Thread: Any news if Amazon plans on rolling out a Kindle 4.0 soon?
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Old 03-17-2011, 07:55 AM   #71
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Originally Posted by Adriaan12452 View Post
Tablets refresh the screen about fifty times a second, ebookraders keep the same screen until you push a button. You do not conciously notice the difference but parts of your brain do, as an effect most people get more tired when they read from an LCD-screen (or an CRT-screen). Ask any good neurobiologist. Tablets are not made for reading hours in a row, ebookreaders are.
I did a quick google and it looks like the IPad is 60 times a second. Maybe you are refering to TV broadcasts (like in the UK)?
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