Thread: Firmware update for PRS-500 available - EPUB!
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Old 11-24-2009, 01:16 PM   #125
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Device: Sony PRS-500 (RIP); PRS-600 (Good Riddance); PRS-505; PRS-650; PRS-350
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Originally Posted by MikeRo View Post
Anti-aliasing and hinting were developed to deal with true low resolution devices. My point is that a device that has 200 dpi being read at 18 inches these fixes should not be necessary. Holding the PRS-300 2 inches from my eyes I could barely make out a hint of stair-casing at the smallest font in an LRF document. This was not in ideal lighting conditions - I'll try it in sunlight at some point.
I pulled out a magnifying glass on PRS-500 to check this. The magnification is probably 10x (good magnifying glass!).

I can see both stair stepping and very mild anti-aliasing. Neither of these are visible to my naked eye (I have perfect vision in the one ). I was actually surprised to see the anti-aliasing because I find it so objectionable on my computer, I have it completely turned off. Glad to say I cannot see it when reading on my Reader!

All this to say that I did indeed verify that the two aforementioned artifacts do indeed exist on the Reader (PRS-500 in this case).

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