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10-30-2010, 05:44 PM | #47 |
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I always wonder what kind of TFT/LCD monitors people who have eyestrains are using. A couple of weeks ago it did occur to me. I never had trouble with LCD-screens. But that's because I have been working with good quality screens forever. And insists on using the digital cable. Dvi or hdmi.
A few weeks ago I helped someone with their computer and they have an included with the cheap ass computer TFT screen, linked with a mere vga cable on some low profile video card. The text was fuzzy, contrast and brightness wrong, and colors were off. Then I understood. If they work with these kind off screens, no wonder eink would mean such a huge diff to them... |
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10-30-2010, 05:52 PM | #49 |
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I'm not sure what your point is. Am I supposed to accept the observation that LCD burns a person's eyes or eink is the best device for reading? What about the people posting before you that said they use LCD all the time and its fine for them, or if they use eink they have more strain? I already said I think eink is a great technology, but that doesn't mean it is the only technology or even superior than LCD for reading. Its just a matter of preference, but yeah I'll dismiss anyone that says that LCD burned their eyes or eink devices are preferred by the majority of ereaders because those things are not true.
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10-30-2010, 06:05 PM | #50 |
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I have had the following e-ink readers; Nook, Sony 500, 505 and 900. I have also read on the Sony 650. But since I received an iPad for work i haven't gone back to my e-ink reader since. I have read six (6) novels on the ipad in the past three (3) weeks. No eye strain, the back lit feature has actually made it easier to read.
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10-30-2010, 07:09 PM | #51 | |
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Don't you also like how everyone has completely ignored the point that both types of machines are probably just fine and give an equal reading experience, but that it just might be their aging middle age eyes that are changing that now need glasses to see clearly and relieve the strain that they complain of! No it's MUCH better to get into a foolish "my machine is better than your machine" class debate just so that they can feel superior. Any excuse to avoid admitting they are getting older & need some glasses. |
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10-30-2010, 07:27 PM | #52 |
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Young age's ignorance is sometimes too obvious athlonkmf I have a very good monitor. It was chosen for picture editing with S-IPS matrix and DVI connection naturally. There is no fuzziness, or any other fault. Its performance is superb. I see everything very clear, sharp, under any angle. Last edited by astra; 10-30-2010 at 08:09 PM. |
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10-30-2010, 08:07 PM | #54 | |
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As for your second point I agree, but it also works the other way around as well, if those who PREFER e-ink could avoid all of the rhetoric & insults to lcd screens which is mostly nonsence, there would be nothing to squabble over in this thread. This is simply a matter of different strokes for different folks. I will eventually have both my Sony AND an color ereader once they work out the majority of the bugs. It does NOT have to be an either or situation that everyone always insists on making out of issues like this. |
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10-30-2010, 08:29 PM | #58 |
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You are a rare case though. Most people did not use PDAs for reading, only a small portion of us did. RCA and ebookwise helped push along ebook readers, but eink was the first widely adopted device for reading and this is why everyone assumes it is better when it is not. Over the last few years the eye strain myth has continued to snowball until it got out of hand. Now we have articles on CNET setting the record straight. We have iPads and tablets proving sales of larger hand-held LCD devices are valid, and we have in large part Apple to thank for the fact that BN is making a read-centered device in LCD. Like said above though, different strokes for different folks, and I think there is room in the market for both screen types.
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I am saying that people who say that lasers shoot out of their LCD screen and damage their eyes are full of it. LCD does not damage eyes and anyone that says this is a liar. It may cause your eyes to dry up from staring too long, it may give you a headache or you may have trouble seeing the screen, but the LCD is NOT what caused that to happen to your eyes. Is that clear enough?
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