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Originally Posted by brecklundin
First eink was developed for profit and they could care less if it's easier on your eyes. The mfg just do not want to be sued.
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I'm not sure what this even means. Most products were developed with a profit motive. Who cares?
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Originally Posted by brecklundin
Next is the key....LCD displays "can be straining on people's eyes", unless of course, you understand you can adjust the color scheme used as well as turn down the backlight. I use FBReader on my N800 and have a wonderful cream-off-white background for most reading and simply invert the display for night lights-out reading. A properly configured color scheme and properly adjusted backlight will send no more "harmful" light into your eyes than the light reflected from an eink panel. It is just with LCD you have total control over that light.
I realize many, many, many people have bought into LCD displays being bad for your eyes, but none stop to admit if they ever took the time to properly adjust the display so it does not cause problems.
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LCD screens flicker while e-ink is static, and therein lies the difference for your eyes. Also, the light from an LCD and the light reflected from an e-ink panel are completely different wavelengths, so even if you turn the back-lighting down as low as it will go, it is still harder on the eye. It doesn't matter how much I tinker with an LCD, reading for an extended amount of time becomes painful. It's great that back-lit devices work for you, but many people (I would argue
most people) just don't have the eyes to read for too long on them.