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Originally Posted by leebase
I turn 50 in a couple months and read for hours on end on my iPad. YMMV, but the notion that the general populace has a problem reading on tablets has long been debunked
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I own an iPad Air and three Kindles. The only reason I'm still using my iPad is because it's the only device that can handle PDFs fast and properly.
I'm a professional SQL DBA and most of my books are IT related books. Those books use lot of TSQL code and images and 6 inches screen are just not big enough. They are getting better though, because Amazon formatting is reflowing fonts and images in a better way, but nothing can beat a tablet when you are reading a full color PDF. Not at this moment.
Now, try to read for more than one hour on an iPad vs doing the same in an Eink reader. Your eyes will notice the difference. This is because the way eink works. Some people won't notice it too much (maybe you) others will notice it more. But it's a fact.
The point is, the issue is very real. But most people won't have to worry about it. Or they have never used an eink device so they can't really tell.
The main two reasons why eink is still better than LCD:
-No aperture ratio loss
-No parallax
Those two basically make black look more black and white look more white, regardless of the distance at here your holding the device.
An interesting fact. While coming back from Seattle, two weeks ago, I met an en eye doctor in the plane and he basically was telling me that he participated in recent studies that show how people over certain age are getting worse and worse in terms of reading due the prolonged and more use of LCD devices, like tablets. True? Don't know. But it was an interesting comment coming from a person that treat people with eye problems every day.