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Originally Posted by barryem
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Originally Posted by viceant
I believe you but I don't understand why is it so. At last, light reflected or emitted is light, photons whith a wave lenght and energy. The unique difference is on a eink screen you don't have colors, you do have a limited range of wave lenght light, as you know. Have you tried a LCD B/W and low brightness?
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I guess it's true that light is light but it seems there are differences in reflected light and direct light. As the old saying goes, the proof is in the pudding. This is a common problem, not something unique with me. It doesn't bother a lot of people. It does bother a lot of people.
I read on my phone using an app that let's me control the brightness and I set the brightness as low as I can and I still have the problem. On an LCD screen (my old phone) it was 15 or 20 minutes and then I better stop for a few minutes. Then another 15 or 20 minutes.
My new phone has an AMOLED screen, which doesn't have a backlight, and it extends my reading to about 25 or 30 minutes. Then a break before another session. AMOLED has pixels that generate light.
I've done all sorts of experimenting. The thing that does work somewhat is to reverse the screen and have white text on a black screen. I haven't tried that on my AMOLED screen but on my old LCD phone that let me read a bit longer per session. Given the way AMOLED works my guess is that would be even more effective with it but I haven't tried it yet. I don't really like reading on a reversed screen.
I have a neighbor with a 10" tablet and I once offered to put a movie on it that he wanted to see. His answer was that it wouldn't be possible to watch a whole movie on such a small screen. I do it all the time, as do a lot of people. But he figured it out and he knows it's not possible and he won't waste his time trying it. Sometimes things just aren't the way we figure them out.
Barry |
Just out of curiosity are you nearsighted?