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Originally Posted by AnotherCat
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.
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I can't turn my LED screens down any further and still read them.
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Originally Posted by AnotherCat
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.
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Not comfortably. At least not for me. There's got to be enough contrast for me to see the letters.
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Originally Posted by AnotherCat
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%. |
Coincidentally, I'm not gaga over the new reader in Calibre. As a matter of fact I'm planning on finding a way to get and use the old one. (I like page numbers.) As for "not knowing how to set up LCD screens..." I don't really want to make a career out of learning the art of doing that — this is something I don't have to worry about on eInk screens. This sounds a lot like Microsoft blaming the user for Blue Screens of Death in Windows. "Well... if only you had made a detailed study on how to keep our crap running..."
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Originally Posted by AnotherCat
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.
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Why should you WANT to convince anybody of anything? I'm happy with my low-maintenance, easy to use, eInk readers. If you want to waste your time finding the "competent way" to set up LCD screens for the optimal LCD reading experience... knock yourself out. This is a not a problem for me.
I'll keep reading with the devices that don't give me dry-eye. Non-problem solved.