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Originally Posted by Sweetpea
Me! I have a CRT at home  |
Me too! I have a Sony-tubed FW900 (technically it's an HP rebadge of it). 24" tube (22.5" viewable). Run it at 1920x1200 @ 85 hz. I LOVE that thing.
I'm not a fan of LCD technology. I use them, of course - my secondary display is a 23.6" Viewsonic LCD - but I'm not a fan at all.
To me, the ipad is too heavy and bulky. And I hate the thing with a passion - it's a giant ipod touch. I have one of those already
And definitely not a fan of LCDs for e-reading - too reflective, no good in bright light, too power hungry. Heck I could have just read on my HP TX2 tablet convertible...but an e-reader is miles better.
I do wish e-readers came with a built in sidelight - until this thread I didn't know the Sony 700 had one! I might look into that!
Technically, e-ink should induce less eyestrain than an LCD by far. But there is also a lot of variance between people's eyes. Just like with CRTs - some people get eyestrain from 60hz that vanishes at higher hz rates. Others get more eyestrain from LCDs at 60hz than a good very-hi-refresh CRT - some of this is partially due to the fact that they are often simply too bright, even at 0 brightness. Depends on the eyes.
All of this said, LCD e-readers keep coming out because small LCDs are dirt cheap to produce these days and little CPU power is needed for an e-reader. So toss some cheap software together (or use Android)...some flash ram, a slow CPU, and a cheap LCD screen...bam, super cheap LCD reader.