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My biggest dream is a big epaper or pixel qi screen to do development on. The bazillion nits is killing my eyes...

by freekh 8y ago

Erlich_Bachman 8y ago
It sort of exists, if you can manage with some small screen (there is no 22 inch screens like that). Here is a 13.3 inch e-reader which you can also setup as a secondary screen (HDMI input), and connect to any computer as an extra screen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1J3oemOfPlk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1J3oemOfPlk or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCnPMKvXWas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCnPMKvXWas So you are getting both a fully-fledged e-reader and an extra screen.
- eltoozero 8y ago
  An Android based e-reader no less, the form factor is wild and the price point is super high but damn, this is cool.
ptx 8y ago
Your dreams might have come true, then, with the Dasung Paperlike[1], a 13-inch e-ink monitor. The first generation connected to the PC via USB and special display drivers, but the current generation uses HDMI like a normal monitor. My girlfriend is quite happy with her second-generation Paperlike Pro. There is apparently now a third generation[2] with higher resolution. There are some disadvantages (of e-ink in general). It's not fast – the mouse cursor feels laggy, but typing is OK. You might have to tweak various appearance settings to make things look better in black and white – they have software to help with this for Windows, but not for Mac. Lastly, it's not particularly cheap. [1] http://www.dasungtech.com/ http://www.dasungtech.com/ [2] http://dasungtech.com/english/detail/id/223 http://dasungtech.com/english/detail/id/223
- crocal 8y ago
  Thanks for the link! Based on your experience, would it be a good fit for hacking? How does a Emacs/Vi session comes across?
  - ptx 8y ago
    She uses it at work, so I can't check now, but I think it should be OK. It's mainly smooth-scrolling web pages and the mouse cursor that look laggy – things that move continuously pixel by pixel. Dasung do mention programming as one use case and demonstrate it here: http://www.dasungtech.com/sta/en/type.gif http://www.dasungtech.com/sta/en/type.gif They say it's "nearly as fast as LCD". It has different modes to choose from, with different trade-offs between speed and image quality. And the new generation might be faster that the one I used.
  - abledon 8y ago
    Third generation kicks ass for terminal work. Wait for 4th gen and Non hardcore gaming will be doable

My biggest dream is a big epaper or pixel qi screen to do development on. The bazillion nits is killing my eyes...

by freekh 8y ago

My biggest dream is a big epaper or pixel qi screen to do development on. The bazillion nits is killing my eyes...

It sort of exists, if you can manage with some small screen (there is no 22 inch screens like that). Here is a 13.3 inch e-reader which you can also setup as a secondary screen (HDMI input), and connect to any computer as an extra screen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1J3oemOfPlk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1J3oemOfPlk or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCnPMKvXWas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCnPMKvXWas So you are getting both a fully-fledged e-reader and an extra screen.

eltoozero 8y ago
An Android based e-reader no less, the form factor is wild and the price point is super high but damn, this is cool.

ptx 8y ago

Your dreams might have come true, then, with the Dasung Paperlike[1], a 13-inch e-ink monitor. The first generation connected to the PC via USB and special display drivers, but the current generation uses HDMI like a normal monitor. My girlfriend is quite happy with her second-generation Paperlike Pro. There is apparently now a third generation[2] with higher resolution. There are some disadvantages (of e-ink in general). It's not fast – the mouse cursor feels laggy, but typing is OK. You might have to tweak various appearance settings to make things look better in black and white – they have software to help with this for Windows, but not for Mac. Lastly, it's not particularly cheap. [1] http://www.dasungtech.com/ http://www.dasungtech.com/ [2] http://dasungtech.com/english/detail/id/223 http://dasungtech.com/english/detail/id/223

crocal 8y ago
Thanks for the link! Based on your experience, would it be a good fit for hacking? How does a Emacs/Vi session comes across?
- ptx 8y ago
  She uses it at work, so I can't check now, but I think it should be OK. It's mainly smooth-scrolling web pages and the mouse cursor that look laggy – things that move continuously pixel by pixel. Dasung do mention programming as one use case and demonstrate it here: http://www.dasungtech.com/sta/en/type.gif http://www.dasungtech.com/sta/en/type.gif They say it's "nearly as fast as LCD". It has different modes to choose from, with different trade-offs between speed and image quality. And the new generation might be faster that the one I used.
- abledon 8y ago
  Third generation kicks ass for terminal work. Wait for 4th gen and Non hardcore gaming will be doable