Sorry for only reading the first page the replying all too soon.
I see some of my points are already settled in the previous pages, and some even gives probable cause (thank you for your enlightening posts, sil_lis).
But glad that my post can still be said relevant *fiuh*
That aside, pros of an backlighted ereader compared to a non-backlighted one, IMHO is night reading mode - white on black!
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Originally Posted by rkomar
I don't know if this has ever been discussed here at MR before, but personally, I have a problem with information retention when reading from CRT and LCD displays. I find that I just don't remember as much afterwards compared to reading from paper (and now E-Ink). It's not really noticeable with light reading, but I do a fair bit of heavy, technical reading, and I can tell the difference there. I should say that I don't notice much eye strain when reading from CRT and LCD displays for long periods.
Has anyone here noticed anything similar?
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CRT to LCD? Really?
Any difference between those 2 that I can think of as probable cause,
CRT has X-Ray radiation thing going on..
Older CRT has refresh rates lower than 60Hz..
But I am not a doctor so I can't testify that these things have anything to do with memory retention.
About any kind of interactive display vs books, IMO, is
1. the speed and amount of other information. Distraction is the keyword. But this factor is different each person, and in my case I get distracted much easily on front of a web-enabled devices
2. associative memory. each book is different so we can associate page color, touch feel, smell(if you are that kind of person, maybe), cover, etc with the content. Compared to that reading off of a LCD monitor probably don't stimulate other senses more. A reading device, I can't really say..