DR800 Screen durability / fragility

thirdofthree · 10-09-2010, 04:43 AM

Since I got my DR800SG back in April, I've tried to be extremely careful after reading some posts about the screen breaking easily. Despite my best efforts, my DR800SG has taken a couple spills from ~2-3', both with and without the stock padded case. To date, it's been just fine. Phew!

Only I really flubbed it last night. While reading in bed, I dropped the bare, uncovered DR800 as I dozed off. It tumbled to the floor next to my bed -- promptly waking me up -- about a 3' drop. Much to my now-wide-awake surprise, it landed on one of its ends and proceeded to bounce off the floor, thread its way through the spokes of the railing, sail through the air a good 9' down a flight of stairs before bouncing off one stair, descending the final 3' to the bottom of the staircase, and smacking into the hardwood floor as it clattered and skidded to a halt.

I thought for certain I was doomed and would have to find a new ereader, certain I would be disappointed since I don't know of another ereader that provides a similar footprint / screen size.

But lo and behold, the DR800SG is just fine! Works great, no damage at all of any kind. Maybe I got lucky. Maybe its more robust than I gave it credit for. Either way: woohoo! I may continue using my DR800.

Latinandgreek · 10-09-2010, 05:24 AM

My heart almost stopped when I read about your DR800 falling down the stairs. The same thing happened to my cell phone (a Nokia, they seem to be very robust in general), only it fell down two flights and was o.k. I am super paranoid about dropping my e-book reader, though, I've read too many stories about broken readers.

Gertjan · 10-11-2010, 08:16 AM

That is a seriously scary incident for valuable gadgets. Good to hear your DR800 survived the impact! Thanks for sharing.

Shaggy · 10-15-2010, 12:03 PM

The DR800 does seem to be a lot better than the iLiad, with regards to screen issues. However, I probably wouldn't plan on trying that again just to test it. I think you got really lucky.

10-09-2010, 04:43 AM	#1
thirdofthree Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 82 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: IREX DR800SG	Screen durability / fragility Since I got my DR800SG back in April, I've tried to be extremely careful after reading some posts about the screen breaking easily. Despite my best efforts, my DR800SG has taken a couple spills from ~2-3', both with and without the stock padded case. To date, it's been just fine. Phew! Only I really flubbed it last night. While reading in bed, I dropped the bare, uncovered DR800 as I dozed off. It tumbled to the floor next to my bed -- promptly waking me up -- about a 3' drop. Much to my now-wide-awake surprise, it landed on one of its ends and proceeded to bounce off the floor, thread its way through the spokes of the railing, sail through the air a good 9' down a flight of stairs before bouncing off one stair, descending the final 3' to the bottom of the staircase, and smacking into the hardwood floor as it clattered and skidded to a halt. I thought for certain I was doomed and would have to find a new ereader, certain I would be disappointed since I don't know of another ereader that provides a similar footprint / screen size. But lo and behold, the DR800SG is just fine! Works great, no damage at all of any kind. Maybe I got lucky. Maybe its more robust than I gave it credit for. Either way: woohoo! I may continue using my DR800.

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10-09-2010, 05:24 AM	#2
Latinandgreek Warrior Princess Posts: 5,038 Karma: 9724231 Join Date: Sep 2009 Device: PRS-505; PRS-350, PRS-T1, iPad, Aura HD	My heart almost stopped when I read about your DR800 falling down the stairs. The same thing happened to my cell phone (a Nokia, they seem to be very robust in general), only it fell down two flights and was o.k. I am super paranoid about dropping my e-book reader, though, I've read too many stories about broken readers.

10-11-2010, 08:16 AM	#3
Gertjan ex-IRX developer Posts: 158 Karma: 224 Join Date: Oct 2008 Device: Irex DR800S, DR1000S, iLiad	That is a seriously scary incident for valuable gadgets. Good to hear your DR800 survived the impact! Thanks for sharing.

10-15-2010, 12:03 PM	#4
Shaggy Wizard Posts: 4,293 Karma: 529619 Join Date: May 2007 Device: iRex iLiad, DR800SG	The DR800 does seem to be a lot better than the iLiad, with regards to screen issues. However, I probably wouldn't plan on trying that again just to test it. I think you got really lucky.

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