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Originally Posted by AlexBell

That's a well produced video, but a commentary would have made it even better.

Thanks, Alex! I did talk all through the demo (see my hands waving around - that's when I'm talking fast), but I was laughing and swearing too much (oops), so we had to remove the commentary. No time to do one separately! We're still working on the zoom levels for ePub, but I think they're really good for Mobipocket.

Originally Posted by Solicitous

- The Hanlin supports 5 levels of zoom vs 3 of the Eco Reader?

No, the levels of zoom depends on the type of ebook you're reading. e.g. ePub and PDF have 5 levels of zoom in both the HanLin V5 and the ECO Reader. The ECO Reader has 3 levels of zoom for Mobipocket, but Mobipocket is not supported on the HanLin V5 at all.

Originally Posted by Solicitous

- 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).

For reading a text ebook, with a V5 and ECO Reader side by side you'll see no difference in the greyscale. The text is crisp and clear. If you're looking at photos, diagrams, comics - the V5 is generally clearer.

Originally Posted by Solicitous

- Does the 400mhz processor have that much of an impact on the reader vs the 200mhz in the Eco Reader?

The V5 has faster page turns, as there's less text on screen and the processor is faster. Books open faster on the V5, but I consider the speed difference is negligible.

Originally Posted by Solicitous

- 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").

Side by side, to me, the V5 screen looks a lot smaller. Reading on a V5 is a great experience, though. Once I'm lost in a book, the screen size just doesn't matter that much to me. I still read ebooks on my smartphone, although I hate the backlight. I've been spoiled by e-Ink. And yes, you can definitely get lost in an ebook, just like a paper book

Originally Posted by Solicitous

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?

Well, 16GB holds about 32,000 books, so it's larger than most people would need. I prefer to read, rather than be read to by a computer voice, but TTS is an interesting feature and I've played with it.

As you haven't purchased any Mobi books, you can choose ePub in future (it's a more international format than Mobi and ePub is definitely the way we're heading in Australia and New Zealand).

All the ebooks in DA's new ebook store will be readable on both the ECO Reader and the HanLin V5. There's a big future for e-Ink devices in Australia and there's a lot of enhancements coming in the next few years (colour, plastic screens, rollable displays, 3G, bluetooth...)