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Originally Posted by JSWolf
What I don't get is when some say that they cannot read from an LCD screen because it bothers their eyes and yet on an eInk screen with a front light, they keep the light way too bright. So how is that overly bright front light not bothering their eyes? I think it could be psychosomatic because they think LCD is not good so they say it's not good yet eInk with too bright a light is not good.
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Because a front light by it's very nature works differently from a back light? A back light is basically shining light straight at you. A front light is shining light across the screen like a lamp behind you. One has the source of the light shining directly into your eyes, the other is reflected light. It's not quite the same. You're probably OKAY to look at stuff lit by a 100W light bulb in a small room, looking at even a 40W light bulb directly is a different story. Also since the eInk screen can reflect ambient light as well it doesn't need to be cranked as high to appear as bright as an LCD in the same room.