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Originally Posted by DMcCunney
And some folks start out with impaired vision and need corrective lenses beginning in early childhood. Others truly do find reading on an eInk screen easier than on a backlit screen, even if they don't need glasses. (See reports elsewhere on MR from people who complain of headaches when trying to read any extensive amount of text on a normal monitor.)
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Could not agree more. My eyesight (I wear contacts) is L-11.0, R-12.0. For those who do not understand the numbers it means I am severely short sighted, legally blind if you will. I have been using optical aids since I was an eight year old, moving to contacts 25 years ago.
As a Civil Engineer, I use a PC most of the day (2x22" LCD monitors) When I used CRT, my eyestrain headaches were really bad and very frequent. LCD monitors did ease off the eyestrain headaches a lot.
When I got my PDA to read ebooks on, I found I could read for an hour TOPS. After that my eyestrain started again. The move to e-ink has solved that issue for me. My wife found reading on her PDA for a length of time contributed to the laying down of causes for her migraines and she gets really, really bad migraines. The solution for her was a JBL with its mono non back lit LCD.
For both of us it was the backlit nature of the display causing issues.
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Originally Posted by DMcCunney
Superiority is in the eye of the beholder, but everyone has different eyes, and insulting folks who for whatever reason find eInk easier on theirs doesn't help your case.
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Dennis
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I simply dislike reading on LCD for extended periods of time. When people ask me what the best reader is, backlit LCD's do not come into the conversation. If such a display is raised (ipad/ihphone) in that conversation, then I inform them that the choice becomes theirs as they have different eyes to me.
What is good for me will not necessarily be good for you.
I have no right to force my opinion and choices onto others.