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Old 09-05-2013, 02:20 AM   #6
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Originally Posted by Julius Caesar View Post
However, I would prefer to read using a dedicated eink reader with front light. A front light device like Paperwhite or Aura HD do not shine light to your eyes. Instead it shines light to the device first and then reflect the light to your eyes. A back light LCD like Nexus 7 and all other tablet computers shine light directly to your eyes. Giving you an eyestrain for a long time reading.
Speaking with my physicist's hat on, this is nonsensical. Your eyes don't "know" if a photon has travelled directly to them, or been reflected from a screen first. If you get eyestrain from an LCD screen it simply means that you have the backlight turned up too high. Turn the brightness down.
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