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09-16-2010, 08:45 PM | #47 |
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Yep, nothing like a kid's movie where all the adults are weeping through the first 20 minutes.
Yes I read outdoors. I take my nook when I go fishing with my husband. He fishes, I read although this is usually next to streams and not big bodies of waters. Not that we have large bodies in the US Mountain West. When I go to the beach, I usually bring a regular book and not my nook because I wouldn't want sand to get in/on it. But, I very seldom like to just sit and do nothing. That's what books are for. |
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09-16-2010, 09:03 PM | #48 |
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I responded "a little", because about 95% of my reading is not in direct sunlight. However, I went to the beach with my family this summer, and spent about 4 hours a day for a week reading in direct sunlight (with frequent liberal doses of 50spf sunblock). I loved it! Also, while the weather is still good, I sometimes will come home from work and (after dealing with the kids) sit out on the front patio with a cigar and a beer and read. So, late afternoon sunlight. I give the e-ink screen the big thumbs up - an LED screen would have been useless.
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09-16-2010, 09:08 PM | #49 |
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I used to take a book to the beach, but here where I live now, I walk down the beach with as little as possible (and for "secure your valuables" reasons, I wouldn't take an ereader). I am usually just going down there to catch waves and then recover and dry off by lying on the beach, eyes-shut or people-watching.
Nowadays I pretty much only read in bed (or very occasionally at the airport or on a plane). Cheers, Marc |
09-16-2010, 09:52 PM | #50 |
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There are...bugs!...outdoors. *shudder*
I don't go there unless I have to! |
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09-17-2010, 09:14 AM | #51 |
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I would like very much to read on sunlight ... but since I bought a SONY product and their screen came faulty, I cannot accomplish this. My screen gets washed away ... even inside a car... anywhere where sunlight (or a strong enough light) touches the screen.
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09-17-2010, 09:20 AM | #52 |
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That sounds like a problem of the screen manufacturer (Vizplex), not Sony.
I’d suggest sending it back. |
09-17-2010, 11:49 AM | #53 |
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Hammock, shade, book, beverage; pick any 4.
For book, any format or technology is acceptable, including 'dead tree'. Regards, Jack Tingle |
09-17-2010, 01:56 PM | #54 |
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Not intentionally. Occasionally I get stuck in the car and it's parked so that I'm right in the sun. If I'm lucky, on those occasions I'll have some knitting project with me.
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09-17-2010, 10:32 PM | #55 |
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09-17-2010, 11:31 PM | #56 |
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"Direct sunlight" can vary a lot - I read in direct sunlight in winter but in our 40 deg (Celsius) summers I read anywhere cool and shady!
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09-18-2010, 03:19 AM | #57 |
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I read in direct sunshine in winter, when there is any sun. Also on trains - it's surprising how often the sun washes out an LCD screen (maybe not technically direct sunshine, but I think the spirit is there)
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09-18-2010, 01:54 PM | #58 |
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What is a difference between:
Just a little and Almost never If we presume that Never is 0% and Yes, a lot is 100%, where would you place the other two. |
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09-18-2010, 03:37 PM | #60 |
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The only time that I read outside is on my lunch breaks at work but even then I sit in my car (it's because I can't smoke in the building but even if I didn't smoke I've found it to be a great way to minimize people coming over and bugging me while I'm trying to read).
I voted "Almost never." as I park facing the sun and use a window screen to block most of the light, so I was thinking of the times where I stuck my Reader into the sun light, which have been rare (mostly to check for sun fade). I forgot that in the winter I do not bother with blocking the sun, so perhaps "Just a little." would have been more accurate. Either way I do my best to avoid sunlight, it's too hot, and much too bright. |
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