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Originally Posted by silverraven
I'm in the market for an ebook reader. I'm thinking of getting one for my 83 year old mother.
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I have an EZ Reader Basic and a Pocket Pro, but in this case I think the Mentor Lite 2 is your best bet from Astak. It is from a different factory than the EZ Readers, but most of the hardware has been around for a long time (the 8 grayscales is new) and the software has been somewhat debugged in similar devices (e.g. Cool-er). The user interface is based on a D-pad and menus, which is a bit easier to learn than the EZ Reader's numbered key approach. It also has 8 font sizes, vs 2-3 (or 5 for some formats) on the EZ Readers.
The PRS-600 has 5 font sizes, so I think the Mentor Lite 2 is a better fit for older eyes than the Sony. Both have Adobe Digital Editions for PDFs and for ePubs. I have seen a couple of reports that recent ADE devices (e.g. from Astak) have better PDF reflow than the Sony's, but my limited experience is that they are about the same. If your PDFs were designed to be e-books, then they should reflow ok (in reflow the PDF gets converted to text and the font size can then increase like other ebook formats). A letter/A4 PDF that does not reflow will be unreadable on a 6" screen, even if the screen is rotated to landscape.
My only hesitation in recommending the Mentor Lite is that it is a new device, with no actual user reports of how well it works yet. The PRS-600 is a good device, although its touch screen increases glare, and if its largest font size if big enough then it is a safe choice.