09-27-2011, 10:48 AM | #16 |
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Dulin, is using Pearl just a matter of changing screens, or does it require hardware and firmware adjustments? Also, if you know, what's the price difference between vizplex and pearl screens?
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09-28-2011, 06:04 AM | #17 |
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It's not a matter of just changing screens, switching from vizplex to pearl requires software adjustments. The same is true if the devices have the additional wacom layer with pen support. |
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09-28-2011, 06:59 AM | #19 |
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So maybe this has something to do with the reason why PB isn't adopting vizplex yet. We still don't have the software to do everything that the hardware is capable of.
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09-28-2011, 08:25 AM | #20 |
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Yes, that's my suspicion, too. Maybe not using the pearl screens in the new devices is not a problem of money but of not having enough programmers (again).
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10-02-2011, 06:35 PM | #21 |
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Maybe it's the hardware after all? Look for example here, a SoC for ereaders:
http://www.freescale.com/webapp/sps/...p?code=i.MX508 And there's apparently a special driver for the Pearl screen. So it might not be simply a case of swaping screens, but having the hardware too? Fact is, if the 9.7" Pocketbooks had a Pearl screen, I'd sure stop waiting for Onyx to get their act together. |
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Yeah, I hope for PB to create a pearl pearl device just in time for not losing the competition against Onyx M92 already announced for pre-order on http://www.onyxboox.com/.
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What does Vizplex PEARL mean? I always thought, it was either Vizplex or PEARL but not both at the same time?!
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10-05-2011, 01:51 AM | #24 |
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Well, that was strange for me too; anyway Onyx already has pearl devices so it's hard to believe that it will return to vizplex display so I think vizplex pearl means pearl .
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They also have code numbers, like 2.1 for the older displays in PB PRO series, and PEARL is 2.2 (or something similar, ask Google for more informaton)
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I read somewhere else that the older display generation is not that bad, as long as you add nice software-font-rendering-capabilities like anti-aliasing. Is that right? Is PocketBook working on this software-thing?
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10-09-2011, 07:30 AM | #28 |
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I already asked this on wanted features thread; I'm sure they are NOT working on this because natural (more like survival condition) would be first to release a pearl device then sf enhancements
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Bumpage!
Any news on this front? Might PB be waiting for and introducing Triton colour screens? (hope not) |
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