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Originally Posted by Atunah
I am really struggling reading the Scribd books on my Fire HD. Its large so of course its a bit heavy, but that isn't what is mostly bothering me. Its the backlit. My eyes start flickering after a while. I can't really describe it, but it feels like the letters start floating on me. I get the same when I stare at my computer for long time and read posts like these for too long. I have to move my eyes around to do other stuff and that is then distracting to me when I am trying to immerse myself.
That is really the problem, I can't get into the book and disappear like I can on e-ink. I am constantly aware of everything and its so much slower.
And yes, I have my light turned down, any more down and I'll need night vision goggles to see. 
I mean I still have to be able to see the letters, or my eyes really are straining.
Maybe some duper duper new small tablet would be better but I don't know that and I don't have the budget for one anyway. I suspect there won't be a lot of difference for my eyes though. My Fire HD isn't a bad tablet. Its the 2012 version, not the current one. But I have glanced at my hubbies ipad retina he has and that thing made me so dizzy just looking at the icons I gave it back. That thing is a vertigo machine.
So at the speed I am going right now trying to read a Scribd book on my tablet, I am not sure if its worth it for me. Its just not as much fun to read this way. I still have time, thanks to the generous free time, but it isn't looking good for me right now. |
Yep I get that when I read on my Kindle Fire too which is why I own my Nexus 7. The extra PPI and font rendering makes a super big world of difference. I never get eye strain reading on my Nexus 7 but I do reading everything else including eInk.