Shockingly poor device - Page 3

LDBoblo · 12-15-2009, 07:40 AM

To the original poster:
You shouldn't fret so much. Yes, e-ink is vastly overrated, but it's not all that bad. I've been labeled the "anti-e-ink guy" here before and even I don't want to go to extremes to describe it that way.

On my somewhat more realistic scale, if 1 is completely unreadable and 10 is a good trade paperback or hardcover with good paper/printing, I'd give vanilla e-ink Vizplex a solid 6. I'd give the slightly inferior touchscreen ones more like a 5.5.

If you work with it enough, you can pretty easily lower your standards to the point where using it isn't quite so offensive. So don't lose hope completely. If you've relied on hype and stuff to convince you to get a device, it's easy to be disappointed at first.

HarryT · 12-15-2009, 01:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Juggle4Evr

Sure, if you see the 505's screen next to the 600's, the 505 is better, but the 600 screen is not so bad at all and I can sacrifice a bit of the display quality for the touchscreen and integrated dictionary.

It's the annotation that's the "killer" feature of the 600 for me. That's what I use constantly.

Kolenka · 12-15-2009, 02:31 PM

At least Sony learned from the 700 and ditched the built-in side-lighting. That made the screen ridiculously hard to read. The 600 is still not as crisp as the 505, which is a shame, but right now Sony is still the best competitor to Amazon in the hardware department, it seems... and they are getting better in the content department as time goes on.

lilac_jive · 12-15-2009, 09:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LDBoblo

To the original poster:
You shouldn't fret so much. Yes, e-ink is vastly overrated, but it's not all that bad. I've been labeled the "anti-e-ink guy" here before and even I don't want to go to extremes to describe it that way.

On my somewhat more realistic scale, if 1 is completely unreadable and 10 is a good trade paperback or hardcover with good paper/printing, I'd give vanilla e-ink Vizplex a solid 6. I'd give the slightly inferior touchscreen ones more like a 5.5.

If you work with it enough, you can pretty easily lower your standards to the point where using it isn't quite so offensive. So don't lose hope completely. If you've relied on hype and stuff to convince you to get a device, it's easy to be disappointed at first.

I don't disagree with this at all, very well said. I'm actually at the point now where I read so much on mass market paperbacks and eink that trade paperbacks and hardcovers are almost uncomfortable to my eyes, but that's just what I'm used to. Eink was such an easy transition since the background isn't much off from a mass market.

kennyc · 12-15-2009, 09:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by neilmarr

What's an SHMBO?

Gawd only knows.

And the color part of a nook is a separate screen area, not part of the display - the display is exactly the same as all the other 6" eInk displays.

kennyc · 12-15-2009, 09:15 PM

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Originally Posted by omk3

I really hate to answer to this thread as I find the first post insulting on several levels, but just to answer neilmarr's and desertgrandma's question, google says SHMBO is She Who Must Be Obeyed.

Ah yes, I agree another insult of sorts.
Makes sense now sort of.

kennyc · 12-15-2009, 09:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Slite

Shouldn't that be a SWMBO?

Donuts for you doggie!

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12-15-2009, 07:40 AM	#31
LDBoblo Wizard Posts: 1,385 Karma: 16056 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Asia Device: Kindle 3 WiFi, Sony PRS-505	To the original poster: You shouldn't fret so much. Yes, e-ink is vastly overrated, but it's not all that bad. I've been labeled the "anti-e-ink guy" here before and even I don't want to go to extremes to describe it that way. On my somewhat more realistic scale, if 1 is completely unreadable and 10 is a good trade paperback or hardcover with good paper/printing, I'd give vanilla e-ink Vizplex a solid 6. I'd give the slightly inferior touchscreen ones more like a 5.5. If you work with it enough, you can pretty easily lower your standards to the point where using it isn't quite so offensive. So don't lose hope completely. If you've relied on hype and stuff to convince you to get a device, it's easy to be disappointed at first.

12-15-2009, 02:31 PM	#33
Kolenka <Insert Wit Here> Posts: 1,017 Karma: 1275899 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Puget Sound Device: Kindle Oasis, Kobo Forma	At least Sony learned from the 700 and ditched the built-in side-lighting. That made the screen ridiculously hard to read. The 600 is still not as crisp as the 505, which is a shame, but right now Sony is still the best competitor to Amazon in the hardware department, it seems... and they are getting better in the content department as time goes on.

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