[Faeryink]

Hello,

I bought an Onyx Nova Pro with a front light feature, and I was intending to use it for some outdoor sketching and a companion ereader for my large Onyx Boox Max 2 Pro (4 GB RAM version). I spent 24 hours with the Nova and my eyes hurt as they do when I am drawing with an IPad. I have been using similar ambient light conditions, and I am sad that it still hurts. Obviously, I have gone back to my beloved Boox Max 2 Pro.

I tried using the Nova Pro with the light turned off and just use the same light source I have for the Onyx Boox Max 2 Pro. Doesnt work, I have the same issue with Likebook Mars which I have owned for over 3 months.

So people who have light sensitivity and suffer from eyestrains please do consider the non-lit ereaders first. I am worried that almost everyone is demanding Frontlight in the devices and I really don't think from my experience so far that simply turning off the light works. The surface texture on my Onyx Boox Max 2 Pro with the official matt screen protector interacts with the incident light source than on the frontlit readers.

I am worried that I might not have any options left in the next 5 years, when most e-ink reader companies will be forced to switch to Frontlit screens with popular demand. For people who keep telling me that simply turn the frontlight off, and I will say sorry it doesnt work. So this for me is a worrying prospect.