11-13-2009, 09:39 AM | #61 |
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11-13-2009, 03:14 PM | #62 |
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so, can you read PDFs from the library (DRM-ladden, I suppose) with this device?
This is the reader that has got me the most excited in a while! Thanks for your reviews!!! |
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11-13-2009, 05:41 PM | #63 | |
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Update: It definitely works with pdfs from the library. I checked a couple out and they were able to co-exist peacebly with epubs, which is more than I can say for my Sony 700. Last edited by luqmaninbmore; 11-15-2009 at 12:47 AM. Reason: Update |
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11-14-2009, 01:44 AM | #64 |
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how's the contrast compared to the sony 300 and kindle?
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11-14-2009, 08:36 AM | #65 |
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The contrast is on par with the 300 (they share the same screen), but the 360 has the ability to embolden all text which markedly improves the contrast. The screen is better than the original Kindle, IMO, because of higher pixel density. I don't have a K2 to compare it to.
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11-14-2009, 08:53 PM | #66 |
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It was a very nice review. Thank you for posting it.
I am quite interested in this ereader, but I tend to read mostly PDF files and largely of a technical content (physics, math), so I wonder how well this ereader handles this type of documents. Perhaps some of you folks would take it for a ride and give us all an idea by posting a shot or two (preferably 3-4, if that's not too much to ask). Here is a good, reasonably challenging file to take for a test: http://arxiv.org/abs/0911.2108 I would be delighted to see what the results are. Thanks. Last edited by emini_guy; 11-14-2009 at 09:04 PM. |
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To me, it was adequately readable in landscape with the fit to width option. |
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I do think this looks quite good. Better than I was expecting. Looks like I will be buying this reader really soon. Once again, thank you very much. |
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11-15-2009, 10:36 AM | #69 |
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Hello,
I'm looking into buying a new reader and got very intrested into the PocketBook 360 thanks to your review. I've been a long time lurker on these forums but i actually got around to registering because i would like to get some more information concerning the pocketbook. One of the reasons i got a Cybook over 2 years ago was to read manga on it. They even advertised with a picture of a manga page on it. I never found a good way to do this without conversion. This is way i ask if it's possible to disable thumbnail view in the photo part so the device doesn't have to generate thumbs for every page? Also is it possible to put subfolders in the Photo directory? |
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Here are some screen shots of a comic book in PDF format. The text is quite legible.
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11-16-2009, 03:58 AM | #72 |
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Are these screen shots of comics on the 360?
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11-16-2009, 06:25 AM | #73 |
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Thank you for the quick response and for the screenshots.
The comic in pdf looks very good; the only problem is i have lots of them and converting them all to pdf is gone take me a while. That's why i was looking in some sort of effortless solution. This Reader looks promising. The Battery of my Cybook is starting to drain fairly fast so i'm definetly keeping an eye on the PocketBook. |
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