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hmgreen · 08-18-2009, 01:32 PM

So I am confused. A lot of the concern re: LRF is for the PRS-500. 3 (maybe 4)questions:

1. Will the PRS 505 support both LRF and ePub? I have bought a LOT of LRF-formatted books from the Sony site in the past 2 years for my 505. I would hate for them to be reduced to worthless bits and bytes for the hundreds I have spent or have to redownload all of them after deleteing them from both the computer and the Reader.

2. If it doesn't support them as is, will Sony provide an update that allows both LRF and ePub to be read on the 505?

3. Will the new PRS-600 (which has more capacity and a touch screen without (presumaly) the horrible resolution of the PRS-700) support both formats? (BTW - from a storage perspective which format take more space for the same book - LRF or ePub?).

4. Does anyone know for sure what the answers to the above are - has Sony committed one way or the other?

Thanks.

08-18-2009, 01:32 PM	#354
hmgreen Enthusiast Posts: 41 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2007 Device: Sony PRS-505, -600, -900, Kindle 2, Touch, PW1 (all gone), PW2, Voyage	So I am confused. A lot of the concern re: LRF is for the PRS-500. 3 (maybe 4)questions: 1. Will the PRS 505 support both LRF and ePub? I have bought a LOT of LRF-formatted books from the Sony site in the past 2 years for my 505. I would hate for them to be reduced to worthless bits and bytes for the hundreds I have spent or have to redownload all of them after deleteing them from both the computer and the Reader. 2. If it doesn't support them as is, will Sony provide an update that allows both LRF and ePub to be read on the 505? 3. Will the new PRS-600 (which has more capacity and a touch screen without (presumaly) the horrible resolution of the PRS-700) support both formats? (BTW - from a storage perspective which format take more space for the same book - LRF or ePub?). 4. Does anyone know for sure what the answers to the above are - has Sony committed one way or the other? Thanks.