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Originally Posted by Mr. Goodbar
Hmm, I had a 500 and a 505 and they would both drop after a week of non-use. The Sony's had great battery life, but they did drop in charge on me when just sitting in standby mode.
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Yes, mine will, too, but it will sit there for a week without any charge loss showing. After I start reading with it after that length of time, it will retain the full charge for several pages, and then it will show a one bar loss. Since the meter shows 4 bars, I'd estimate that I've lost about 23% after a week of non-use, which close to double a 20% loss in 3 days.
Now, that being said, I'd be interested to know the size battery Sony uses versus the size of the DR800's. If the Sony uses a smaller battery, that makes things out to be even worse for the DR800 - it basically says they've never been able to figure out effective power management and just tried to solve the problem with this unit by tossing a larger battery in it.