That's because paper requires you to adjust your ambient lighting to achieve proper settings. A good LCD like the Touch can be adjusted to whatever light you have.
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CES 2010: Hands On Pixel Qi Screen, Upcoming Tegra 2 Tablets
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That's because paper requires you to adjust your ambient lighting to achieve proper settings. A good LCD like the Touch can be adjusted to whatever light you have.
Yes, another device where I don't create any content beyond a sentence or do a single thing.
The tablet will simply DO much more with content than the Iphone does. This will require menus. But we shall see.
I tried saying this and promptly had my post removed.
This has nothing to do with "Mac rumours"
This screen technology was reported on in December - and it was shown that Steve/Apple has ties to them. Did you complain in that thread? I linked to it earlier....
But i'm not sure how new screen technology that addresses issues of long term reading comfort isn't pertinent with the talk of a possible pending Apple tablet, rumored to be aimed at "reading".
AND, the hands-on becomes a "follow-up" story to something posted in December talking about the new screens. Now we have the "we got to touch it for ourselves".
ANYWAY.... to each his own.....
ETA: Link to original MacRumors coverage.... https://www.macrumors.com/2009/12/11/3qi-screen-technology-shipping-in-time-for-apple-tablet/
it's simple to imagine. the screens they cheaped-out on for the 2007-2008 MacBooks and iMacs are terrible, but they still sell because it's apple.
No, it is not "a fact". It's a marketing ploy.
You don't understand lumens. Your eyes need even lighting, and not too much directly pointed at you, regardless of what you are doing. People give themselves headaches (or at least get over-tired) by looking at things with uneven lighting, it causes strain. TVs, computer screens, books, etc. It doesn't matter if the ambient is too bright or too dim, both can cause this. Most people are probably reading more often in ambient light close to what they need for books, and I suppose e-ink. Doing it properly more often does not mean the product is better, it means people are idiots as soon as they use something else.
TVs and computer screens and iPod/PDA/smartphone screens are set too bright by almost everybody. It's insane. I tell people about this all the time, 99% don't listen. Like you.
Cnet actually reviews TVs claiming they should give a 40+ ftL lumen output, based on ambient light. Funny, the experts that actually create TV and movie tech standards at THX and SMPTE claim it should be 17 ftL.
I can read on my Touch for hours with no headaches. I can watch the entire Lord of the Rings trilogy in one day with no headaches. Proper settings. Couldn't do this before I learned about it.
and I swear I'm not picking on anyone
No, it is not "a fact". It's a marketing ploy.
You don't understand lumens. Your eyes need even lighting, and not too much directly pointed at you, regardless of what you are doing. People give themselves headaches (or at least get over-tired) by looking at things with uneven lighting, it causes strain. TVs, computer screens, books, etc. It doesn't matter if the ambient is too bright or too dim, both can cause this. Most people are probably reading more often in ambient light close to what they need for books, and I suppose e-ink. Doing it properly more often does not mean the product is better, it means people are idiots as soon as they use something else.
TVs and computer screens and iPod/PDA/smartphone screens are set too bright by almost everybody. It's insane. I tell people about this all the time, 99% don't listen. Like you.
Cnet actually reviews TVs claiming they should give a 40+ ftL lumen output, based on ambient light. Funny, the experts that actually create TV and movie tech standards at THX and SMPTE claim it should be 17 ftL.
I can read on my Touch for hours with no headaches. I can watch the entire Lord of the Rings trilogy in one day with no headaches. Proper settings. Couldn't do this before I learned about it.
and I swear I'm not picking on anyone
I can concur with you on your comments, especially regarding lumen output of TVs. I did not know about that in detail, but thanks for providing that information.
We bought a HDTV this holiday season and I and my wife could not stand the torch effect of LCDs. Granted plasmas looked little dull in stores, but when we had it at home, we set out panasonic plasma on THX settings. I can swear we can watch TV many hours on end and no strain to eyes. On the other hand sitting in front of my computer 22 inch LCD gives me headache all the time, no matter what settings I use, or have good lighting in my study room.
If this was going into an Apple product, meaning Apple felt it was good enough to have, why would they just use their $33 billion to buy them out so no one else can have it?
The only reason I could think is if they want it to be popular to drive the cost down to them. But then competitors have access to core technology...I don't know.
The only reason I could think is if they want it to be popular to drive the cost down to them. But then competitors have access to core technology...I don't know.