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Originally Posted by nana77
Hi, imho if you find a second hand tablet within Oled display, it could be better, specially for eyestrain, as the black pixels on those screens are disabled/off (otherwhise on LCD/IPS there is a background light anyway). If you can menage to read the documents within black background, that way could be better (imho). I guess that there are devices in that price range (e.g. Samsung Galaxy series).
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Never had any modern OLED device but I've heard that they have horrible PWM rates and could have burn-in issues with static books.
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Sorry if this would look weird, but for that case (imho again) an old laptop (sold at 70/80$) like the Thinkpad T480/T60 -and similar- series has a 4:3 screen, wich also is TFT matte: probably you would have to repleace a battery with a new one... but they where well build, within slots for auxiliary batteries too (if I recall it correctly), a good keyboard within the mouse button in the middle (some of those models -but it's not easy to find exacly- has a very good set of keycaps).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ThinkPad_T_series
https://deskthority.net/viewtopic.php?t=15457
You can easily menage to install a lightweight distribuition as Operating System.
The Thinkpad X230T has a convertible screen..
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I was wondering about convertible/2in1 laptop but realized that all those good options with nice screens, high ppi and good brightness levels do cost almost as much as new tablets. I've even considered odd screens like PixelQi with Thinkpad body, but again the cost and effort would be more than it's worth. But some people did it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNLMDiFjCjo
Weight of those laptops is also a downside, and power consumption/battery life dubious.
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Last spam, promised: Wacom MobileStudio Pro 13 Core i5 128GB at 300$ it's quite a deal.
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This thing looks neat, I didn't even know it exists. Sadly, several downsides: with 13.3" screen 16:9 is not that good for reading, battery life is probably short(and hard to replace), peak brightness is low and device itself is on the heavier side. I guess it's great for drawing and multimedia use but as an E-Book reader probably overkill.