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I've been wanting this for ages. And more simply, I want brightness controls that go all the way down to zero.

ianai 10y ago
Seems like there could be a Kickstarter. I'd want a high resolution external eink display as a secondary monitor. The refresh rate would be hell, but it'd be okay for text work.
- Bartweiss 10y ago
  I've been wanting something like this for ages. Even as a small-scale secondary monitor, it'd be great to toss static text like tickets or APIs onto an eink display.
  - anc84 10y ago
    Oh yes! At least Kobo readers are Linux and you can SSH in. You could even install another distro I believe. Some ugly hack could be rendering the display content on your machine and just sent the image over. https://github.com/koreader/koreader https://github.com/koreader/koreader uses Lua so maybe one could add some bidirectional or at least PC->Reader flow of data. edit: VNC! https://www.joachim-breitner.de/blog/660-Using_my_Kobo_eBook_reader_as_an_external_eInk_monitor https://www.joachim-breitner.de/blog/660-Using_my_Kobo_eBook...
- yomly 10y ago
  https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/paperlike-world-s-first-e-ink-monitor-13-3#/ https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/paperlike-world-s-first-e...
- GrumpyYoungMan 10y ago
  There's the Dasung Paperlike e-ink monitor: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/paperlike-world-s-first-e-ink-monitor-13-3#/ https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/paperlike-world-s-first-e... However, it's only 13.3" in size and, as you noted, it is limited by the refresh rate of e-ink.
  - Bartweiss 10y ago
    This is still pretty appealing - I could stand to put static or near-static text there. I'd probably want to add it to my current pair of monitors, though, instead of subbing one out.
  - ianai 10y ago
    That's about what I'd expect it to run too. The poorly written marketing material kinda ruins my confidence though.
hrehhf 10y ago
On my system, I can run this: # echo 100 > /sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight/brightness This sets the backlight brightness. I'm not sure what the units are, but it can go all the way to 0. If I shine a very bright light at the screen (like sunlight), it is readable at 0.

ianai 10y ago

Seems like there could be a Kickstarter. I'd want a high resolution external eink display as a secondary monitor. The refresh rate would be hell, but it'd be okay for text work.

Bartweiss 10y ago
I've been wanting something like this for ages. Even as a small-scale secondary monitor, it'd be great to toss static text like tickets or APIs onto an eink display.
- anc84 10y ago
  Oh yes! At least Kobo readers are Linux and you can SSH in. You could even install another distro I believe. Some ugly hack could be rendering the display content on your machine and just sent the image over. https://github.com/koreader/koreader https://github.com/koreader/koreader uses Lua so maybe one could add some bidirectional or at least PC->Reader flow of data. edit: VNC! https://www.joachim-breitner.de/blog/660-Using_my_Kobo_eBook_reader_as_an_external_eInk_monitor https://www.joachim-breitner.de/blog/660-Using_my_Kobo_eBook...
yomly 10y ago
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/paperlike-world-s-first-e-ink-monitor-13-3#/ https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/paperlike-world-s-first-e...
GrumpyYoungMan 10y ago
There's the Dasung Paperlike e-ink monitor: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/paperlike-world-s-first-e-ink-monitor-13-3#/ https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/paperlike-world-s-first-e... However, it's only 13.3" in size and, as you noted, it is limited by the refresh rate of e-ink.
- Bartweiss 10y ago
  This is still pretty appealing - I could stand to put static or near-static text there. I'd probably want to add it to my current pair of monitors, though, instead of subbing one out.
- ianai 10y ago
  That's about what I'd expect it to run too. The poorly written marketing material kinda ruins my confidence though.

hrehhf 10y ago

On my system, I can run this: # echo 100 > /sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight/brightness This sets the backlight brightness. I'm not sure what the units are, but it can go all the way to 0. If I shine a very bright light at the screen (like sunlight), it is readable at 0.