06-29-2013, 05:41 AM | #16 |
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I guess most are okay/prefer the lighted screen. So I guess I will also go with the herd. In the worst case I can keep it off/very low. I will also try any screendim or similar app for desktop.
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HarryT probably thought you were talking about a Fire because you said "The Kindle's backlight". The Fire is the only Kindle with a backlight. The PW has a frontlight. Very important distinction when we're talking about eye strain!
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I finally caved this year and bought a B&N Glow (had stuck with Sony readers up until them) because I wanted a front-light. I would have said before I got the Glow that the light was unnecessary. But now that I have it, I wouldn't want to go back to one without one. I think the most unexpected benefit is when I'm reading at home with only a lamp or two on in the room. Before, the less-than-optimal lighting wouldn't have been bad enough to make me clip on a book light, but I would have strained to read the screen. Now I turn on the Glow light and I have bright, crisp words to read. Also, the front light makes the eInk screen look much whiter - so the contrast is better. |
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I thought you must be talking about the Fire because you referred to "the Kindle's backlight", and the Fire is the only Kindle that has a backlight.
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The eink without light looked far better on the videos. As I said earlier, no way for me to get them in hand and verify, unless I buy one. Quote:
How does that whiteness and contrast feel to your eyes? (I am thinking about the laptop screens here again, as I cannot read for long with white background). Will that be any different? |
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... or that it shows uneven brightness or colour patches. Who cares what it looks like a maximum brightness in a dark room? It's what it looks like in the conditions that you'll use it in that matters, not extremes like that. Nobody uses maximum brightness in darkness - it would be blinding.
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06-30-2013, 07:20 AM | #25 | |
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Back to the OP's original question, I've had lengthy reading sessions at night with my paperwhite and I've never had eye strain. In fact it's so comfortable that I often fall asleep whilst reading . On the contrary I find the light from backlit devices to be too harsh for reading at night and it has the opposite effect, it keeps me awake even if I was feeling sleepy before using it. |
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I have read many a time for multiple hours, on a Paperwhite, and I experience no problems. Believe me, with my poor eyesight and close reading distance (I use glasses when using a computer, but I don't like that when reading, for some reason), I would have noticed any problems within the first hour. As long as there is any ambient light, no matter how low, you can set the front-light to a level that will make reading comfortable. The only situation in which I don't like to read, not even on a front-lit reader, is when it's pitch black. The reader will not look any different from an LCD screen in that situation. This is an extreme situation however: this would only happen in my bedroom or computer room with all shutters and curtains closed and all lights off. Obviously, I won't create such a situation on purpose and then go read. That'd be ridiculous. Last edited by Katsunami; 06-30-2013 at 05:42 PM. |
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Now I don't know why I did not think/search about it before. And now I also realise why front-lit displays (if you can keep the light/brightness very low) got full marks from you people. Thanks again. Last edited by iamosam; 07-03-2013 at 02:10 PM. |
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Given that the purpose of this thread is specifically to discuss the differences between frontlights and backlights, it's kind of an important distinction .
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I find the Aura light a little less comfortable on my eyes than the Sony lighted case light, and I prefer a reading lamp.
Still it is good to have the built in light on occasion. On the bus for example or in a dimly lit place. Once I used it to find my way in the dark when the power died. I doubt I would want a reader that the light would not turn off, but I have not tried one. Helen |
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