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How is the ipad on the eyes? My eyes get tired from reading from a laptop screen at night. Is the ipad better?

by jules 16y ago

Herring 16y ago
I find it easier on my eyes, but YMMV. http://imgur.com/jPXrT http://imgur.com/jPXrT
verisimilitude 16y ago
Consider color temperature when reading at night: http://stereopsis.com/flux/ http://stereopsis.com/flux/
- idlewords 16y ago
  Consider your sanity when using flux. It has all kinds of weird interactions with other software (VMWare especially was unusable with Flux installed), and it's also very stupid about time zone changes. I ultimately ended up just uninstalling it out of frustration.
  - tremendo 16y ago
    Maybe Redshift will work better for you? http://jonls.dk/redshift/ http://jonls.dk/redshift/
ihodes 16y ago
To be honest, I can read on my laptop for a long, long time without my eyes getting sore. I do think the iPad is better on the eyes, though, as I have read books on the iPad in few sittings without problems. My parents also report no eye strain.
epochwolf 16y ago
iPad is definitely easier on the eyes. I can read continously for eight hours or more without eyestrain.
ugh 16y ago
It obviously is exactly the same because the iPad uses a laptop screen. (It has a higher quality IPS and not the usual TN panel [1] but I don’t think that matters a great deal. IPS panels have better color reproduction and better viewing angles, that’s the only difference to lower quality LCD panels.) The iPad screen has even a similar number of pixels per inch compared to current laptops. (A 15" laptop with a resolution of 1680×1050 has, like the iPad, about 130 ppi.) As far as readability goes, it’s probably currently the best color video screen you can get in the market [2], you can probably do better if all you need is grayscale without video. [1] You can get laptops with IPS panels but they are pretty exotic and more expensive. [2] As in: the best technology for the job (compared to, for example, e-ink), not the best LCD panel in the market.
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- ihodes 16y ago
  The newest Macbook pros have roughly the same PPI. Old laptops do not; there is a difference. Just like reading on a CRT is more unpleasant than reading on a newer IPS, reading on the iPad is more pleasant than reading on most laptops. The other factors that make reading on an iPad more pleasant for me are: 1) Angle (I hold it like I want it) 2) Location (I hold it where I want it) 3) Duration (I hold it for 10 hours–or lay it on its back, or prop it up…) So it's not only better on the eyes, but the back and neck.
- Derbasti 16y ago
  Note that the iPad screen brightness can be turned down very far. Note that most reading software even includes some option to additionally turn the brightness down by basically putting a grey filter of the screen. Note that most reading software (not iBooks) includes a white-on-black mode. With all that you can turn down the brightness to absurdly low levels that are not achievable with laptop software.
- maguay 16y ago
  Another thing that's better about reading on iPad versus a laptop or desktop LCD screen is that you can hold it almost any angle. To me, that's the best advantage. I read and write a lot on my iPad, and being able to sit with it at a more comfortable angle is a huge advantage to me. It definitely feels better on my eyes after looking at a desktop monitor for hours. That'd be subjective, though, but my experience is that the iPad feels easier on my eyes. That said, I'm not sure if it's better on your neck versus a standard laptop in your lap. My neck hurts if I'm using a netbook on my lap too long, so I'm always using it at a desk or table. It never feels that bad typing in my lap on iPad, though.
forgottenpaswrd 16y ago
The iPad have more quality screen that almost all laptops, but if your eyes get tired, maybe you need to change your environment too. The eyes are very complex, there are a lot of things you can do to improve: 1)use lights to illuminate the room, sounds stupid but your environment needs to have the same luminosity than your screens, because when you glaze at it it needs accommodation of the eyes. 2) Adjust the screen global luminosity, refer to 1. 3)If you can, like on linux, change your window theme to a dark one, so light contrast do not fatigue your eyes, something like this will do: http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Atolm?content=136789 http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Atolm?content=136789 4)Change your browser default background and text foreground colors at night(background of 90% web pages use to be white, with so much bright areas, better bright on dark than dark on write). It will look bad at first but your eyes will improve a lot.

How is the ipad on the eyes? My eyes get tired from reading from a laptop screen at night. Is the ipad better?

by jules 16y ago

How is the ipad on the eyes? My eyes get tired from reading from a laptop screen at night. Is the ipad better?

Herring 16y ago

I find it easier on my eyes, but YMMV. http://imgur.com/jPXrT http://imgur.com/jPXrT

verisimilitude 16y ago

Consider color temperature when reading at night: http://stereopsis.com/flux/ http://stereopsis.com/flux/

idlewords 16y ago
Consider your sanity when using flux. It has all kinds of weird interactions with other software (VMWare especially was unusable with Flux installed), and it's also very stupid about time zone changes. I ultimately ended up just uninstalling it out of frustration.
- tremendo 16y ago
  Maybe Redshift will work better for you? http://jonls.dk/redshift/ http://jonls.dk/redshift/

ihodes 16y ago

To be honest, I can read on my laptop for a long, long time without my eyes getting sore. I do think the iPad is better on the eyes, though, as I have read books on the iPad in few sittings without problems. My parents also report no eye strain.

epochwolf 16y ago

iPad is definitely easier on the eyes. I can read continously for eight hours or more without eyestrain.

ugh 16y ago

It obviously is exactly the same because the iPad uses a laptop screen. (It has a higher quality IPS and not the usual TN panel [1] but I don’t think that matters a great deal. IPS panels have better color reproduction and better viewing angles, that’s the only difference to lower quality LCD panels.) The iPad screen has even a similar number of pixels per inch compared to current laptops. (A 15" laptop with a resolution of 1680×1050 has, like the iPad, about 130 ppi.) As far as readability goes, it’s probably currently the best color video screen you can get in the market [2], you can probably do better if all you need is grayscale without video. [1] You can get laptops with IPS panels but they are pretty exotic and more expensive. [2] As in: the best technology for the job (compared to, for example, e-ink), not the best LCD panel in the market.

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ihodes 16y ago
The newest Macbook pros have roughly the same PPI. Old laptops do not; there is a difference. Just like reading on a CRT is more unpleasant than reading on a newer IPS, reading on the iPad is more pleasant than reading on most laptops. The other factors that make reading on an iPad more pleasant for me are: 1) Angle (I hold it like I want it) 2) Location (I hold it where I want it) 3) Duration (I hold it for 10 hours–or lay it on its back, or prop it up…) So it's not only better on the eyes, but the back and neck.
Derbasti 16y ago
Note that the iPad screen brightness can be turned down very far. Note that most reading software even includes some option to additionally turn the brightness down by basically putting a grey filter of the screen. Note that most reading software (not iBooks) includes a white-on-black mode. With all that you can turn down the brightness to absurdly low levels that are not achievable with laptop software.
maguay 16y ago
Another thing that's better about reading on iPad versus a laptop or desktop LCD screen is that you can hold it almost any angle. To me, that's the best advantage. I read and write a lot on my iPad, and being able to sit with it at a more comfortable angle is a huge advantage to me. It definitely feels better on my eyes after looking at a desktop monitor for hours. That'd be subjective, though, but my experience is that the iPad feels easier on my eyes. That said, I'm not sure if it's better on your neck versus a standard laptop in your lap. My neck hurts if I'm using a netbook on my lap too long, so I'm always using it at a desk or table. It never feels that bad typing in my lap on iPad, though.

forgottenpaswrd 16y ago

The iPad have more quality screen that almost all laptops, but if your eyes get tired, maybe you need to change your environment too. The eyes are very complex, there are a lot of things you can do to improve: 1)use lights to illuminate the room, sounds stupid but your environment needs to have the same luminosity than your screens, because when you glaze at it it needs accommodation of the eyes. 2) Adjust the screen global luminosity, refer to 1. 3)If you can, like on linux, change your window theme to a dark one, so light contrast do not fatigue your eyes, something like this will do: http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Atolm?content=136789 http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Atolm?content=136789 4)Change your browser default background and text foreground colors at night(background of 90% web pages use to be white, with so much bright areas, better bright on dark than dark on write). It will look bad at first but your eyes will improve a lot.