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garrettwp · 12-18-2009, 05:35 PM

I bought the Sony PRS-600 on Tuesday and was happy to get it. It offered all of the features that I am looking for. This is my first ebook reader. My sister and mother both have the PRS-505. For the last few days I have been putting the unit though it's paces and I regret to say that I had to return the unit. The unit itself was awesome, but it suffers from one major flaw. The contrast on my unit was horrible. The text showed up as a washed out grey color. I know the PRS-505 has the best contrast, but putting the two units side by side made the PRS-600 look like complete crap. When I returned the PRS-600 back to the store, I went back to the demo section and noticed that the PRS-600 on demo showed the text to be way better then my unit. It was much more readable. What I am getting at with this post is do you think the unit I purchased was just a bad unit? Should I pick up another one and give that a try? Should I just hold off until the new year and see what others will be available? For the time being, my mother will let me barrow hers as she does not use it often. Which is a shame as it was a birthday gift from me to her.

- Garrett

12-18-2009, 05:35 PM	#1
garrettwp Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2009 Device: Sony PRS-505	Sony PRS-600 bad unit? I bought the Sony PRS-600 on Tuesday and was happy to get it. It offered all of the features that I am looking for. This is my first ebook reader. My sister and mother both have the PRS-505. For the last few days I have been putting the unit though it's paces and I regret to say that I had to return the unit. The unit itself was awesome, but it suffers from one major flaw. The contrast on my unit was horrible. The text showed up as a washed out grey color. I know the PRS-505 has the best contrast, but putting the two units side by side made the PRS-600 look like complete crap. When I returned the PRS-600 back to the store, I went back to the demo section and noticed that the PRS-600 on demo showed the text to be way better then my unit. It was much more readable. What I am getting at with this post is do you think the unit I purchased was just a bad unit? Should I pick up another one and give that a try? Should I just hold off until the new year and see what others will be available? For the time being, my mother will let me barrow hers as she does not use it often. Which is a shame as it was a birthday gift from me to her. - Garrett