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wallcraft · 10-06-2009, 11:26 AM

I don't think any current 6" E-Ink device is likely to meet your needs. The PRS-600 perhaps comes closest, with both reflow (changing the font size and flowing text to fit the screen) and zoom (magnifying part of the page). However, the zoom is on a page by page basis only - you can't save the zoom setting for the next page. The Cybook Gen 3 with ADE (firmware not out yet) will do zoom only, and I don't know if that will be better or not.

You really need a larger screen. The Sony Daily Edition will initially be US only, but is has a 7" diagonal (6" wide) screen and that might be just enough for landscape reading of PDFs. The iRex DR800SG, also initially US only and at the same $400 price point as the Daily Edition, has an 8" diagonal screen and the 8" iRex iLiad has been "good enough" for PDFs for many readers. I think almost anyone would consider a 9.7" or larger screen acceptable for PDFs. The DR1000S is good but very expensive. The only other current entry is the Kindle DX, which is US-only (probably soon in the UK) and "only" $489. It has an incredibly basic PDF capability, best described as pathetic, but it does illustrate than the screen size is good for PDFs and it also sets the price point for "mainstream" large screen readers. So I would not recommend the KDX, but I expect several other devices with 9.7" screens probably early in 2010 and probably at about $500.

Diagonal screen sizes can be confusing, see E-book Reader Matrix for the actual screen dimensions and note that an 8" screen in landscape mode is as wide as a 10.2" screen in portrait mode. Also, don't forget that most PDFs have relatively wide margins which can be cropped on the Reader.

10-06-2009, 11:26 AM	#6
wallcraft reader Posts: 6,977 Karma: 5183568 Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Mississippi, USA Device: Kindle 3, Kobo Glo HD	I don't think any current 6" E-Ink device is likely to meet your needs. The PRS-600 perhaps comes closest, with both reflow (changing the font size and flowing text to fit the screen) and zoom (magnifying part of the page). However, the zoom is on a page by page basis only - you can't save the zoom setting for the next page. The Cybook Gen 3 with ADE (firmware not out yet) will do zoom only, and I don't know if that will be better or not. You really need a larger screen. The Sony Daily Edition will initially be US only, but is has a 7" diagonal (6" wide) screen and that might be just enough for landscape reading of PDFs. The iRex DR800SG, also initially US only and at the same $400 price point as the Daily Edition, has an 8" diagonal screen and the 8" iRex iLiad has been "good enough" for PDFs for many readers. I think almost anyone would consider a 9.7" or larger screen acceptable for PDFs. The DR1000S is good but very expensive. The only other current entry is the Kindle DX, which is US-only (probably soon in the UK) and "only" $489. It has an incredibly basic PDF capability, best described as pathetic, but it does illustrate than the screen size is good for PDFs and it also sets the price point for "mainstream" large screen readers. So I would not recommend the KDX, but I expect several other devices with 9.7" screens probably early in 2010 and probably at about $500. Diagonal screen sizes can be confusing, see E-book Reader Matrix for the actual screen dimensions and note that an 8" screen in landscape mode is as wide as a 10.2" screen in portrait mode. Also, don't forget that most PDFs have relatively wide margins which can be cropped on the Reader.