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John1997 · 08-11-2010, 07:43 AM

The 600 had gotten cheap enough that I bought one yesterday.

The screen is even harder for me to read than even the worst of the reviews lead me to expect. It reminded me of a PDA I had bought many years ago to use as an ereader. It was as hard for me to read as the PRS 600. But when I showed it to several co-workers, they looked at it and said "Looks fine."

Then on a hunch I showed it to a co-worker who is, like me, seriously color-blind. His comment. "That's awful, no one could read that!"

I infer that these screens aren't black and white or even shades of gray, but rather two (hopefully) contrasting colors. But for people with color-blindness, the colors don't contrast and so are hard to read. So for us, not only is there the issue of the touch screen physics, but also the colors don't contrast.

Anyone have any thoughts? Do others who have serious trouble reading the screen have color vision problems? Do people who find it comfortable to read have normal color vision? Or is there really no pattern?

08-11-2010, 07:43 AM	#1
John1997 Enthusiast Posts: 34 Karma: 80 Join Date: Dec 2009 Device: Jetbook Lite	prs 600 and colorblindness The 600 had gotten cheap enough that I bought one yesterday. The screen is even harder for me to read than even the worst of the reviews lead me to expect. It reminded me of a PDA I had bought many years ago to use as an ereader. It was as hard for me to read as the PRS 600. But when I showed it to several co-workers, they looked at it and said "Looks fine." Then on a hunch I showed it to a co-worker who is, like me, seriously color-blind. His comment. "That's awful, no one could read that!" I infer that these screens aren't black and white or even shades of gray, but rather two (hopefully) contrasting colors. But for people with color-blindness, the colors don't contrast and so are hard to read. So for us, not only is there the issue of the touch screen physics, but also the colors don't contrast. Anyone have any thoughts? Do others who have serious trouble reading the screen have color vision problems? Do people who find it comfortable to read have normal color vision? Or is there really no pattern?