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Originally Posted by Silencer23
Thanks.
I decided the technology is still not there to allow comfortable PDF text documents on an E-INK device..
Lets wait for CES 2010 ....
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I don't think the technology will ever exist to display a PDF layed out for an 8.5x11 inch piece of paper on a 5 or 6inch screen whether it is an eInk device or an LCD device. There are only 3 ways to do it....
1. Reduce the document to the size of the screen. This usually retains all layout however the result is generally too small to be practically usable.
2. Allow you to Pan/Scan the document. This is ok if you are looking at a single page and can get away with looking at only a portion of it. But doesn't bode well for serially reading a document from page 1 to the end.
3. Reflowing the document which will allow the text to remain at a readable font size but you will loose all formatting. Also how graphics are handled is usually either shrink them, drop them, or keep them allowing pan/scan on the graphics. This is ok in some cases, in others not so much.
Most reader devices do support these 3 methods of viewing a PDF file. I don't think the technology of eInk or any display will every change that fact.
If the PDF is layed out to match the size of the reading devices screen it is displayed perfectly well. I have read several ebooks that were PDF on my Sony 500. Since the PDF was formatted for the 500 they were perfectly readable.
This is why the best option to reading 8.5x11 inch layed out PDF files is to use a reading device with a bigger screen. For example the Kindle DX, the iRex DR1002 or a Netbook, Laptop or PC with a larger screen.
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