PDF Reader Discussion / Large format document viewer e-reader

HarryHutton · 02-22-2013, 08:31 AM

I need to read PDF's a lot, seen a lot of posts about pdf readers and was wondering how many people are the same.

I read journal articles, reference documents, lecture notes, and digital textbooks (I'm an engineering undergraduate). All of these tend to be from an LCD screen, although sometimes I just print notes and carry them (I dislike reading from LCD).

What sort of large format documents you read, and why?

So far there has been posts from attorneys who need to read scanned documents, other students needing to read lecture notes, leisure readers who prefer the original formatting of the text and illustration, and people wishing to view diagrams and graphs.

WillAdams · 02-22-2013, 09:45 AM

I do a lot of reading on my Fujitsu Stylistic ST-4121 --- while it's an LCD, it's a daylight-viewable ``transflective'' LCD which I find far more comfortable than a ``normal'' LCD.

Mostly I read technical publications (manuals for (La)TeX, &c.), though I do have the old Dragon Magazine Archive loaded on a compact flash card for when I'm feeling retro / nostalgic.

William

Geralt · 02-22-2013, 09:52 AM

I read mainly academic papers and occasional magazine. Oh and comic books.

02-22-2013, 08:31 AM	#1
HarryHutton Connoisseur Posts: 53 Karma: 1580200 Join Date: May 2012 Location: Glasgow Device: Kobo H2O, Kindle Voyage, Samsung Note 10.1, Nook Simple Touch, M92	PDF Reader Discussion / Large format document viewer e-reader I need to read PDF's a lot, seen a lot of posts about pdf readers and was wondering how many people are the same. I read journal articles, reference documents, lecture notes, and digital textbooks (I'm an engineering undergraduate). All of these tend to be from an LCD screen, although sometimes I just print notes and carry them (I dislike reading from LCD). What sort of large format documents you read, and why? So far there has been posts from attorneys who need to read scanned documents, other students needing to read lecture notes, leisure readers who prefer the original formatting of the text and illustration, and people wishing to view diagrams and graphs.

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WillAdams Wizard Posts: 1,250 Karma: 3439432 Join Date: Feb 2008 Device: Amazon Kindle Paperwhite (300ppi), Samsung Galaxy Book 12	I do a lot of reading on my Fujitsu Stylistic ST-4121 --- while it's an LCD, it's a daylight-viewable ``transflective'' LCD which I find far more comfortable than a ``normal'' LCD. Mostly I read technical publications (manuals for (La)TeX, &c.), though I do have the old Dragon Magazine Archive loaded on a compact flash card for when I'm feeling retro / nostalgic. William

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