01-18-2010, 12:51 PM | #16 | |
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The font on the SiPix does look darker, but so does the white point. Significantly so. How much of that is light and reflection and how much of that would play out in a real comparison is harder to assess. The bezels cause a division that make it harder to compare in the first place, so I've taken the liberty of cropping out portions of the screens. The lightness/darkness of the text and even the background isn't clearly indicative of anything until a good test shot can be done. I'm afraid I don't have a SiPix device handy to do such a picture. If the black point for solid black is indeed darker on a SiPix screen, that could be a benefit for text display. |
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01-18-2010, 12:51 PM | #17 |
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I wonder why Asus didn't announce this device at CEBIT? They are either playing a different game altogether to the rest of the crowd, or this device is so far from hitting the market that they didn't want to make any commitments.
Either way it looks great! All I want to know is When and How Much ? |
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01-18-2010, 01:42 PM | #18 | |
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I'm glad Asus has a reflective reader coming out! Hopefully it will just be quick enough to allow quick annotations. |
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01-18-2010, 02:00 PM | #19 |
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Try 2, hopefully this is better. I don't have a good light source but this is by the window with only very cloudy light coming in. It is raining today.
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They are different, both in technical features and user reading/view experience. Darker, slower, but much cheaper, better in multitouch features, and no glare. Also, they promised, when really shipping to new readers (feb. or march), to have improved all of these to catch up eInk. Wait.... Check here (and use google translate if need :-) ) : http://www.the-ebook.org/forum/viewt...12635&start=13 Regards. |
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01-18-2010, 02:11 PM | #21 | |
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Let me redo the croppage that I did earlier. The white point is definitely lower, but the black definitely looks a little more promising. I may need to go find some SiPix screens to try out and see if I can confirm a darker black. |
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I heard it is very fast even with the large screen. I just hope they release the device soon. |
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Please just be fast enough for annotations and zooming when in need! |
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It's always been said that the refresh rate is about 1 sec, but I've seen devices that do it a lot faster and a lot slower. Also screen refresh with white as oppose to black is probably going to be less noticeable. |
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To me a darker screen is more of an advantage rather than a downside. Plus the contrast seems to be better on SiPix. What I see as a major disadvantage in this device is the lack of support for .djvu.
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Some more details are out:
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2010/01...reader_update/ |
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