[Sweetpea]

Originally Posted by bminata

1. Batt life.
2. LCD screen = eyesore for heavyreading.

Originally Posted by Nate the great

I use an LCD device as my primary reader, and haven't found that to be true. I think you've overgeneralized your dislike of LCD screens into an invalid conclusion.

Originally Posted by Abelturd

I totally agree. I've been using an lcd device as my primary reader for a while and I can confirm that the eyestrain is considerably bigger. :-P
3-6 hrs battery life for reading?

I've been reading on my LCD for 7 years(?) I've no problems with eyesore and I do a lot of heavy reading... I think it depends on the person. I've known people that could watch at a 60Hz CRT screen without getting a headache (while I got one just glancing at it...)

I did wonder how long I did with one battery charge on my PDA... I think I'll try to measure it this week...

Originally Posted by brecklundin

I agree...I do not have the backlight cranked all the way up and I adjust the background color to what works for me...I sense many who have such disdain for LCD readers have never even tried/thought of this ability. I happen to light a background that is slightly off-white in a yellow/brown parchment like tint. But some also will be more sensitive to the scan rate of the panel and thus prone to more easily reach a point of eye strain. Heck some people simply do not blink enough while reading which causes the eye to dry out and be felt as it that is eye strain.

When I read at night, I have a black screen with an off-white lettering. Works perfectly. When I'm reading in the sun (yes, I can read in direct sunlight), I've an off-white background with black lettering.

Which leads met to wonder what kind of LCD screen it is, transflective or not... I wonder if people who think that you can't read from a LCD screen ever seen a transflective screen. It makes all the world of a difference.

Comparing the two PDA's we have at home, one with a transflective screen and one with a more conventional display, I notice the main difference is the way the backlight works. On my PDA (the transflective one), you cannot see the backlight, it is evenly spaced across the screen. On the older PDA, you can see where the backlight is hidden behind the screen. There are two brighter areas. And you can't see anything on that older PDA if you're outside... While on my PDA, it doesn't matter at all whether I'm inside with the backlight on or outside, in full sun-light, with the backlight off.


Edit:
Some searching found me this:

Graphical-subsystem
Display+Type: color transflective TFT display
Display;Color;Depth: 16 bit/pixel (65536 scales)
Display-Diagonal: 7 " (178 millimetres)
Display+Resolution: 800 x 480 (384000 pixels)
Viewableisplay-Size: 6.01 " x 3.61 " (152.63 x 91.58 millimetres)
Dot_Pitch: 133.1 pixel/inch (0.19079 millimetre/pixel)

It is starting to look better and better!