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Old 02-15-2010, 12:27 PM   #97
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Originally Posted by Kali Yuga View Post
OK, quick question then. Have there been any (presumably recent) empirical studies that compare paper, eInk / epapers, LCD's, and CRT's, in terms of both eyestrain and reading comprehension?

The only studies I've seen so far are a bit older, were mostly paper vs CRT, in which CRT's fared poorly with both eye strain and reading comprehension.
Going by my own personal experiences I've read books off of CRT monitors, LCD (monitors, PDA and smartphone) and eInk and that's the order they are in decreasing amounts of eye strain after prolonged reading.

I find eInk to be by far the best technology for actually sitting down and reading books which entails focussing on text over a prolonged period as opposed to say using a browser on a monitor where you are constantly looking around the screen and away from it.
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