Sentences with phrase «about reading on the screen»

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That 7 - inch screen has just about the lowest resolution you can get — 1,024 x 600 pixels — and yet it's sufficient for things like games, movies and, if you're not hung up on print - quality text, reading.

The first is just the observation that I bought what amounts to a 1.5 million dollar laptop screen with bitcoin back when it was a newfangled science project, much like the million dollar pizzas one reads about on the web.

But the vast majority of people will be disturbed just by reading about these scenes, let alone viewing them on the big screen.

It was constant, with bright screens turned on about every three minutes, message read, screen dimmed for a little bit... then.......

Although I don't advocate sitting your child in front of a screen for hours every day (you can read about research into screen time and babies here) it was pretty helpful to kill 20 - minutes on the airplane with a bored little boy!

The more I read and hear about the current research on the effects of screen time on our children's eyes, brains and bodies, the more I am convinced of the need for setting up really firm guidelines for daily electronics use.

As one example of new content, if you'd like to read about reflux, press the index button «R.» On the next screen (right), below each index heading are buttons with page titles that correspond to every page within the app where that topic is mentioned.

How reading on screens differs from reading on paper is relevant not just to the youngest among us, but to just about everyone who reads — to anyone who routinely switches between working long hours in front of a computer at the office and leisurely reading paper magazines and books at home; to people who have embraced e-readers for their convenience and portability, but admit that for some reason they still prefer reading on paper; and to those who have already vowed to forgo tree pulp entirely.

Read about diagnostics and screening for disease prevention on page 9 - 10 in the report.

Among many subjects, read about the spontaneous disappearance of a cancerous tumor thanks to «chi (life energy) treatment» monitored on - screen via ultrasound!

That border is something I've been going back and forth about for a while too, but then I read something about a black border neutralizing everything on your page (hence the black border around the Apple screens) and figured to give it a try Thanks for your comment!

Yet if you're old enough to read this and you find yourself at a screening, try thinking about the munchkins who worked so hard on the psychedelic scenery.

Sounds like an interesting premise — one I've read enough on but would still be interested in hearing people actually talk about it on screen.

About Photo # 2906188: Octavia Spencer and her co-star Michael B. Jordan hold hands while attending the premiere of their latest flick Fruitvale Station held at MoMa Screening Room on... Read More Here

During an interview with Screen Rant to promote his new movie Ready Player One [read our review here], The Incredible Hulk and The Avengers screenwriter Zak Penn has revealed that he's about to start work on a mystery new Marvel project.

In the span of only a few days, I received Mondo's first board game, a clever riff on John Carpenter's «The Thing» called Infection at Outpost 31, saw a Facebook ad for a screening of the 35 - year - old film hosted by the Chicago Film Critics Association, and read about a new Arrow Blu - ray release of the film coming in November.

Wow Speaking English, I so disagree with you about Tomei's work in «Before the Devil Knows You're Dead», I thought she was terrific and deserving of some Oscar attention — have always loved her, and have always believed she deserved that Oscar she did win for «My Cousin Vinny» as it was a terrific piece of comedic acting, incredible timing — I think the rumors that Jack Palance read the wrong name is hurtful and cruel — she is a wonderful actress and will be nominated again for «The Wrestler» and would be a most worthy winner — have had the pleasure of interviewing her and she is as beautiful in person as she is on screen... and a nice gal.

When: August 15th Why: It's been a while since I read the Lois Lowry novel on which the film is based, but from what little I do remember, it's understandable why some fans have voiced their outrage about this big screen adaptation.

After a live - action opening introducing us to Christopher Robin's room and his stuffed animals (almost the same opening that tied together The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh), the narrator jumps us straight into the Hundred Acre Wood, reading from an on - screen storybook about Pooh waking up and feeling a rumbly in his tumbly.

About Photo # 3533284: Natalie Dormer poses behind some foliage as she attends a special screening of her latest film The Forest held at Cinepolis Grove 13 Theaters on Wednesday (December... Read More Here

Read more about James Cagney, Warren Beatty as Clyde Barrow, Al Pacino's Michael Corleone, Chow Yun - fat, Alain Delon (the most beautiful of the screen gangsters) and more on MSN here.

I have to admit right now, I've never read the graphic novels and so going into the screening of this action movie I knew absolutely nothing about the story of these four men and the lovely, mysterious Aisha, other than they were being played by actors I enjoy seeing on screen and that they were on a mission of revenge.

In celebration of The Disaster Artist movie release and The Room's 15 year anniversary, Co-star, line producer and former Wiseau roommate Greg Sestero is coming to town to present an exclusive behind the scenes documentary about the making of The Room, a live reading of this first edition of Tommy's screenplay, which features settings, dialogue and plot devices that never made it on screen!

About Photo # 4018783: Frances McDormand gets up on stage with co-stars Woody Harrelson and Sam Rockwell at the 2018 Screen Actors Guild Awards at the Shrine Auditorium on Sunday (January... Read More Here

About Photo # 4054741: Chrissie Fit, Rebel Wilson, Brittany Snow, and Kelley Jakle reunite to support Kay Cannon at a screening of her directorial debut Blockers on Thursday (March 22)... Read More Here

The trouble with movies about «The Big Con» is that they condition us to not believe anything we see up on screen — relationships, who is conning whom, deaths, etc. «Focus» one - ups that by pushing a romance to the fore,... Continue reading →

She will next be seen on the big screen in the comedy Book Club, co-starring Jane Fonda, Candice Bergen and Diane Keaton, about lifelong friends whose lives are changed after reading 50 Shades Of Grey in their book club.

About Photo # 4054497: Emily Blunt covers up Meryl Streep's face with the ruffles on her sleeve while meeting up at the Final Portrait screening on Thursday (March 22) at the Guggenheim... Read More Here

The only drawback is that it contains several «printed» materials, such as the original short story, two versions of the script and magazine articles about the film, but they're only available to read on your TV screen.

While attending the red carpet screening premiere on May 2, the cast of Dear White People spoke exclusively with EBONY about Lena Waithe's addition to the... Read More

Ever since news broke that James Franco would be bringing The Disaster Artist — a tell - all book about the making of infamously so - bad - it's - brilliant film The Room — to the big screen, we've been waiting with spoons at the ready (if you're unfamiliar with the traditions and cult following behind Tommy Wiseau's epic, read up on it here).

But before some of you flock out to the theaters to see it, maybe you should read on to find out more about the whole process of bringing this prequel to life on the big screen, along with the creature's variously disturbing forms.

Using a camera device, this technology allows students to superimpose objects onto the screen (as Pokémon GO does) so that for example, the Eiffel tower can appear on the screen of a student reading about its origin.

They don't have to worry about reading text on the screen or downloading additional software, as all the important ideas and concepts are in audio format.

It isn't easy to justify the expense of all that hardware, training, and infrastructure when most of what the kids are doing is merely reading pages on a screen and answering low - level questions about them.

We can't get much further away from reality than reading about it on paper or screen.

PAA has written about the Won't Back Down movie before, but if you don't remember details, take a few moments to read PAA's review of the WBD movie trailer (which is all we have been able to see so far — we are requesting a screening) and an update on recent parent trigger events.

Screening data show that only 39 percent of ninth - graders read at or on grade level, «very much mirroring what we knew about our middle school students, says Annie Wolfe, secondary curriculum and development officer.

In earlier grades, word identification fluency (WIF) is also a strong predictor of early reading ability, but again, not a perfect one (Fuchs, Fuchs, & Compton, 2004; Schatschneider, 2006) This means that screening instruments that rely on single measures such as ORF or WIF will provide fairly good information about student performance, but alone they can't provide information at levels needed for an effective RTI process (> 90 % sensitivity; > 80 % specificity).

I mean, the iPod / iPhone ereader Stanza was downloaded a million times last year and I can't for one second think about reading a book on a screen that small!

I once asked book industry maven Mike Shatzkin about my rather eccentric views on all this, and he told me in an ensuing email: «You may very well be right about the differences between paper - reading and screen - reading, in trerms of brain chemistry, but just as nobody in the past heeded the calls that radiation and cancer might impact cellphone use, do you think makers of device readers will listen to you or even care if you are right?»

I mean, it's not even fair to compare, reading on my Paperwhite is better in just about every way — from the more user - friendly interface, to the higher contrast screen, to the more legible font rendering, to the built - in Oxford dictionary, and I could go on.

I'm curious about: — speed for PDF (Aura One has general problem with performance but probably a reason is in biggest resolution)-- touchscreen responsiveness / accuracy — here too Aura One has some problems (as I read on Amazon's comments)-- pros and cons between Aura One and H2O II screen (IR vs. capacitive; sharpness; different of dpi vs. real life usage)

In the fourth quarter of 2010, Gartner surveyed 1,569 consumers in six countries — the US, UK, China, Japan, Italy and India — about their subjective experiences of reading on screen versus reading printed paper text.

Additional features that would make me super happy: — Android (frankly, I wouldn't care about the ability to install other apps if the default pdf reading app was good, but so far I have seen countless e-readers with bad default apps that need replacements); — decent web browser for text heavy websites like Wikipedia or checking e-mail and RSS feeds; — advanced note taking (like on Remarkable tablet); — usable as a monitor (like Onyx Boox Max 2 PRO); — color screen (so far color screens have only 150 DPI resolution, and I don't like that, I prioritize good screen resolution over color, but still, if somebody could make a 300 DPI color screen, I'd be in ecstasy).

More about aging e-ink display on the page read «Aging of screens»

I've been reading about adding stuff to the ini file or some other root file thing, but kinda worried... somehow the other day, I pushed the light button and accidentally slid the power button and it wouldn't turn on again, got a replacement (warranty) and would love this night mode, but I'd need someone to provide a step by step on changing / adding commands to the root file or folder so a 3rd grader could install it I'm almost thinking to get some 20 % tinted window static cling film and just cut out a piece to lay over my screen, 1 % brightness is still to bright to read in bed.

The small dimension (width) of your cover should be at least 1400 pixels, which sounds like overkill given that your book cover will almost always be displayed either as a thumbnail or at about 400 - 800 pixels when viewing the ebook on a reading device, but I guess we need to prepare for that one in a million ebook aficionado who insists ebooks are best read on a plasma television screen.

We've been reading on screens for only about quarter of a century (post-1984 GUI).

Interview (Starts at 12:25)- Eolake Stobblehouse blogs about e-books and other creative endeavors from his perch in Lancashire, U.K. I spoke with him by Skype on September 12, 2011, and we cooked up some great ideas for Amazon on how they might design the new tablet in a way that includes a special procedure for entering that focused, nondistracted realm of Kindle reading, even on the bright - screen of the tablet.