Can't convert to LRF

[stumped]

amazons numbering / naming is a nightmare

wikipedia is best for clearing up confusions

amazon marketing dept will quote generation , and/or years as well as numbers, plus they invent/discard names: e.g. kindle Fire ( dropped), voyage ( no longer in production). HDX ( ditto), Paperwhite, oasis... "Basic" is another moveable label - tends to get applied to whatever is the cheapest one at the time. and don't get me started on their use of " all new"

and often there s no visible difference between generations, so if you are looking to buy used on ebay it can be challenging. e.g. a paperwhite gen 1 looks like a paperwhite gen 3 but has poorer resolution... a 3rd Gen HDX looks just like a 4th Gen HDX...

this applies to kindles and to tablets- i have twice bought tablet covers that didn't work properly because I muddled my generations , and if you get the gen or year wrong, chances are that auto wake/sleep will not work as they move the magnets around inside the designs.

for kindles, try this
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_Kindle
and for fire / kindle fire:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_Fire_tablet

then you have to match the wiki entries to whatever marketing blurb you find on the for sale listings

[latepaul]

Originally Posted by prom king

I see some of you are consulting me to buy new e-reader. And I see that it is common for e-readers today to have wifi, but how good are they in connecting to the net and for displaying those archived magazines?

For instance could I read this on new e-reader? I mean how good/ readable would it look like?

https://archive.org/details/GalaxyV1...2AkFhd/page/n5

DNSB already gave you a screenshot of the webpage, however I archive.org usually has downloads and there's a PDF for that book. Attached are some screenshots from my Clara HD.

I will say that despite the PDF being a reasonable size (< 7Mb) the performance wasn't great. It took about 5-10s to turn the page.

[latepaul]

Actually if you pick the right download it's much better. So the "hd" cbz file (a.o.t the fhd one) is ~1s page turns which is adequate and as you can see still readable.

[prom king]

OK thanks for all the info, it was really helpful.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by prom king

OK thanks for all the info, it was really helpful.

Do not download that HD CBZ. Your 500 will either choke on it, be very very very slow, or lock up. It's on old device with a slow processor and not enough memory. The T1 was very slow to display high resolution graphics and that was a more updated Reader. Your 500 works best with 800x600 images. The higher resolution you go the slower it gets until you might find it locking up.

[prom king]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Do not download that HD CBZ. Your 500 will either choke on it, be very very very slow, or lock up. It's on old device with a slow processor and not enough memory. The T1 was very slow to display high resolution graphics and that was a more updated Reader. Your 500 works best with 800x600 images. The higher resolution you go the slower it gets until you might find it locking up.

Ha! Ha! Of course not. Don't you think I know the limitations of my device by this time?

The thing is that this old reader is still suitable for my needs and I updated Calibre (although previous version wasn't that old) and now it converts to lrf with no problem.
Now, since the old one works pretty good I have to ask myself what would be the benefits of the new one? Certainly the new one would offer wifi so I just wondered how these "luxuries" work. Plus I also have to have a computer with win XP around to communicate with my reader.

I mean I remember when I first got it (was this the first reader ever?) it looked like something from Star Trek, but now it's so outdated that newer windows don't even recognize it.

Although I still don't get why manufactures still didn't move from 6 inch screens.

[theducks]

Originally Posted by prom king

<snippage>
Although I still don't get why manufactures still didn't move from 6 inch screens.

My old 5" device fit my (men's) shirt pocket. 5-6" is such a convenient size for everyday usage (at least, fot those of us without handbags), so why change that. I do agree that e-ink screen visual quality has improved a lot. (love my Aura2's). Price has fallen. I could have bought 3 Aura2's for what I paid for my first device (and that was cheaper than your Sony)

True that I do miss my page turn buttons (both ways) on either edge, but I will live with the $175+ still in my pocket