PRS500 Page turn slows down toward the end of a book

countervail · 10-19-2008, 07:33 AM

Sometimes when reading pdf formated books, the page turn slows down when I get fairly far through the book. Has anyone else had this problem?

JSWolf · 10-19-2008, 10:42 AM

Never noticed. Then again, I've never actually read an entire book in PDF when I had my 500.

dhbailey · 10-19-2008, 05:50 PM

I don't read PDF formatted books but have you tried smaller PDF files to see if it is the same with all PDF files or just with ones over a certain size?

You do say sometimes, so I am thinking it may well be a file-size issue.

RWood · 10-19-2008, 05:53 PM

I generally do not read PDFs on the Reader; however, I did get a number of PDFs formatted for the Reader from BlackMask about 18 months ago and I had no problem with them. There was no change in the time required for page turns from the start to the finish within a book.

countervail · 10-20-2008, 08:41 AM

Yes it does seam to happen with the longer PDF books. I will try converting these to LFRs before I read them in future.

The only reason I use PDFs is that the format it likely to be around longer than LFR, and I don’t want to have to covert my whole library in two years time when LFR is dropped for something newer.

JSWolf · 10-20-2008, 09:44 AM

PDF > LRF will usually end up in a mess. PDF > anything will be the same sort of mess. The problem is that there is no software that can convert without introducing errors.

10-19-2008, 07:33 AM	#1
countervail Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2008 Device: PRS 500	PRS500 Page turn slows down toward the end of a book Sometimes when reading pdf formated books, the page turn slows down when I get fairly far through the book. Has anyone else had this problem?

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10-19-2008, 10:42 AM	#2
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 73,970 Karma: 128903378 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	Never noticed. Then again, I've never actually read an entire book in PDF when I had my 500.

10-19-2008, 05:50 PM	#3
dhbailey Guru Posts: 604 Karma: 733 Join Date: Mar 2007 Device: HP iPAQ211 / PRS 500, 700 and 505	I don't read PDF formatted books but have you tried smaller PDF files to see if it is the same with all PDF files or just with ones over a certain size? You do say sometimes, so I am thinking it may well be a file-size issue.

10-19-2008, 05:53 PM	#4
RWood Technogeezer Posts: 7,233 Karma: 1601464 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Virginia, USA Device: Sony PRS-500	I generally do not read PDFs on the Reader; however, I did get a number of PDFs formatted for the Reader from BlackMask about 18 months ago and I had no problem with them. There was no change in the time required for page turns from the start to the finish within a book.

10-20-2008, 08:41 AM	#5
countervail Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2008 Device: PRS 500	Yes it does seam to happen with the longer PDF books. I will try converting these to LFRs before I read them in future. The only reason I use PDFs is that the format it likely to be around longer than LFR, and I don’t want to have to covert my whole library in two years time when LFR is dropped for something newer.

10-20-2008, 09:44 AM	#6
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 73,970 Karma: 128903378 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	PDF > LRF will usually end up in a mess. PDF > anything will be the same sort of mess. The problem is that there is no software that can convert without introducing errors.

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