Mark Morgan
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hope this ok the pdf's are those from the cd's
what models of kindle are able to read pdf's
what models of kindle are able to read pdf's
kindle reading PDF's
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madmike
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To be honest almost all current 6" ereaders are pretty much hopeless at reading PDF's. ereaders are designed to read ebooks and not document format PDF's so even with reflow and zoom, the experience gets pretty bad pretty quick. I tried PDF's on all my ereaders past and present and know how quickly it can become frustrating.
Of the Kindle e-ink ereader range, big is better and that would be the Kindle DX. It will still have all the same issues as above, but the bigger screen allows for less zooming and reflow issues.
Personally, I would recommend a tablet to view FFE's PDF's. I purchased an iPad2 late last year and it is superb in that role, will all the FFE rulebooks installed onto the tablet. Added bonus is, with wifi, I can use the interactive Traveller map online.
Of the Kindle e-ink ereader range, big is better and that would be the Kindle DX. It will still have all the same issues as above, but the bigger screen allows for less zooming and reflow issues.
Personally, I would recommend a tablet to view FFE's PDF's. I purchased an iPad2 late last year and it is superb in that role, will all the FFE rulebooks installed onto the tablet. Added bonus is, with wifi, I can use the interactive Traveller map online.
mechascorpio
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The Kindle e-readers are very frustrating and slow with PDFs, but the Kindle Fire (I'm on it now!) is great, especially with the EZPDF app. I have most of my FFE CD content on it, along with Mongoose's core rules and LBBs. It's web browser is pretty good, even with Flash and embedded video, and it handles travellermap.com just great.
For the most part, I'm with madmike on this: tablets only. But don't discount the Fire. It's a nearly perfect, portable LBB itself!
For the most part, I'm with madmike on this: tablets only. But don't discount the Fire. It's a nearly perfect, portable LBB itself!
of the 6"-7" class reading devices, the android tablets (including Nook Color and Kindle Fire) are reasonable PDF readers. So are the Sony PRS series readers in the 6" range, if you want eInk rather than backlit.
On a 10" class tablet, PDF's are really quite readable.
On a 10" class tablet, PDF's are really quite readable.
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In my experience it really depends on the document. The scans of the CT books vary quite a bit, some are legible, some aren't. I'm not saying that tablets don't give a better experience, just that I don't find e-readers as hopeless as some people.
madmike
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My PRS-T1 is probably the better of all the ereaders I own in regards to displaying PDF's, but the result is still lacking IMHO.
My iPad2 being a 10" screen device makes PDF display much easier.
It is great though, whichever you chose for displaying the FFE PDF's, that you can carry pretty much all of the CT LBB's on the one device. Who would have thunk it, way back in 1980?
DangerousThing
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I have the Nook Color, the Nook Tablet, and the iPad 3. I can read the PDFs fine, but I wouldn't try on anything smaller. I prefer the iPad.
If you're asking about the ability to read them out loud, I've never tried that.
If you're asking about the ability to read them out loud, I've never tried that.
My Acer A100 and A200 can read PDF's just fine in Acrobat Reader. Assuming, of course, that the text was OCR'd properly.
