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Originally Posted by lillfjant
So I'm shopping around for an academic e-reader and have recently (actually only like the past 5 minutes) been thinking if I should give the ipad a try even though there's no e-ink.
What I'm most worried about is that I'll get eye fatigue since I usually get it when reading on a normal laptop screen. So I'm looking for your experiences in this department, especially from the ones of you reading a lot of academic (mathematical) PDFs.
I heard about a white text on black background featured which I think sounds like something that would lessen eye strain. But how does this work with mathematical texts with graphs etc? Does it come out well and easily readable still?
Lastly (and I understand I will get a biased opinion from you guys), for purely academic reading, would you recommend an ipad or Kindle DXi?
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eye strain is primarily caused by over brightness of a screen and by sitting with the eyes focused at one distance for a long duration.
eink tends to reduce this to nothing because it isnt bright(however reading e-ink in dim light can cause fatigue) THE main benefit that reduces eye strain is the way we read e-ink as it is on a portable device the distance to our eyes moves and we tend to look away more and can sit more comfortably thus allowing our eye muscles to not get strained from staring at a fixed distance.
The iPad if you set the brightness right has many of the benefits of e-ink and so far i have suffered no eye problems in MANY hours of reading.