06-23-2007, 11:22 AM | #16 | |
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Let me say to the earlier poster, by the way, that despite my seeming negativity towards the new CyBook, I'll be placing my order as soon as I can. Many years of waiting for e-Book devices, however, have taught me the lesson that the perfect device is always "just over the horizon", and it's best to go with what actually exists now and enjoy using it, rather than wait for the elusive "next generation". |
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06-23-2007, 11:27 AM | #17 | |
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06-23-2007, 12:20 PM | #19 |
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There is an old wife tale about technology.
There was this wise learned doctor who refused to embrace early photography although he had the means and availability. He always said that it was of no good and he'd wait for the next better issue. As he refused to have his picture taken, no one knew what he looked like after he died and was forgotten. And so was his family. Live now and have fun discovering. |
06-23-2007, 10:05 PM | #20 |
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I agree on the ability to display JPGs without problem on the current reader. In fact for the limit of grey scale it shows it is a great picture. But from a manga viewpoint, not so hot simply due to the huge eating of memory, the slow load and lack of navigational ability all compared to converting it to PDFs (which look pretty darn good once you spend enough time learning what style needs what settings).
Around here the manga view choices are Tablet>Iliad (when that lucky weasel is in town)>ereader>laptop. If it wasn't for your saying that it would be primarily manga I would say get one now. A little difference in background grey wouldn't be that bad. But with manga it can be. A lot would also depend on the style of manga read also. Older or more basic art styles (Touch, Love Roma, Lupin) look and read very nice. More intricate work (Boys Be, Negima) or work with a lot of toning (Ai Yori Aoshi, Eyeshield21) can still be read but can lose a lot if it's a first reading. Best eink reader for manga has got to be that evil fellow out of most of our price range: the Iliad. The greyscale is fantastic and the screen size is the same size or bigger. But for use around here we just picked up a cheap laptop at half the price and use it instead. The point of always waiting, never getting is a good one which is why I usually run on the "2 month" rule for major purchases (especially in electronics). If there is supposed to be something with a major change within that time frame then I wait until the end of that time to make a purchase. Not to decide if am going to get something (since I've already decided to get the item) but to allow any change that was supposed to occur to arrive and see if that affects my choice of WHICH item to get. Two months roll around (or the promised event happens early) then I get what I had planned on getting. Around here the last week in August is penciled in as "ereader days". 4 people have their money set aside and their first choices picked but are waiting until then to make the actual buys. This would because of the possible release of 3 new readers as well as some strongly hinted upgrades of one established reader. (And just for the count, it's 3 Sonys and an Iliad on the pick charts.) |
06-24-2007, 09:16 AM | #21 |
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OK. partly because of this thread, but also because I wanted to do so, i've written a comprehensive review on the Sony Reader's "sequential art"-displayingcapabilities.
http://hightech.afmag.net/reading-ma...ve-review.html This should help you out a bit. (comments appreciated) |
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From [Bookeen] Official answer for battery and some general information:
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It will indeed. I think personally that the Sony does a pretty amazing job of rendering a full-colour JPEG on a 4 colour grey-scale screen - in many of the illustrated books that I've created for the Reader I'm amazed at how well the pictures are displayed. If the CyBook can do even better, I very much look forward to seeing it.
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In my opinion jpeg will be better rendered with the "2nd generation"
of Vizplex screens, the first ones which are gonna be released will only support 4 level of greyscale (2-bit) whereas next ones will support 16 level of greyscale (3-bit). I've been told that's not an issue with the screen itself but with the controler. |
07-20-2007, 04:09 PM | #27 |
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I remember some discussions (not sure where, I think not here) last fall before I bought my Sony in November that made it seem as if there were about to be many more e-ink devices released any day now that would render the Sony to the scrap heap of history. It has been nine months and I am yet to see anything new that exceeds the Sony.
In that time I've read hundreds of books, saved countless trees (well countless small trees), met some great folks here at MobileRead, learned about BookDesigner and libprs500, and generally had a great time. If I had waited .... |
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Well, if I had known about ebook devices 6 months ago sure I wouldn't
have waited but right now we are less than 2 month before the launch of the Cybook, and even if it isn't a REVOLUTION it is a great EVOLUTION. Even though few people here get it, the support of mobipocket is quite important since it is owned by Amazon, once more it will be half a centimeter thinner, weight only 180g and have a better screen. Not to mention a better warranty which will cover Europe too! It is enough for me to wait 2 months, once more during the while I can borrow all the books I want at the library, so... |
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If it's delayed, and I don't think so, I'll probably buy a sony reader which will
probably be cheaper and maybe available in europe... |
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