I'm not recognising your descriptions, @rowe. Nxtpaper 3 is fine and eink is only better if the front light is off.
There is no difference at the same light level to reflected LEDs and rear lighting using LEDs.
The various epaper settings and enhancedments all make Nxtpaper devices worse. Best is with every gimmick off, and the non-default sRGB mode. Adjust colour balance, UI accent and brightness to suit. Then there is no temporal dither, glare, shine or flicker.
If an eink reader or Nxtpaper "white" is brighter than ordinary paper in lighting good enough to read paper, then it's too bright.
I've a Nxtpaper 40 4G, 50 5G, regular 11 and regular 14. My modern eink ereaders are only better if in decent reading light with the front light off.
I read novels at home on a Kobo Sage, and "on the go" on the Nxtpaper 50 5G (zero eye strain). Colour or large PDFs on the 11 or 14. The 11 is a bit nicer for notes/writing and 14 for PDF magazines. Most recent illustrated fixed layout novels are the Last Hero and Eric from Pratchett.
I'd not heard of the Ultra 60 or 8".
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