Thread: Can you read complete books on an LCD screens?
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Old 05-06-2021, 08:34 AM   #30
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Originally Posted by DiapDealer View Post
For the same reasons people don't typically taste oranges when they're eating an apple?

Eink technology doesn't require non-ambient lighting for text to be seen on the screen. Text cannot be seen on LCD without some level of backlighting applied. As to why people tend to blast their eyes with "everything she's got cap'n" while using an LCD device... I don't know, you'll have to ask them. Mine is barely above 25% in the brightest of settings. It's as low as it goes (with the built-in blue-shade on) in the darkest.

Never knew I wasn't supposed to be able to comfortably read for long periods of time that way. Never listened to my parents when they told me watching TV in the dark was going to ruin my eyes either.

I hate to project, but I will.

I would guess that many (probably the majority) of eink users who read in the evening or night, have the front light on.

So why is it necessary to tell LCD readers to turn down the backlight, but not necessary to tell eink readers to down the light.
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