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Originally Posted by clarknova
True, unless you're using eInk to read books, at which point refresh rate is pretty irrelevant. Unless you're that guy from the Great Space Coaster, in which case you might need something faster.
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This is not true. Many readers wish for much faster response times and navigation ability. If all you do is slowly, linearly follow each word in a book the way you did in elementary school, then yes slow is satisfactory. People with advanced reading skills aren't always so simplistic in their textual navigation.
I am always disappointed when I hear the "reading" defense of e-ink. Yes, it works for low-level reading. It's pretty poor for dynamic reading. Neither belongs on a high horse, but one side has a legitimate problem with the technology that the other tries to deny.
The way I read fiction novels, I can adjust to be more compatible with e-ink. Can't do the same with most of my other reading though. To me, the lack of speed is crippling, and I'll stick with a PC or paper for all dynamic reading, because e-ink readers are insufficient for [that kind of] reading.