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Originally Posted by rcentros
I don't know the science, but I know from experience that LED screens cause "dry-eye" in my right eye (if I use my laptop, tablet or desktop too long I have to lubricate my eye with drops). Probably because I had Bell's Palsy. Front lit readers don't do this. I can read for hours without this issue. That's basically all the "science" I need on this subject. I don't know the "hows or whys" what I know is the results in my case.
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Turn the brightness way down. LCD/OLED displays have orders of magnitudes better contrast than E Ink so one can have the screen brightness much lower than that from a reflective screen. Don't use your eye issue as an excuse.
The better reading apps (PocketBook and Moon+ Reader, for example) allow one to reduce the brightness to very low levels. In a lit room they will reduce the brightness to a level where the screen background is basically dark but which in a dark room provides a very low level glow. Again, because of their contrast abilities one can read on them with much lower illumination than reflective displays.
The main issue with LCD/OLED is that people just do not know how to set them up and so blame the display, whereas E Ink works out of the box but that within the limits of its less capable display. One can see something similar in the threads on the recent upgrade of Calibre Viewer, people cannot work out even the most basic things for themselves and then claim the upgrade is rubbish
. Similar applies to PC displays, people complain of headaches, eye discomfort, etc. and when investigated it is because of too bright a display; it is not unusual to find that the display brightness is set as high as 100%.
But I know, one will never convince E Ink fans that any of that is so, psychological capture and promotion of the "wonders" of their reflective displays by ereader manufacturers. I am not married to either of transmissive or reflective, I use both transmissive and reflective displays but choose that which is most technically competent for the task - in the case of reading transmissive is the most competent when set up properly.