Comments on: RIYL: Hatin’ On Sony’s Reader http://www.crunchgear.com/2006/09/27/riyl-hatin-on-sonys-reader/ Gadgets, gear and computer hardware. Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:24:19 -0500 hourly 1 By: Josh Goldman http://www.crunchgear.com/2006/09/27/riyl-hatin-on-sonys-reader/comment-page-1/#comment-5415 Josh Goldman Wed, 27 Sep 2006 20:34:48 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2006/09/27/riyl-hatin-on-sonys-reader/#comment-5415 The room was basically lit by candles and I didn't have any trouble reading the print with the display at a general reading distance from my eyes, say about a foot. Probably about as much light as you'd get from a street light coming through a window. Enlarging the print a notch up from the default helped too. Plus, it didn't make my eyes tired like looking at a backlit display tends to. And to clarify, I only read about three pages of text, so I don't know for sure that after a half hour of reading I won't want to throw the thing across the room. ;) My only real complaint was the flickering that occured on screen when you "turned" pages. I hope that the sales are good enough to encourage them to develop and release the next generation Reader. The room was basically lit by candles and I didn’t have any trouble reading the print with the display at a general reading distance from my eyes, say about a foot. Probably about as much light as you’d get from a street light coming through a window. Enlarging the print a notch up from the default helped too. Plus, it didn’t make my eyes tired like looking at a backlit display tends to. And to clarify, I only read about three pages of text, so I don’t know for sure that after a half hour of reading I won’t want to throw the thing across the room. ;)
My only real complaint was the flickering that occured on screen when you “turned” pages. I hope that the sales are good enough to encourage them to develop and release the next generation Reader.

]]> By: David H. Rothman http://www.crunchgear.com/2006/09/27/riyl-hatin-on-sonys-reader/comment-page-1/#comment-5389 David H. Rothman Wed, 27 Sep 2006 18:40:43 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2006/09/27/riyl-hatin-on-sonys-reader/#comment-5389 Appreciated your info, Josh. Can you tell us more about your Sony encounter in that very dark room? I owned a Librie and found it a real hassle to read in dim light. I understand that Sony improved the screen a bit, but can you really read it "easily and without strain"? Under those circumstances, how close was the Sony to paper? As for the Edsel metaphor, I presented it as a question. My current belief is that the Sony will do okay as a niche product. Regardless of my dislike of proprietary formats and DRM, let's hope that the Sony succeeds---for the general benefit of e-bookdom! Thanks, David Rothman P.S. Nice site! Appreciated your info, Josh. Can you tell us more about your Sony encounter in that very dark room?

I owned a Librie and found it a real hassle to read in dim light. I understand that Sony improved the screen a bit, but can you really read it “easily and without strain”?

Under those circumstances, how close was the Sony to paper?

As for the Edsel metaphor, I presented it as a question. My current belief is that the Sony will do okay as a niche product.

Regardless of my dislike of proprietary formats and DRM, let’s hope that the Sony succeeds—for the general benefit of e-bookdom!

Thanks,
David Rothman

P.S. Nice site!

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