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Originally Posted by peaceridge
mgmueller, thanks so much for all this information.
I currently have a sony 700 - I have no problem at all with the glare. However, as a very fast reader, I'd like a bigger screen - thus looking at the sony 900 vs irex 800.
If you compare each using the same ebook, same font (approximate) size, which one has the most words on the screen?
Also, you said (about the 900) "Frequently checks library for new additions and is relatively slow for that (sometimes about 30 seconds without anything new in my library). A bit faster than other Sony units, it seems." I haven't noticed anything on my 700 - am I just missing it, or does the 900 do something different?
Finally, if I decide on the irex 800, there does not seem to be any place in the us that I can find it available. Anyone know?
Thanks again for your help.
Lynn
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If you're fine with Sony 700, you'll love Sony 600 and you'll worship Sony 900.
But iRex 800 will win hands down concerning crispness of the screen.
Still, Sony 900 is perfectly readable.
I'm comparing Jeffrey Archer's "A Prisoner of Birth", the first .epub I've found on both.
iRex 800 does show more information per page than Sony 900.
(Sorry for the picture quality, deepest night here already).
As far as I know, since yesterday, iRex 800 is available (pre-order?) in the US. Cheaper than in Europe
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Check out the last few threads in the iRex 1000S forum.
Or
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/IREX+-+D...r800&cp=1&lp=1
Concerning "frequently checking".
Sony 900 (but so do all my Sony readers) checks for new content when starting the unit. Or when re-inserting a card. Or when disconnecting from PC. Or...
Most other readers seem to track any changes to the memory, whereas Sony seems to check the entire file structure. Lots of users claim, it takes minutes or even hours for them to index their library.
On iRex, I don't recognise this at all. Either it's indexing in the background or directly when saving content to memory.
To me, it's not a huge problem with Sony, but it becomes pretty obvious when playing around with tons of files.