Hesitate with DR or kindle DX......... - Page 6

yingwu · 06-17-2009, 04:52 PM

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Originally Posted by dlovely

excuse the lame photography but it's an example between the 2 units. The one thing I noticed side by side is that the font is much clearer/darker on the 1000 and the DX is pretty light, even more so than K1. I think I read other forums stating the same thing with a light text color on the DX. Side by side page turns and refresh rates, the DX blows away my 1000 on a number of different .pdf's that I chose.

dlovely, could you kindly try my attached PDF file that is the one most difficultly to display in my collection? Sorry for this, someone has tried it in the DX, which looks good. But I need pics to compare in the DR and the DX. rfog don't get a camera now. So could you? if possible. Thanks.

dlovely · 06-17-2009, 06:06 PM

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Originally Posted by yingwu

dlovely, could you kindly try my attached PDF file that is the one most difficultly to display in my collection? Sorry for this, someone has tried it in the DX, which looks good. But I need pics to compare in the DR and the DX. rfog don't get a camera now. So could you? if possible. Thanks.

sure no problem, i'll be heading out of work here in a few so in a couple of hours the pictures will be up here...

yingwu · 06-17-2009, 06:33 PM

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Originally Posted by dlovely

sure no problem, i'll be heading out of work here in a few so in a couple of hours the pictures will be up here...

Thanks olovely so much. wait for you.

dlovely · 06-17-2009, 10:57 PM

Here are some shots, it turned out pretty well formatting wise but the text was grainy IMO and would be annoying to read. I prefer a more bold text that the DR is capable of displaying.

junkyardwillie · 06-17-2009, 11:53 PM

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Originally Posted by dlovely

excuse the lame photography but it's an example between the 2 units. The one thing I noticed side by side is that the font is much clearer/darker on the 1000 and the DX is pretty light, even more so than K1. I think I read other forums stating the same thing with a light text color on the DX. Side by side page turns and refresh rates, the DX blows away my 1000 on a number of different .pdf's that I chose.

Sweet comparison, DR1000 owned the DX. God I wish it was $300 cheaper I would pick one up so quick, its just too expensive for my blood right now, its a recession

yingwu · 06-18-2009, 05:50 AM

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Originally Posted by dlovely

Here are some shots, it turned out pretty well formatting wise but the text was grainy IMO and would be annoying to read. I prefer a more bold text that the DR is capable of displaying.

Hi olovely, it is morning here

Could you also give me one pic from the DR so that I can compare the display quality, I mean if possible. Thanks a lot.

bartje · 06-19-2009, 10:11 AM

Hi guys,

If you compare PDF rendering speed and quality on the DR1000, please mention your firmware version. It improved greatly with version 1.6 (released mid-May 2009) over 1.5. (I haven't experimented with Kindle's, this might be the same, that firmware versions improve rendering speed and/or quality).

BTW, it has already been announced that the DR1000 switches from an open source PDF rendering engine to Adobe's Mobile PDF engine, which would greatly enhances PDF rendering speed, especially with PDF's containing bitmap images. So what's good might become even better. Looking forward!

yingwu · 06-19-2009, 10:37 AM

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BTW, it has already been announced that the DR1000 switches from an open source PDF rendering engine to Adobe's Mobile PDF engine, which would greatly enhances PDF rendering speed, especially with PDF's containing bitmap images. So what's good might become even better. Looking forward!

I really notice their announcement, but I don't realize what will be changed. So thank you very much. So we can have a new engine from 1.7??

joblack · 06-28-2009, 05:22 PM

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Originally Posted by yingwu

Is a 9.7'' screen OK for A4 paper??!!!

It depends - the problem is that the pdf support is very limited (no zooming, ...) and that could be a problem for some scripts or big books.

Additionally you can't use the mobile net option in Europe. The device isn't open so it's harder to adjust to the look you want.

I think it's a cheap option for a real ebook reader ... if you love big (e-)books you should buy an IRex Reader. I'm certainly thinking about it ...

yingwu · 06-29-2009, 06:03 AM

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Originally Posted by joblack

It depends - the problem is that the pdf support is very limited (no zooming, ...) and that could be a problem for some scripts or big books.

Additionally you can't use the mobile net option in Europe. The device isn't open so it's harder to adjust to the look you want.

I think it's a cheap option for a real ebook reader ... if you love big (e-)books you should buy an IRex Reader. I'm certainly thinking about it ...

Thanks. I have made the decision to order the 1000s this week or next. Otherwise, we can wait until the early of next year for the plastic logic. But I think it is better for me to use the pen for marking.

junkyardwillie · 06-29-2009, 09:45 AM

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Originally Posted by yingwu

Thanks. I have made the decision to order the 1000s this week or next. Otherwise, we can wait until the early of next year for the plastic logic. But I think it is better for me to use the pen for marking.

You should check on ebay, there were two up on there last week. I think in the trade forum has one for sale as well, Thiss is selling one on ebay.

yingwu · 06-29-2009, 10:56 AM

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Originally Posted by junkyardwillie

You should check on ebay, there were two up on there last week. I think in the trade forum has one for sale as well, Thiss is selling one on ebay.

Thanks, but I search by '1000s', 'irex' and I can't find them. How much they want? 500EU?

rfog · 06-29-2009, 11:01 AM

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Originally Posted by yingwu

Thanks, but I search by '1000s', 'irex' and I can't find them. How much they want? 500EU?

If you want a DR from 500€ with cover you can find here: http://www.lectoreselectronicos.com/...ewtopic&t=1407

Kiermel is a serious guy. However, it's in Spanish.

PhishStyx · 06-29-2009, 02:14 PM

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Originally Posted by yingwu

Thanks, but I search by '1000s', 'irex' and I can't find them. How much they want? 500EU?

It's an auction: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=48155

yingwu · 06-29-2009, 04:21 PM

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Originally Posted by PhishStyx

It's an auction: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=48155

O, thanks very much.

06-17-2009, 10:57 PM	#79
dlovely Enthusiast Posts: 33 Karma: 36 Join Date: Jan 2009 Device: DR1000S	Here are some shots, it turned out pretty well formatting wise but the text was grainy IMO and would be annoying to read. I prefer a more bold text that the DR is capable of displaying. Attached Thumbnails

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06-19-2009, 10:11 AM	#82
bartje Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2009 Device: DR1000S	Hi guys, If you compare PDF rendering speed and quality on the DR1000, please mention your firmware version. It improved greatly with version 1.6 (released mid-May 2009) over 1.5. (I haven't experimented with Kindle's, this might be the same, that firmware versions improve rendering speed and/or quality). BTW, it has already been announced that the DR1000 switches from an open source PDF rendering engine to Adobe's Mobile PDF engine, which would greatly enhances PDF rendering speed, especially with PDF's containing bitmap images. So what's good might become even better. Looking forward!