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Demas · 02-17-2010, 07:38 PM

I can't see Dawn's post but if I had to guess, it's an inane deck-stacking comment like:

"Bright LCDs are blinding, shriek!" ignoring, completely, that bright reflective reading is detrimental too... and that good habits, preclude using stupidly bright levels of lighting for ANY display. And, undoubtedly, Dawn has not cited any authority who suggests that changing to e-ink rather than changing habits. If you search for any authority on eyestrain they will NEVER attribute it to voodoo, it will always be things like focal length, rest, blinking, etc. E-ink isn't magic.

How close am I?

btw, LtC, I missed your question between displays... LCD screens update independently of their backlights, florescent backlights use electronic ballasts and flicker at 20,000 Hz... no more onerous- if not better- than most of artificial lightning. LED backlighting uses direct current and doesn't flicker at all... in fact, better than incandescent light which you might be using to read reflectively.

02-17-2010, 07:38 PM	#131
Demas Connoisseur Posts: 63 Karma: 90 Join Date: Feb 2010 Device: Notion Ink Adam	I can't see Dawn's post but if I had to guess, it's an inane deck-stacking comment like: "Bright LCDs are blinding, shriek!" ignoring, completely, that bright reflective reading is detrimental too... and that good habits, preclude using stupidly bright levels of lighting for ANY display. And, undoubtedly, Dawn has not cited any authority who suggests that changing to e-ink rather than changing habits. If you search for any authority on eyestrain they will NEVER attribute it to voodoo, it will always be things like focal length, rest, blinking, etc. E-ink isn't magic. How close am I? btw, LtC, I missed your question between displays... LCD screens update independently of their backlights, florescent backlights use electronic ballasts and flicker at 20,000 Hz... no more onerous- if not better- than most of artificial lightning. LED backlighting uses direct current and doesn't flicker at all... in fact, better than incandescent light which you might be using to read reflectively.