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Originally Posted by Krystian Galaj
Quite so. So, what does the fact that:
a) my eyes hurt when the only light source is a screen of iPhone, set to minimal brightness, in complete darkness, and
b) they don't hurt when I read on e-Ink, in full sunlight or under bright light of the lamp
tell you about relevance of the symptoms I described to light sensitivity?
Well, yes, sometimes when I see opinions that go with great conviction against simplest facts I observe in the world, I get angry enough to respond.
I admit I use LCD monitors with issues, which I have to make efforts to avoid. I also believe (and wrote it) that specific eye problem I have is irrelevant to the eyes' reaction to backlighting (which you chose to ignore).
Wrong - I haven't used any for years now. When they were still around, I wasn't able to use them as they caused headaches. Please read more carefully.
Oh yes, I expected you would. And care to give even one example of such contradiction? I thought so  |
You contridict yourself by saying you didn't use CRT, which isn't really true or you wouldn't be able to say it caused problems in the first place and frankly would mean you didn't use a computer at all when CRTs were used, which was the majority of time that computers have existed as LCD is still a new technology. You ignore all the other users in this thread that have the same or similar opinion as mine and chose to come at me instead. Why? Because what I said bothered you. I read your post clearly and understood that you did in fact try CRT monitors in the past or else you would never know you had problems with them. I mean seriously, are you saying you didn't use computers before LCD monitors? What are you using right now? I'm sorry but your post just seems like anger at my statements about LCD not causing eye strain, but it being a medical issue. I'll give you many examples to contradict you. What will you come up with next?
1. I'm 43 and have been using computers since I was 11. First one was a TI-994A, which you likely have never seen in your life. CRT monitor. It never bothered my eyes.
2. Apple 2E - CRT no troubles.
3. various IBM clones - CRT no troubles
4. MAC and PC computers from CRT to LCD - NO PROBLEMS with my eyes
5. Started reading ebooks on my handspring visor. Small, but my eyes never hurt. Greenscreen and backlit.
6. RCA ebook reader. Reading many many books. No problems no headaches.
7. ebookwise-1150 reader. Virtually same machine as RCA. No problems
8. iPAQ PDA - LCD no problems.
9. Sony PRS-505 eink. No backlight, didn't fit my needs. Still have it. No problems. Still like eink.
10. SmartQ7 Tablet LCD - no problems
11. WitsTech A81 Tablet LCD - no problems
12. 2 different ASUS netbooks LCD - no problems
13. SmartV7 Tablet LCD - no problems
14. iPod Touch 3G LCD - beautiful display no problems at all
15. Pandigital Novel LCD - crisp screen, slow interface, no problems with eyes
16. Blackberrys of many models to read, LCD - No problems
17. The above is not the complete list of devices I have used or own. I still have almost all of the hand-held devices on this list.
I'm a programmer. I have been since I was about 15. I am on a computer for way too many hours every day. It started on CRT and now I use LCD. I have 20/20 vision and have no problems. So there you are - my contradiction to your post. Nevermind all the other people here who have been saying the same thing in this thread. Yeah, thats what I thought. And yeah, I'm just like you, I'll defend my point to the end that LCD does not harm your eyes. That eink users do not all want eink screens and may choose something else because the market only released new reading dedicated eink machines for the last few years. That LCD causing eyestrain by itself or will shoot laserbeams into your eyes is a myth. I feel just as passionate about my opinion as you and if you are going to come at me about it you better have some facts of your own, other than your sweet personal preference loaded with misinformation about the technology itself.
P.S. I was ready to stop posting in this thread but you are exactly the kind of eink user that pisses me off. You ignore everyone else here that posted that LCD was fine for them and caused no problems and because YOU have issues with it you dismiss the rest of us. Don't you see that my posts did exactly the same to you? And you got pissed right? Try the shoe on the other foot for a while and see what I mean.
You might find these articles helpful.
http://www.allaboutvision.com/cvs/irritated.htm
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/0...pagemode=print
http://library.thinkquest.org/C0123325/synd.htm
Try adjusting your contrast and brightness to acceptable levels. Change your settings from white background with black text to white text and black background. There are many things you can do. Either way, read those articles and the one at the beginning of this thread and get back to me.