"Slowness" of the Pocket PRO - Page 2

Egbert · 09-03-2009, 11:23 PM

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Originally Posted by richough3

Does it come from reading off the SD memory card or the internal memory?

It makes no difference.

Egbert · 09-03-2009, 11:26 PM

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Originally Posted by SDRebel

not sure if you saw it, but there was someone else commenting on the speed of page-changing, it was also in the astak subforum. One person's PP was able to change pages in less than a second while the other persons's took about 2 seconds. Not sure why these differences, but it may be seen with only some devices.... I hope I get a speedy one :P (tomorrow

)

That person was me. The person whose Pocket Pro was able to change in <1s was slm (the other person who got it yesterday). I honestly hope it is just a problem with my device (though evidence from the Hanlin V5 users say otherwise). That way, I could just exchange my unit for another.

superstitious · 09-03-2009, 11:34 PM

griffonwing, you are hilarious! I never thought of it that way. PP as pee pee..lol

SDRebel · 09-04-2009, 01:55 AM

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Originally Posted by griffonwing

Apologies. In America, and possibly other English countries, little boys were commonly taught to call their penis a 'pee pee', or 'wee-wee'. That's one reason why the Nintendo Wii was commonly ridiculed when it was first released here in the US.

So, now here you tell us that someone's PP can change pages in a book in under a second. That, mi amigo, is what I call talent

SDRebel · 09-04-2009, 01:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Egbert

That person was me. The person whose Pocket Pro was able to change in <1s was slm (the other person who got it yesterday). I honestly hope it is just a problem with my device (though evidence from the Hanlin V5 users say otherwise). That way, I could just exchange my unit for another.

oh ok, i wasn't sure and was too lazy to check

John F · 09-04-2009, 08:04 AM

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Originally Posted by cvkemp

The natural of the eink is that the only power that is needed to to open the books and turn pages. There is no refresh of the display and yes the reader will go to sleep to save the battery that is how you get the 7 or 8 thousand page turns out of the battery. The slowness is not noticed for normal reading and normally you would not even be able to turn a page of a paper book as fast as the ereader can. I have the Ezreader and it I believe has a slower controller than the pro.

Chuck

I notice the delay on my Sony 505 (and I assume I read fairly normally). The original poster seems to noticed the delay also (and he seemed to be describing normal reading usage).

I recently saw a video of the SONY 600 scrolling/zooming a PDF, and I was very impressed with the speed (considering all the comments I've read about how slow eink is).

SDRebel · 09-04-2009, 08:28 PM

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!v

I just received mine and it also takes about 2 seconds (it's a black one, by the way)

I timed how long it took to change pages for the manual and it consistently timed between 1.75 and 1.85 seconds using my chronometer

AJ Starr · 09-04-2009, 09:06 PM

Could the slow response be related to the people who have not had a chance to charge, and cycle, the battery several times. Remember, as all of you have been stating, you need to charge it for 12 hours, then cycle the charging several times before the batter monitor catches up. Could this be related to the sluggish response?

HarryT · 09-05-2009, 04:14 AM

Very unlikely. It's almost without doubt due to the device entering a low-power sleep mode after a few seconds of inactivity, and then taking a second or two to "wake up" from that when a button is pressed.

DrBen · 09-05-2009, 04:13 PM

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Originally Posted by HarryT

Very unlikely. It's almost without doubt due to the device entering a low-power sleep mode after a few seconds of inactivity, and then taking a second or two to "wake up" from that when a button is pressed.

That makes sense. Which makes me wonder if a power-wasting workaround would be to have the unit playing MP3 files in the backround, even if at zero volume, such that the unit is active. Would page turns be faster that way?

Moo Strength · 09-05-2009, 05:12 PM

The first thing I did was put six copies of the same book, Clive Barker's Books of Blood Volume 1 on my eReader and test the speed change between DOC, HTM, PDF, RGO, RTF, TXT, and a LIT copy of BoB2. I also tested some Brad Thor books that were of different sizes, 200K, 550K, 780K, and 1.1MB, all in LIT format. It seems that size has little impact. A book by Clive Barker in 700K took significantly shorter time than a book within 40K by Thor.

The format issues do seem to make a difference. I'm ordering a class 6 16GB to use for this and my digital camera, I want to see if having a faster Class card makes a difference.

Class 2, Class 4 and Class 6 - transfer data at least 2, 4 and 6MB per second. There are class 10 cards out there but it would be a a bit of overkill for an eReader. You would use Class 10 for a camcorder. Class 10 runs at a max of 22MB/sec, and a minimum of roughly 12MB.

DaleDe · 09-06-2009, 02:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Moo Strength

The first thing I did was put six copies of the same book, Clive Barker's Books of Blood Volume 1 on my eReader and test the speed change between DOC, HTM, PDF, RGO, RTF, TXT, and a LIT copy of BoB2. I also tested some Brad Thor books that were of different sizes, 200K, 550K, 780K, and 1.1MB, all in LIT format. It seems that size has little impact. A book by Clive Barker in 700K took significantly shorter time than a book within 40K by Thor.

The format issues do seem to make a difference. I'm ordering a class 6 16GB to use for this and my digital camera, I want to see if having a faster Class card makes a difference.

Class 2, Class 4 and Class 6 - transfer data at least 2, 4 and 6MB per second. There are class 10 cards out there but it would be a a bit of overkill for an eReader. You would use Class 10 for a camcorder. Class 10 runs at a max of 22MB/sec, and a minimum of roughly 12MB.

These specifications are for write speed which is for a camera taking pictures, not for read speed so I would be surprised if you see much difference.

Dale

superstitious · 09-07-2009, 03:29 AM

FYI..I copied this from the Aztak website. Seems like it only works with class 4 or below SD cards.

Q.Which SD cards can I use?

The 6” EZ Reader is compatible with SD cards up to 4GB in size. The 5” EZ Reader Pocket PRO is compatible with SD cards up to 16GB. The SD cards must be class 4 or below in order to be compatible.

cvkemp · 09-07-2009, 08:00 AM

I have been able to read a 8 gig card with my EZreader.

chuck

Musicman · 09-07-2009, 10:25 AM

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Originally Posted by superstitious

FYI..I copied this from the Aztak website. Seems like it only works with class 4 or below SD cards.

Q.Which SD cards can I use?

The 6” EZ Reader is compatible with SD cards up to 4GB in size. The 5” EZ Reader Pocket PRO is compatible with SD cards up to 16GB. The SD cards must be class 4 or below in order to be compatible.

I have been able to also read an 8gig card (SDHC Class 6).

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09-03-2009, 11:34 PM	#18
superstitious Addict Posts: 206 Karma: 7270 Join Date: Aug 2009 Device: K3 wifi	griffonwing, you are hilarious! I never thought of it that way. PP as pee pee..lol

09-04-2009, 08:28 PM	#22
SDRebel Addict Posts: 294 Karma: 92 Join Date: Aug 2009 Device: astak pro	NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!v I just received mine and it also takes about 2 seconds (it's a black one, by the way) I timed how long it took to change pages for the manual and it consistently timed between 1.75 and 1.85 seconds using my chronometer

09-04-2009, 09:06 PM	#23
AJ Starr Guru Posts: 815 Karma: 1029784 Join Date: May 2008 Location: Nebraska, USA Device: PEZ, Color Libre, 2@Sony T1, Onyx i62HD	Could the slow response be related to the people who have not had a chance to charge, and cycle, the battery several times. Remember, as all of you have been stating, you need to charge it for 12 hours, then cycle the charging several times before the batter monitor catches up. Could this be related to the sluggish response?

09-05-2009, 04:14 AM	#24
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383043 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	Very unlikely. It's almost without doubt due to the device entering a low-power sleep mode after a few seconds of inactivity, and then taking a second or two to "wake up" from that when a button is pressed.

09-05-2009, 05:12 PM	#26
Moo Strength Member Posts: 10 Karma: 14 Join Date: Aug 2009 Device: Astek EZ Reader	The first thing I did was put six copies of the same book, Clive Barker's Books of Blood Volume 1 on my eReader and test the speed change between DOC, HTM, PDF, RGO, RTF, TXT, and a LIT copy of BoB2. I also tested some Brad Thor books that were of different sizes, 200K, 550K, 780K, and 1.1MB, all in LIT format. It seems that size has little impact. A book by Clive Barker in 700K took significantly shorter time than a book within 40K by Thor. The format issues do seem to make a difference. I'm ordering a class 6 16GB to use for this and my digital camera, I want to see if having a faster Class card makes a difference. Class 2, Class 4 and Class 6 - transfer data at least 2, 4 and 6MB per second. There are class 10 cards out there but it would be a a bit of overkill for an eReader. You would use Class 10 for a camcorder. Class 10 runs at a max of 22MB/sec, and a minimum of roughly 12MB.

09-07-2009, 03:29 AM	#28
superstitious Addict Posts: 206 Karma: 7270 Join Date: Aug 2009 Device: K3 wifi	FYI..I copied this from the Aztak website. Seems like it only works with class 4 or below SD cards. Q.Which SD cards can I use? The 6” EZ Reader is compatible with SD cards up to 4GB in size. The 5” EZ Reader Pocket PRO is compatible with SD cards up to 16GB. The SD cards must be class 4 or below in order to be compatible.

09-07-2009, 08:00 AM	#29
cvkemp Loving life Posts: 1,412 Karma: 7991496 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Hot Springs Village, Arkansas Device: PaperWhite 5,iPhone 13, IPad, MacBook Air	I have been able to read a 8 gig card with my EZreader. chuck

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