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View Poll Results: How do you use your reader front light | |||
To read in the dark or under dim light | 62 | 54.87% | |
To make the pages appear whiter | 18 | 15.93% | |
Don't have one | 20 | 17.70% | |
Have one but don't often use it because I prefer a lamp | 2 | 1.77% | |
Have one but don't often use it because it hurts my eyes | 2 | 1.77% | |
Have one but don't often use it because of color or light unevenness | 0 | 0% | |
Other or combination of above | 9 | 7.96% | |
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09-06-2013, 04:30 PM | #16 |
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To read in the dark or under dim lighting.
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09-06-2013, 05:02 PM | #17 |
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09-06-2013, 09:27 PM | #18 |
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When I had one, I used it for reading in the dark. That ereader's dead, so I'm now using an unlit reader. I miss the light slightly, but not enough to pay for a reader with a light. Lamps and other sources of light work just as well after all. They're just slightly less convenient.
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09-06-2013, 11:02 PM | #19 |
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To read in the dark or under (very) dim lighting.
I read mostly at night in bed in complete darkness, or in almost darkness in front of the TV. I have also used it to find things on my bedside table at night, because I have it on a very low light setting, so it does not blind me in the dark. Like some others here, I never turn it off, even when I read during the day. |
09-07-2013, 05:51 AM | #20 |
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Off by default, i switch it on when my eye says "Hey, need more light".
I don't read in dark / really low light unless forced into it. (That is, no lamp i can switch on.) |
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09-07-2013, 05:53 AM | #21 |
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Definitely only to read in the dark. During day time I'd prefer to switch it off.
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09-07-2013, 06:00 AM | #22 |
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I only use mine in the dark and in dim light, though late afternoons can already be dim! I'd say I use the front light about 70% of the time I read on the device.
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09-07-2013, 09:28 AM | #23 | |
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I got my front-lit reader for reading in dim lighting and also to read when I wake up in the middle of the night and don't want to wake my husband. I keep it on 4 or 5 and I do appreciate that it makes the page whiter. In complete darkness I turn it down to 1. eP |
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09-07-2013, 09:33 AM | #24 |
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It's partly to read in dim/dark light (partly to not need the lamp on, for partner disturbance reasons, and partly for comfort as a spot-lamp directly on a non-lit screen gives suboptimal results), and partly to improve contrast in medium light. That's not so that the screen will appear "whiter" for aesthetic reasons; it's about readability.
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09-07-2013, 10:23 AM | #25 |
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09-07-2013, 01:02 PM | #26 |
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I don't use it. Worried of it screwing my eyes. Even if they say front lit ones have no glare, try switching on one in a perfectly dark room. There will be glare.
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09-07-2013, 01:54 PM | #27 |
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The main use is: "To make the pages appear whiter".
The secondary use is: "To read in the dark or under dim light". In my case, this would be to make reading in dim light easier. I normally don't read (using the Paperwhite) in lighting where I would be unable to read a normal book. Last edited by Katsunami; 09-07-2013 at 01:59 PM. |
09-08-2013, 08:00 PM | #28 |
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For reading in the dark or dim light, usually in bed at night, as I need to read for a while before I can sleep and wind down.
Oh, I also use it as a sort of torch when going to bed, so I don't have to turn the bedroom light on and wake up my wife.. lol. |
09-08-2013, 11:30 PM | #29 |
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The main purpose of the built in front light is to be able to read no matter what the surrounding light conditions without needing to find a sunny spot or a suitable reading light, but it's also great for finding the way to the bathroom in the dark.
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09-09-2013, 04:41 AM | #30 |
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Couldn't say it better
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