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I think this whole thread is not really a debate! It's just a total random amount of users posting in one or the other camp!
It's been said before, LCD reads from just as nice as e-ink! Those who don't believe it, get a jetbook or a jetbook mini, and be amazed (since they have a reflective LCD technology)
For all the others out there, if you wouldn't put your monitors so freaking bright, you might actually walk away reading on a screen without a headache!
The key in all of this is balance! The right contrast with the right brightness, are enough to fool your brain into thinking you're actually reading from an e-ink screen, as the ONLY difference between LCD and e-ink that your brain/eyes can register is the amount of photons being emitted/reflected from the screen!
In other words, the ONLY thing that makes a difference is the CONTRAST and the BRIGHTNESS!
Set your LCD to the same values as you can see your e-ink has (same bright, same contrast) and reading from it will be actually the same as e-ink.
Having said that, most LCD monitors won't allow you to go so low in nits, as they have a 300nits screen, and you'll need well below 50 to get the same effect as an e-ink screen (perhaps even below 10).
But I guess this FACT will be seen by some as a personal opinion, as those individuals will never come to ACTUALLY TEST this theory, either by not being able to, or by not wanting to be found wrong, and thus these facts will be totally neglected and forgotten.
In such case I'd say, happy reading; you will always have problems reading an LCD until you actually DO the steps, so they can be proven correct, and you can reap the benefits of them!
But then again, everyone is free to choose NOT to try it out, and ignorantly believe that all LCD's are bad for reading... However their ignorance should prove the level of their knowledge of the topic.
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