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Originally Posted by tommyer
My question is more specific. Are the screens of the IPad pro devices much superior to the average phone or computer screen with regards to eye strain? Furthermore, are they so much superior that they can almost or actually match Eink screens with regards to eye strain?
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Comparing reading on my Kobo Aura One, an iPad 9.7" screen and a Nexus tablet, for fiction the KA1 wins hands down -- the ability to read in bright light and the matte screen are winners for fiction. When it comes to PDF manuals and my laptop is not available, the iPad is my goto device with the Nexus tablet second. The faster CPU, more RAM, etc. makes using them reading PDFs especially when I have multiple PDFs open, a no brainer choice. OTOH, I've been stuck where I had to use the KA1 for PDFs and it was not pleasant but allowed me to finish my tasks.
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Originally Posted by tommyer
Personally, my LCD-monitor is rather old. But there is something, I guess is more common on LCD-devices, personally speaking, namely that I screw up or squint my eyes a little bit while reading or watching it from a close distance. I guess, that some kind of dazzling, because of the backlight, might be the reason. It's not dramatic, it's subtle. Then again, I should try to dim the backlight and see if I stop the little screwing of my eyes. Personally it is a distantly similar effect, if I want to look at something accurately and sharply without my glasses on ( I am shortsighted, but I can read and recognize easily letters in front of a monitor, tablet or reader without my glasses).
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I'm near sighted and my left and right eye have very different prescriptions so I have my progressives for normal wear and unifocal glasses for computer work. I find that watching TV from ~2.5 metres or my laptop screen from ~.7 metres doesn't bother my eyes but reading on my LCD tablets causes my eyes to start bothering me after ~1 hour or about 1/2 hour reading on my phone. In contrast, I read for several hours on my KA1 without my eyes bothering me. I don't think it is connected to brightness settings or refresh rates, both of which have been suggested.