Sony PRS-500 vs. Cybook Gen 3

slayda · 11-02-2008, 12:02 PM

Due to our SA USA MR Hoedown, I dusted off my old beat up PRS-500 and charged it up to have one more reader to show off. Since it was charged up, I looked at the books I had left on it, several of which I had not read yet and came from the Sony Store {fully DRMed}. I decided to read them before storing the 500 again.

I was amazed at the "speed" of opening a book on the 500 vs. the Cybook. Of course I know that some of this is due to the ungodly number of books I have on the Cybook (250+) but still I was amazed. Why does the Cybook take so long to boot up compared to the Sony 500? Any "knowledgeable comments" or just opinions?

pdurrant · 11-02-2008, 02:31 PM

The CyBook's boot time does seem to be related to the number of books stored. With 1600 or so, mine takes about two-and-a-half minutes to boot.

I'm guessing that when it starts up it builds some kind of index of the books present. I don't know why it takes such a long time though.

So I tend to only turn mine off at night.

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Originally Posted by slayda

Due to our SA USA MR Hoedown, I dusted off my old beat up PRS-500 and charged it up to have one more reader to show off. Since it was charged up, I looked at the books I had left on it, several of which I had not read yet and came from the Sony Store {fully DRMed}. I decided to read them before storing the 500 again.

I was amazed at the "speed" of opening a book on the 500 vs. the Cybook. Of course I know that some of this is due to the ungodly number of books I have on the Cybook (250+) but still I was amazed. Why does the Cybook take so long to boot up compared to the Sony 500? Any "knowledgeable comments" or just opinions?

tompe · 11-02-2008, 05:44 PM

And the Sony does normally not boot in the same sense as the Cybook since it is usually never turned off completely.

HarryT · 11-03-2008, 02:39 AM

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Originally Posted by slayda

I was amazed at the "speed" of opening a book on the 500 vs. the Cybook. Of course I know that some of this is due to the ungodly number of books I have on the Cybook (250+) but still I was amazed. Why does the Cybook take so long to boot up compared to the Sony 500? Any "knowledgeable comments" or just opinions?

Because you're not "booting" the Sony - just switching it out of standby mode. That's why the Sony drains its battery when it's "off", but the CyBook doesn't.

Switch off your PRS-500 by pressing the "Reset" button on the back and THEN do the comparison. I think you'll find that the CyBook "wins" by a considerable margin then

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11-02-2008, 12:02 PM	#1
slayda Retired & reading more! Posts: 2,764 Karma: 1884247 Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: North Alabama, USA Device: Kindle 1, iPad Air 2, iPhone 6S+, Kobo Aura One	Sony PRS-500 vs. Cybook Gen 3 Due to our SA USA MR Hoedown, I dusted off my old beat up PRS-500 and charged it up to have one more reader to show off. Since it was charged up, I looked at the books I had left on it, several of which I had not read yet and came from the Sony Store {fully DRMed}. I decided to read them before storing the 500 again. I was amazed at the "speed" of opening a book on the 500 vs. the Cybook. Of course I know that some of this is due to the ungodly number of books I have on the Cybook (250+) but still I was amazed. Why does the Cybook take so long to boot up compared to the Sony 500? Any "knowledgeable comments" or just opinions?

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tompe Grand Sorcerer Posts: 7,452 Karma: 7185064 Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Linköpng, Sweden Device: Kindle Voyage, Nexus 5, Kindle PW	And the Sony does normally not boot in the same sense as the Cybook since it is usually never turned off completely.

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