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brecklundin · 08-25-2010, 09:19 AM

again? sigh....with so many new topics to discuss every day why are these same banal topics rehashed ad-nauseum? This topic especially...posters should search before a topic like this...there are likely 100's of threads about the exact topic. In fact many of us here clearly remember the arguments about green or amber screens once upon a time. Or the whole move to 72Mhz CRT monitors from 60Mhz monitors where the issue was NOT the refresh rate itself but the fact the crappy cheap overhead fluorescent lights that were flickering causing the "eye strain"...now that was real...

Learn to adjust the colors of your screen and adjust your backlight to a level as Harry suggested, where you can read in comfort.

For those who have done all this and have probs still...I hear ya because I can't stand the current EPD panels in anything but the best lighting. Of course I am not one who read somewhere that the screen "flash" during a page change is a major cause of reader-rage...so that does not bug me in the slightest...

Who cares?

Now ask a cogent question like "where are all the color EPD panels so those of us who have problems or haven't learned to adjust our LCD panels, can have color too...??" my money is on and active panel tech winning the day in the long run unless there is a glow-in-the-dark "white" EPD material that can be used so it can be better read in no or low light. And no "whiter" is not the solution because if too white the white light reflected into your eyes will easily match or exceed that of any LCD panel backlight...

FYI if you do have probs with your LCD panel it could also be due to the temperature of the light coming from your panel...consider trying this app:

F.lux -- http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sourc...EyuItRXnuowgWg

But find the app not the spyware...what it is supposed to be is to help people who have a problem with light from their LCD being to white and daylight in temperature so a solution to help with their circadian rhythm is to set this leetle beastie app loose on your system to automatically alter the color temp based on the time of day...I find I really like how it works.

08-25-2010, 09:19 AM	#41
brecklundin Banned Posts: 1,906 Karma: 15348 Join Date: Jun 2007 Device: mine	again? sigh....with so many new topics to discuss every day why are these same banal topics rehashed ad-nauseum? This topic especially...posters should search before a topic like this...there are likely 100's of threads about the exact topic. In fact many of us here clearly remember the arguments about green or amber screens once upon a time. Or the whole move to 72Mhz CRT monitors from 60Mhz monitors where the issue was NOT the refresh rate itself but the fact the crappy cheap overhead fluorescent lights that were flickering causing the "eye strain"...now that was real... Learn to adjust the colors of your screen and adjust your backlight to a level as Harry suggested, where you can read in comfort. For those who have done all this and have probs still...I hear ya because I can't stand the current EPD panels in anything but the best lighting. Of course I am not one who read somewhere that the screen "flash" during a page change is a major cause of reader-rage...so that does not bug me in the slightest... Who cares? Now ask a cogent question like "where are all the color EPD panels so those of us who have problems or haven't learned to adjust our LCD panels, can have color too...??" my money is on and active panel tech winning the day in the long run unless there is a glow-in-the-dark "white" EPD material that can be used so it can be better read in no or low light. And no "whiter" is not the solution because if too white the white light reflected into your eyes will easily match or exceed that of any LCD panel backlight... FYI if you do have probs with your LCD panel it could also be due to the temperature of the light coming from your panel...consider trying this app: F.lux -- http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sourc...EyuItRXnuowgWg But find the app not the spyware...what it is supposed to be is to help people who have a problem with light from their LCD being to white and daylight in temperature so a solution to help with their circadian rhythm is to set this leetle beastie app loose on your system to automatically alter the color temp based on the time of day...I find I really like how it works.