11 responses to “EEVblog #189 – iRiver Story HD eBook Reader TEARDOWN”

• Squonk July 25th, 2011 at 20:13

  Sorry, should have added the comment here!

  FYI, I did a teardown of the Samsung E60 Ebook Reader on IFixIt.com:
  http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Samsung-E60-eReader-Teardown/4551/1

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• chuck July 26th, 2011 at 05:40

  What’s that dark black square in the center? There’s also around the sd-card connector.. is that a cut-out?

  I forget what it’s called but sometimes instead of manufacturing a proper package around for an ic, they just seem to put a blob of plastic around it. I’ve seen that on some character lcds. Anyone know the name of that technique, and if that’s what the black square is on the iriver?

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• adam lumpkins July 26th, 2011 at 05:48

  Loved it!!! Dave why dont you upload to the eevblog fist?? lol you make me watch them twice. The second time just for the sake of visiting the EEVBLOG!!! lol Good job man!!

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  • EEVblog July 26th, 2011 at 12:10

    Dave why dont you upload to the eevblog fist??

    My videos are hosted on Youtube, so I have to post on there first before I can embed it on the blog site.

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• László Monda July 26th, 2011 at 21:27

  I really love the level of detail that you put into your videos. Respect!

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• RyanE July 27th, 2011 at 05:59

  Nice teardown.

  The unpopulated cable spot makes me think of the Nook, and wonder if maybe it could have been for a supplemental color LCD under the e-ink display, but I suppose there wasn’t really an LCD driver on-board.

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• jaspel July 28th, 2011 at 14:49

  It looks like the corner out of the upper right pcb could fit a battery. Perhaps use the same board in a smaller assembly?

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• Reagle August 10th, 2011 at 12:56

  That connector might be for the regular LCD display indeed- I.MX50s have an integrated controller.

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• Raff September 16th, 2011 at 15:20

  I have the iRiver Story that came out before the HD obe that Dave has torn down and reviewed. It too has a bit of ghosting and I have found out that the e-ink display, surprisingly, seems sensitive to sunlight! Too much direct sunlight can make the ghosting worse and the contrast lessen.
  Great as always, thanks Dave!

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• Leandro February 26th, 2012 at 14:15

  I have a broken iRiver Story HD after a moderate (half a meter) fall. I am guessing I myself could change the display, but Google returned nothing on LG P/N 6841L-0233A. Any ideas, or am I up the creek?

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  • dg May 26th, 2012 at 07:14

    Same here, except I never dropped my iRiver Story HD. I dont know how it broke. Maybe one too many mysteries? Or perhaps it cracked up over Bossypants. Meh, its still broken.

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