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Originally Posted by Sweetpea
Wrong.
E-ink is definitely much easier on the eyes if there is enough surrounding light. You try to read an e-ink device in our livingroom, in the evenings. Or even on a cloudy day. You need to sit in the one particular corner where there is a floor light. A paper book is readable, without too much problem. E-ink becomes a chore.
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Not wrong at all.
You need more light you provide more light. Our lounge room is poorly lit, a legacy of the low light 70's where single recessed downlights in each living space was the fad. We have a floor lamp next to the modular lounge that provides perfect light for reading a book or ereader.
If I sat down in that room with an backlit LED screen (notebook et al) then the glare from the lower light would give me an eye strain headache in less than half an hour. Add the floor lamp to that and the glare makes the LCD screen even worse.
No different from any other room in our house.
I used to travel with my PDA before I got a second ereader. When I read, I read with lights out so not to disturb my wife. The glare from the LCD screen, the only light source in the room, laid the grounds for an eyestrain headache the next day.
Note that this is MY experience. I can only speak from that perception.