Anyone know of a Tablet without LED or LED backlighting...

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Hi All...

I was wondering if any of you know of a tablet which does not have a LED or LED backlit screen?
I know it's a weird question but my brother has an eye condition which is made worse by LED so I am looking for something LCD.

Thanks
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I doubt very much you going to get anything modern that still uses CCFL backlighting, it doesn't make sense to use this as it's a lot more power hungry than LED. You can however find old tablets with these specs, but they are pretty outdated now even compared to cheap entry level tablets of today.
 
possibly a privacy screen (or whatever they are called) will help?
 
DarrenFord said:
Hi All...

I was wondering if any of you know of a tablet which does not have a LED or LED backlit screen?
I know it's a weird question but my brother has an eye condition which is made worse by LED so I am looking for something LCD.

Thanks
D
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It's not the LED back light that's the real issue. It's that LCD isn't meant for reading. He needs something with an IPS screen.
 
DarrenFord said:
Hi All...

I was wondering if any of you know of a tablet which does not have a LED or LED backlit screen?
I know it's a weird question but my brother has an eye condition which is made worse by LED so I am looking for something LCD.

Thanks
D
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What about a Kindle? Its not backlite and uses epaper. My eyes are very very light sensitve and the Kindle is a joy to read. You can also surf the net, not much of a user experience but its possible
 
cbrunsdonza said:
What about a Kindle? Its not backlite and uses eink. My eyes are very very light sensitve and the Kindle is a joy to read. You can also surf the net, not much of a user experience but its possible
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ftfy
 
You're not going to find any portable device that isn't LED or LED backlit
The only option would be epaper like the kindle.

Why would LED be a problem vs CCFL though?
 
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Any of the e-ink Kindles, but NOT the Kindle Fire which is a different beast entirely -- like an iPad, it has a backlit screen, where the Kindle readers have easy-on-the-eye non-backlit e-ink displays which are almost identical to reading a printed book page
 
You pretty much screwed since an LCD is useless with out backlighting which is done by LED's. I think however something like AMOLED which isn't necessarily backlit in the same way as an LCD might help him. What is the main use of his tablet going to be?
 
xumwun said:
You're not going to find any portable device that isn't LED or LED backlit
The only option would be epaper like the kindle.

Why would LED be a problem vs CCFL though?
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Hi there its not easy to explain he has uveitis and whenever he watches an LED or LED backlit tv or ipad etc its causes a flare up of the eyes. LCD without LED backlight does not however :(
 
Guantanamo said:
You pretty much screwed since an LCD is useless with out backlighting which is done by LED's. I think however something like AMOLED which isn't necessarily backlit in the same way as an LCD might help him. What is the main use of his tablet going to be?
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It's going to be for general purpose but also a lot of reading etc.
I'm going to tell him to look into the AMOLED
 
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