Review? - Page 7

JSWolf · 09-23-2007, 10:19 PM

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Originally Posted by delphidb96

JSWolf,

I'll put my Canon 400D against your piddly-little SD700 any day of the week and twice on Sunday! Of course, *I* get to choose the scenes! And you better be willing to shoot in RAW mode! Ain't gonna tolerate base images in that yucky JPEG!!!

Derek

Oh! Did I mention one of the tests will be shooting Britney from 500 yards?

Hope you have a good tele!

I would not want to shoot Britney from 5 feet. I do have taste you know.

The Fuji does 10x zoom and with one of the lenses I have, I believe I can get up to 20x. Without any of this digital zoom crap.

Have to see if I have RAW mode. Not sure of that for real. But to be honest, for shooting eink readers, either camera would do very well.

JSWolf · 09-23-2007, 10:21 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.

Derek

I've never read on MobileRead about a line of dead pixels on teh PRS500, iLiad, or Hanlins. I've read about some odd behaving pixels hear and there, but nothing that bad. Have you tried a reset (if there is such) on the Gen3? or maybe a charge to see if maybe the battery is just a bit low?

delphidb96 · 09-23-2007, 10:27 PM

Battery's fully charged. Took the extra TrueType fonts off, in case adding them was the problem. If I have to, I'm at a point in my current book where resetting won't be a problem. No, the removal of the TTFs didn't help. Guess it's time to RESET!!!

And yes, I'm quite sure the SD700 would be up to the task of shooting images. Now if I'm having problems scraping up the $129 for a USB digital video cam, where would I get the money for an SD700?

Damn Social Security anyway!

Derek

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Originally Posted by JSWolf

I've never read on MobileRead about a line of dead pixels on teh PRS500, iLiad, or Hanlins. I've read about some odd behaving pixels hear and there, but nothing that bad. Have you tried a reset (if there is such) on the Gen3? or maybe a charge to see if maybe the battery is just a bit low?

JSWolf · 09-23-2007, 10:29 PM

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Originally Posted by delphidb96

Battery's fully charged. Took the extra TrueType fonts off, in case adding them was the problem. If I have to, I'm at a point in my current book where resetting won't be a problem. No, the removal of the TTFs didn't help. Guess it's time to RESET!!!

And yes, I'm quite sure the SD700 would be up to the task of shooting images. Now if I'm having problems scraping up the $129 for a USB digital video cam, where would I get the money for an SD700?

Damn Social Security anyway!

Derek

Do you perhaps know anyone with a camera that can shoot video? The video doesn't have to be wonderful to show page turn speed. Just clear enough to see what's going on.

delphidb96 · 09-23-2007, 10:31 PM

Ze reset, it has been punched. Ze line, she has not cleared! Ze display, she is broken!

Yeah, I found out a neighbor has a JVC MiniDV unit I can borrow.

Derek

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Originally Posted by JSWolf

Do you perhaps know anyone with a camera that can shoot video? The video doesn't have to be wonderful to show page turn speed. Just clear enough to see what's going on.

JSWolf · 09-23-2007, 10:33 PM

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Originally Posted by delphidb96

Ze reset, it has been punched. Ze line, she has not cleared! Ze display, she is broken!

Yeah, I found out a neighbor has a JVC MiniDV unit I can borrow.

Derek

Does this line of dead pixels impact the page turn speed?

That does suck that you have a line of dead pixels. I'd be interested in what Bookeen has to say and how fast it would be to get a replacement unit to you to do the review. Hopefully one with 0.96 in it.

delphidb96 · 09-23-2007, 10:36 PM

No, the dead pixel line does not, as far as I can tell, impact page-turn speed. It flashes from page to page just as fast as usual.

Yes, it will be interesting to see how long to get it fixed or replaced. I'm sure it will be interesting to them to see whether it's a hardware or firmware issue - I suspect hardware.

Derek

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Originally Posted by JSWolf

Does this line of dead pixels impact the page turn speed?

That does suck that you have a line of dead pixels. I'd be interested in what Bookeen has to say and how fast it would be to get a replacement unit to you to do the review. Hopefully one with 0.96 in it.

JSWolf · 09-23-2007, 10:47 PM

Can you download any firmware version and give it a flash just to see what's what?

MikeF74 · 09-23-2007, 10:55 PM

Derek,

Do you have a cell phone with a video camera? It doesn't have to be good video. Don't spend any more money, please.

JSWolf · 09-23-2007, 11:02 PM

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Originally Posted by MikeF74

Derek,

Do you have a cell phone with a video camera? It doesn't have to be good video. Don't spend any more money, please.

Derek is borrowing a video cam. So that is a good thing.

WayneD · 09-23-2007, 11:31 PM

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Originally Posted by delphidb96

I've got a line of what appear to be dead pixels running right down the middle of the display. You can see it at my blog page: Derek's Blog Page.

I also note that your image shows the ghost of portrait/landscape menu. Is that what was on-screen prior to the display of the image?

RWood · 09-24-2007, 12:20 AM

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.

delphidb96 · 09-24-2007, 02:15 AM

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

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Originally Posted by JSWolf

Can you download any firmware version and give it a flash just to see what's what?

delphidb96 · 09-24-2007, 02:18 AM

I'm barely fortunate to own a simple TracFone. No fancy video unit for me. Silly me, I waited until just this past summer to even consider getting a cell phone.

However, I have the use of a JVC GR-D395U. States it has a 32x optical zoom, the ability to take 2MP stills onto the SD card. I should be okay. Even have a couple of MiniDV 1-hour tapes for it.

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Originally Posted by MikeF74

Derek,

Do you have a cell phone with a video camera? It doesn't have to be good video. Don't spend any more money, please.

delphidb96 · 09-24-2007, 02:21 AM

Yes. Good catch! This ghosting also shows the contextual menu when used within the ebooks. However, it's not noticeable when you next change the page. With the individual images in the picture directory, seeing a ghost of the menu upon switching from Portrait to Landscape got annoying. And occasionally the same ghosting occurred when switching from one image to another. Happened most often when the contrast ranges between the two images was most different. I'll try to set up a series of images to demonstrate what I mean.

Derek

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Originally Posted by WayneD

I also note that your image shows the ghost of portrait/landscape menu. Is that what was on-screen prior to the display of the image?

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09-23-2007, 10:47 PM	#98
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	Can you download any firmware version and give it a flash just to see what's what?

09-23-2007, 10:55 PM	#99
MikeF74 Groupie Posts: 179 Karma: 28 Join Date: May 2007 Device: Sony PRS-505	Derek, Do you have a cell phone with a video camera? It doesn't have to be good video. Don't spend any more money, please.

09-24-2007, 12:20 AM	#102
RWood Technogeezer Posts: 7,233 Karma: 1601464 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Virginia, USA Device: Sony PRS-500	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.

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