Re: The Apple iPad and the future of e-ink ebook readers

>
> Richard, as far as I can tell, there's no medical or scientific evidence
> to support this frequently heard urban legend. Light is light, and your
> eyes can't tell the difference between photons emitted from the screen
> and photons reflected from the screen.
>
> I'd be happy to be informed that I'm wrong, if anyone has pointers to
> real studies on the subject.
>

According to ophthalmologists, backlighting is not bad for the eyes UNLESS
you are in a darkened room. With an appreciable amount of ambient light,
they say it's no worse than any other reading. In a darkened room, the
single area of light is not good. They also highly suggest reading from a
screen for vision impaired patients, since they say it's EASIER on the eyes
than the printed page. Just what I've heard from them. If they have studies
to back it, I don't have them.

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