http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2008/11/sony_prs700_reader_review_blinding_glare_kills_all_improvements-2/ the Gadget Guide | Technology and consumer electronics news and reviews Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:37:18 +1100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2008/11/sony_prs700_reader_review_blinding_glare_kills_all_improvements-2/comment-page-1/#comment-13681 TheRealBillC Thu, 15 Jan 2009 21:28:03 +0000 http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2008/11/sony_prs700_reader_review_blinding_glare_kills_all_improvements-2.html#comment-13681 <p>Yes there is glare, but it is easy to work around this by holding the device at roughly a 45 degree angle, about the angle I normally hold a paper book. Everything about reading a non-paper book is very subjective. Screen resolution, glare, speed of page changes, weight of the device, color of the surround, you name it, somebody has a negative opinion about it. Nevertheless, as is usual with any electronics, it pays to discount the nit-pickers and see one for yourself, then decide. Sony makes this easy since they are in Sony Style stores, Borders Books Stores and Target Stores in the US and Canada.</p> Yes there is glare, but it is easy to work around this by holding the device at roughly a 45 degree angle, about the angle I normally hold a paper book. Everything about reading a non-paper book is very subjective. Screen resolution, glare, speed of page changes, weight of the device, color of the surround, you name it, somebody has a negative opinion about it. Nevertheless, as is usual with any electronics, it pays to discount the nit-pickers and see one for yourself, then decide. Sony makes this easy since they are in Sony Style stores, Borders Books Stores and Target Stores in the US and Canada.

]]> http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2008/11/sony_prs700_reader_review_blinding_glare_kills_all_improvements-2/comment-page-1/#comment-13680 buyItAnyway Tue, 02 Dec 2008 13:33:11 +0000 http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2008/11/sony_prs700_reader_review_blinding_glare_kills_all_improvements-2.html#comment-13680 <p>Yeah, there is a glare issue... consider it an early-adopter tax.<br /> So far, I haven't encountered a setting where I couldn't adjust for the glare by holding the reader at a different angle.<br /> The touchscreen is not necessarily a practical feature, but does contribute to the sensation of reading a real book.</p> Yeah, there is a glare issue… consider it an early-adopter tax.
So far, I haven’t encountered a setting where I couldn’t adjust for the glare by holding the reader at a different angle.
The touchscreen is not necessarily a practical feature, but does contribute to the sensation of reading a real book.

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