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Old 08-26-2014, 02:29 AM   #96
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Originally Posted by Catlady View Post
Every time I hear people sing the praises of e-ink and complain about LCD screens, I wonder how they can blithely accept the horrible flashing you get when you turn a page with an e-ink device. When I was first looking for an e-reader just a few years back, I looked at Kindles and Nooks in B&M stores; when I tried them out, that page flash was an immediate deal breaker.

I haven't looked an e-ink device since. That flashing was headache-inducing and annoying as heck. For me, that outweighs anything else that might be a possible advantage of e-ink over LCD.
Headache inducing? Then you cannot watch a CRT screen at all, I presume. And get headaches when in an office building with those tube lightning fixtures... They flash for more often than you turning a page...

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Originally Posted by DuckieTigger View Post
It still flashes, but not usually with every page turn no more. The duration of the flash is greatly reduced with each new generation - tried my prs300 the other day and that flash is horribly long and annoying compared to what my PW does. It becomes less notiveable/annoying with time, but don't believe anybody that tells you it goes away and you tune it out completely. You will always notice.
I hope you won't ever read a paper book anymore, because that flash is even logner than the one on my BeBook Mini...


The problem I have with most reading software on tablets is that they insist in implementing a fake page turning animation. In my eyes, that's about a thousand times worse than any flashing even an antiquated e-ink device does. Especially since it's absolutely not required...
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