Review? - Page 8

delphidb96 · 09-24-2007, 02:22 AM

I would hate to think that was the case, but you may have hit the proverbial nail on the head.

Derek

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Originally Posted by RWood

I would suspect that the lone of dead pixels is a hardware issue. Since the e-ink screen is controlled by a matrix like the one used for LCD screens, one row or column has become disconnedted or had a dead component. The control logic for this should be far below the firmware level of the device so I would not suspect a program error.

IceHand · 09-24-2007, 06:40 AM

Maybe a late reaction to your drop?

CommanderROR · 09-24-2007, 09:18 AM

The line might be one of the typical eink failures.
There were quite a few Iliad units that had horizontal lines or similar defects int he earlier batches. I haven't heard of any recent problems though. Since Vizplex is fairly new it could be that there will be more problems with the first batch.

JSWolf · 09-24-2007, 09:44 AM

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Originally Posted by delphidb96

Not possible at this time as it's not the start of the business week. No open business, no downloading of firmware.

But I will see if that helps.

I have reminded myself that this IS an engineering sample and not the final production model.

Derek

Still, I'd expect the screen to be the screen regardless of being a sample or a for-sale unit.

High 5 · 09-24-2007, 10:46 AM

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Originally Posted by CommanderROR

The line might be one of the typical eink failures.
There were quite a few Iliad units that had horizontal lines or similar defects int he earlier batches. I haven't heard of any recent problems though. Since Vizplex is fairly new it could be that there will be more problems with the first batch.

Very true.
I had one of those myself and had to send it back to Irex.
On the bright side, I had it back within a month...

I am really beginning to think that this whole e-book readers thingy is not worth the trouble any more.
Complex devices that do not deliver what they promise, ridiculous prices, riddled with soft- and hard-ware glitches, more file formats than there are books, battery lifespans that can only be measured in picoseconds and companies who consider customers to be a bloody nuisance...bah.

Mind you, it IS monday today...

[edit] Besides that, I realise I am poluting this thread

Aenea · 09-24-2007, 07:41 PM

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Originally Posted by delphidb96

Wish I knew... I'm sure others have had the same. I believe I've seen people mention this about some Sonys and Hanlins but I don't rightly recall the posts.

Don't forget you dropped it....

delphidb96 · 09-24-2007, 09:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Aenea

Don't forget you dropped it....

Yep. Silly me. One would *think*, me being one of the SUPERHEROs of NAEB, that I'd not have such clumsiness. Silly 'one', I'm ClumsyMan!!! Capable of wrecking bad guys' plans with a swift stumble and recovery!!!

Derek

NatCh · 09-24-2007, 11:06 PM

Wow, maybe you and I, Drops-Stuff-In-The-Toilet Man, should join forces, ClumsyMan! We could call ourselves the Notsosuper Friends!

JSWolf · 09-25-2007, 06:11 AM

Hey Derek, no need to do a video any more. Seems Bookeen already did one using 0.96 and has it on their blog.

delphidb96 · 09-25-2007, 02:46 PM

Great! That makes sense.

Derek

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Originally Posted by JSWolf

Hey Derek, no need to do a video any more. Seems Bookeen already did one using 0.96 and has it on their blog.

yvanleterrible · 09-26-2007, 10:37 AM

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Originally Posted by NatCh

Wow, maybe you and I, Drops-Stuff-In-The-Toilet Man, should join forces, ClumsyMan! We could call ourselves the Notsosuper Friends!

Use that wooden box of yours, it'll float long enough to be retrieved... soap hands!

That reader can be real slippery sometimes. I dropped it on my face while reading on my back! Positive, I didn't lose my page like that big HP7 I also dropped. Any one know of an insurance clause for readers who drop books on their faces?

NatCh · 09-26-2007, 10:53 AM

Thanks for the chuckle, yvanleterrible! Needed a laugh this gray, rainy morning!

SUSGOD · 09-26-2007, 11:17 AM

On 09-21-2007, 02:33 AM Harry posted:

"Even if someone did add a backlight you wouldn't be able to see the light. eInk screens are opaque. You could side-light or front-light an eInk display, but you cannot back-light it."
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...ight=backlight
__________________

AAAHHHHHHH! Slaps palm to forehead…. Generation issue!!

I have watched the younger generations play their handheld video games in the dark. Never having seen an e-book reader in person, I simple assumed that I would be able to read the handheld e-book in the car at night while my husband drives or while I’m in bed with the lights off. Now I find out it does not have its own lighting system. Oh dear! Oh dear!

NatCh · 09-26-2007, 11:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SUSGOD

AAAHHHHHHH! Slaps palm to forehead…. Generation issue!!

I have watched the younger generations play their handheld video games in the dark. Never having seen an e-book reader in person, I simple assumed that I would be able to read the handheld e-book in the car at night while my husband drives or while I’m in bed with the lights off. Now I find out it does not have its own lighting system. Oh dear! Oh dear!

Actually, your assumption is pretty reasonable, the reason it's not correct in this case is that e-ink is a new display type, and its structure can't be back-lit, as HarryT points out, it's opaque.

There are, however reading devices that use LCD screens just like the hand-held games you mentioned, and those reading devices can be back-lit just fine.

It's just that for an e-ink display the light has to come from the front.

delphidb96 · 09-26-2007, 12:23 PM

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Originally Posted by SUSGOD

On 09-21-2007, 02:33 AM Harry posted:

"Even if someone did add a backlight you wouldn't be able to see the light. eInk screens are opaque. You could side-light or front-light an eInk display, but you cannot back-light it."
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...ight=backlight
__________________

AAAHHHHHHH! Slaps palm to forehead…. Generation issue!!

I have watched the younger generations play their handheld video games in the dark. Never having seen an e-book reader in person, I simple assumed that I would be able to read the handheld e-book in the car at night while my husband drives or while I’m in bed with the lights off. Now I find out it does not have its own lighting system. Oh dear! Oh dear!

Which is where a Lightwedge type of front-lighting system would make sense. Just have it slip onto the case and position over the screen...

Derek

09-26-2007, 11:17 AM	#118
SUSGOD Connoisseur Posts: 84 Karma: 21 Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: NJ Device: Aluratek Libre-eBook reader PRO	No Light! On 09-21-2007, 02:33 AM Harry posted: "Even if someone did add a backlight you wouldn't be able to see the light. eInk screens are opaque. You could side-light or front-light an eInk display, but you cannot back-light it." https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...ight=backlight __________________ AAAHHHHHHH! Slaps palm to forehead…. Generation issue!! I have watched the younger generations play their handheld video games in the dark. Never having seen an e-book reader in person, I simple assumed that I would be able to read the handheld e-book in the car at night while my husband drives or while I’m in bed with the lights off. Now I find out it does not have its own lighting system. Oh dear! Oh dear!

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09-24-2007, 06:40 AM	#107
IceHand Linux User Posts: 323 Karma: 13682 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Germany Device: Kindle 3	Maybe a late reaction to your drop?

09-24-2007, 09:18 AM	#108
CommanderROR eink fanatic Posts: 2,022 Karma: 4924 Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Germany Device: STAReBOOK, iRex Iliad, Sony 505, Kindle 2	The line might be one of the typical eink failures. There were quite a few Iliad units that had horizontal lines or similar defects int he earlier batches. I haven't heard of any recent problems though. Since Vizplex is fairly new it could be that there will be more problems with the first batch.

09-24-2007, 11:06 PM	#113
NatCh Gizmologist Posts: 11,615 Karma: 929550 Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Republic of Texas Embassy at Jackson, TN Device: Pocketbook Touch HD3	Wow, maybe you and I, Drops-Stuff-In-The-Toilet Man, should join forces, ClumsyMan! We could call ourselves the Notsosuper Friends!

09-25-2007, 06:11 AM	#114
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 79,796 Karma: 146391129 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	Hey Derek, no need to do a video any more. Seems Bookeen already did one using 0.96 and has it on their blog.

09-26-2007, 10:53 AM	#117
NatCh Gizmologist Posts: 11,615 Karma: 929550 Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Republic of Texas Embassy at Jackson, TN Device: Pocketbook Touch HD3	Thanks for the chuckle, yvanleterrible! Needed a laugh this gray, rainy morning!