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Can the remarkable tablet (or 2nd gen) be used as a epaper monitor? I would love to be able to code on an epaper screen, even if only in a simple text editor wi

by achn 6y ago

Can the remarkable tablet (or 2nd gen) be used as a epaper monitor? I would love to be able to code on an epaper screen, even if only in a simple text editor with minimal visual change/animation.

simonbarker87 6y ago
I would pay a silly sum of money for an eInk laptop so I can code outside in the sun. We get so little sun here in the UK that my side project productivity plummets in good weather because I was to sit out and enjoy it. It doesn’t need to have a high refresh rate, it just has to be able to display text and browser the internet in some semblance of reasonable.
- feteru 6y ago
  What do you think is the lowest acceptable refresh rate to make typing feel smooth? If you're a 60wpm typer, that'd be 60hz to display every character as you type it, might feel disjointed otherwise.
  - IceyEC 6y ago
    60 wpm == 1 hz
    - sangnoir 6y ago
      1 hz per word - but people type a character at a time. A word per second isn't great.
  - simonbarker87 6y ago
    I guess the letter rate is more important with this than the word rate, I would say 0.5 seconds would be the low end of reasonable (so 2 hz), if it could get to maybe 5-10hz that would be super
  - ncmncm 6y ago
    This screen is a different kind than you are used to. The pixels actually wear out after a remarkably small number of changes (~10k). So "60Hz" doesn't mean much. It can update the small number of pixels you actually want changed pretty quickly, but it takes a noticeable fraction of a second. The key is changing only those and leaving all the rest the hell alone. Running Gnome on it is possible. But you do not want to.
- wiml 6y ago
  There are some laptops still with the transflective display technology that the OLPC used. Fewer than I'd like, since I have the exact same situation as you.
mlboss 6y ago
You can buy dasung eink monitor. The only downside is that it is only 13 inch. http://www.dasungtech.com/ http://www.dasungtech.com/
- hoistbypetard 6y ago
  The other downside is that it's $1000-ish for 13 inches. Also, what's the refresh rate? If it's too slow, it'd be pretty aggravating.
- achn 6y ago
  This looks amazing, thanks. My question still stands, though, as it would be incredible to have a good notepad and monitor solution in one.
johnday 6y ago
People have written programs for the rM for doing this, yes. It's not a first-party use case though.

by achn 6y ago

Can the remarkable tablet (or 2nd gen) be used as a epaper monitor? I would love to be able to code on an epaper screen, even if only in a simple text editor with minimal visual change/animation.

simonbarker87 6y ago

I would pay a silly sum of money for an eInk laptop so I can code outside in the sun. We get so little sun here in the UK that my side project productivity plummets in good weather because I was to sit out and enjoy it. It doesn’t need to have a high refresh rate, it just has to be able to display text and browser the internet in some semblance of reasonable.

feteru 6y ago
What do you think is the lowest acceptable refresh rate to make typing feel smooth? If you're a 60wpm typer, that'd be 60hz to display every character as you type it, might feel disjointed otherwise.
- IceyEC 6y ago
  60 wpm == 1 hz
  - sangnoir 6y ago
    1 hz per word - but people type a character at a time. A word per second isn't great.
- simonbarker87 6y ago
  I guess the letter rate is more important with this than the word rate, I would say 0.5 seconds would be the low end of reasonable (so 2 hz), if it could get to maybe 5-10hz that would be super
- ncmncm 6y ago
  This screen is a different kind than you are used to. The pixels actually wear out after a remarkably small number of changes (~10k). So "60Hz" doesn't mean much. It can update the small number of pixels you actually want changed pretty quickly, but it takes a noticeable fraction of a second. The key is changing only those and leaving all the rest the hell alone. Running Gnome on it is possible. But you do not want to.
wiml 6y ago
There are some laptops still with the transflective display technology that the OLPC used. Fewer than I'd like, since I have the exact same situation as you.

mlboss 6y ago

You can buy dasung eink monitor. The only downside is that it is only 13 inch. http://www.dasungtech.com/ http://www.dasungtech.com/

hoistbypetard 6y ago
The other downside is that it's $1000-ish for 13 inches. Also, what's the refresh rate? If it's too slow, it'd be pretty aggravating.
achn 6y ago
This looks amazing, thanks. My question still stands, though, as it would be incredible to have a good notepad and monitor solution in one.

johnday 6y ago

People have written programs for the rM for doing this, yes. It's not a first-party use case though.