I think). Very curious as there is a 'reasonable' price difference in the two, and with 5" readers really hitting the market of late...is this the way things are going or just a fad like the recent fad of small netbooks vs laptops?

Thanks for your help, sorry for the number of my questions but I'm new to the ebook technology.

08-25-2009, 08:13 PM	#16
Solicitous Wizard Posts: 1,434 Karma: 1525776 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: TAS, Australia Device: Astak Pocket Pro (Black), 2 x Kindle WiFi (Graphite), iPod Touch 4G	Thanks for the link to the video of the Eco Reader, it does look very nice. I've been doing a little more comparison between the Eco Reader and the Hanlin V5. Now I've caused myself to try and make another decision If someone could help me out with these questions I would be greatly appreciative. - The Hanlin supports 5 levels of zoom vs 3 of the Eco Reader? - 8 levels of greyscale, is this noticable over the 4 of the Eco Reader with ordinary book reading (I'm not a comic book reader). - Does the 400mhz processor have that much of an impact on the reader vs the 200mhz in the Eco Reader? - How usable is the 5" screen? I did some measurements on paper of both the 6" and the 5" comparing to an ordinary paperback and the 6" seems very close to the same size page of the paperback (bit of a difference in the 5"). The other differences such as the Text-To-Speech and support for 16gb SD card isn't an issue for me, and lack of mobi support - well I havent bought any books yet so that isn't a worry (I think). Very curious as there is a 'reasonable' price difference in the two, and with 5" readers really hitting the market of late...is this the way things are going or just a fad like the recent fad of small netbooks vs laptops? Thanks for your help, sorry for the number of my questions but I'm new to the ebook technology.