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I tested three different 'eye-friendly' displays so you don't have to

Displays are finally prioritizing human health over visual quality. These three are on the cutting-edge.

When an e-reader like the Boox Palma draws an image — like the text in a book or a picture in a manga — the pigments are energized to create a specific level of gray and then stay in place until moved again. It's not impossible to watch videos or play games on certain e-readers — the Boox Tab Ultra I've used for this article is a great example of one that doesn't refresh fast enough for these use cases — but it's not as nice to view this kind of content an on e-ink display as it is an LCD or OLED. Honor uses true 10-bit display panels, so there’s no need for color dithering as the TCL NXTPAPER Tab 10 has, but the direct light from LED photons may still trigger headaches for the most sensitive users.

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