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Originally Posted by varlog
...When I start to read - white (no matter white on black or black on white) is too bright after more then ~35 minutes. Dimming doesn't help: it just dims the picture which is not what I want...
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Doesn't your reading application allow you to change the paper colour of the book, rather than just giving you black on white or white on black?
I've read eBooks on LCD devices for many years (lost count, but at least 15) and never had a problem, but I adjust the paper colour in the reader application. Even in my earlier reading days on PDA's the reading applications I used allowed one to select a range of tints for the paper. Now one often has near infinite adjustment of colour.
LCD white (RGB 255 255 255) is white but paper is not white. So, for example, RGB 255 255 241 for the paper and RGB 0 0 0 gives black print on a slightly sand tinted paper (which many papers are) or one can tint less if that seems a little too yellowed. Alternatively create a very slightly grey tinted paper with black print; doing so will lower the apparent contrast, but the contrast will still be way, way better than E Ink which has very poor contrast.
This is even more useful on AMOLED screens (such as on higher end phones and some tablets) which are high contrast, have very black blacks and very clean whites.