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I don't need color for code. I need high resolution and to be able to stare at it for hours on end. Right now I get around this by having an ambient light senso
by konjin 6y ago
I don't need color for code. I need high resolution and to be able to stare at it for hours on end. Right now I get around this by having an ambient light sensors adjusting my monitors but it's buggy and error prone.
I look forward to having a red light setup for night coding like my father had for his photography dark room.
- ketamine__ 6y agoHow is the refresh rate? Is this monitor different than my experience with the Kindle?
- cnasc 6y agoI think the video in the post would let you compare for yourself
- scoot 6y agoSkip to 4:04 for the display of video on the monitor.
- Ancapistani 6y agoHonestly, that’s amazingly good.
- aidenn0 6y agoYeah, it's on-par with LCDs from about 20 years ago.
- IgorPartola 6y agoI like color in my code. I suppose different font weights and shades of grey can make up for it if the resolution is high enough.
- DoingIsLearning 6y ago> Right now I get around this by having an ambient light sensors adjusting my monitors but it's buggy and error prone. Can you expand a bit more on this solution? Is this something you made or COTS?
- konjin 6y agoAn old ColorMunki projector calibrator connected by usb and attached to the screen with a zip tie. I have a python script that polls it when the screen goes to sleep or when I request a re-calibration using redshift. It used to be automatic but it's not stable because there's only one point of measure. If I stood up and cast a shadow on the screen it decided that the whole room has gone dark and dimmed the screen to be invisible. The only reason why I prefer that over doing it manually is the white point balance. It beats sitting around with a piece of white paper eyeballing it to match white on the screen.
- DoingIsLearning 6y agoVery cool! Thanks for sharing!
- lhl 6y agoThis approach sounds similar to clight, which uses a webcam to adjust backlight levels (so may be a little less fidgety than using a color calibration sensor if you just care about brightness): https://github.com/FedeDP/Clight https://github.com/FedeDP/Clight
- konjin 6y agoMismatching color balance gives me a headache. Anecdotally it affects everyone most people just don't notice what it is that's bugging them.