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Old 02-13-2023, 12:40 AM   #13
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Originally Posted by rashkae View Post
You weren't replying to me, but I feel as though it would apply. Actually, I probably have much *worse* vision than you. I'm fairly nearsighted, and like to read with my glasses off, so I hold books/readers very close to my face. With a small font size, the difference is *very* noticeable.

I also have to set all e-ink readers to refresh every page. That's very noticeable as well.
I guess it depends on how you define better and worse. I couldn't read with the reader up close to my face - glasses or no glasses (I normally wear multifocals). Close-up vision is one of the things I really miss from my youth. With vision like I used to have I might even have been able to repair the Aura One! (Well, maybe not, vision wouldn't make me any more skilled with a soldering iron and I never was that good. )

Still, it's interesting that you can see such a noticeable difference.

I just got out a magnifying glass and still have trouble picking it. Side-by-side I can see there is a difference, I can see that the Libra 2 doesn't need so much brightness to achieve the same level of contrast, but it's not obvious when the readers are apart.

Last edited by gmw; 02-13-2023 at 07:09 AM. Reason: Blindspot correction: Libra not Libre
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