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I wish I had a large e-ink display for coding. I imagine a large screen would be prohibitively expensive, and the latency will be terrible. Too bad. It would be

I wish I had a large e-ink display for coding. I imagine a large screen would be prohibitively expensive, and the latency will be terrible. Too bad. It would be nice for my eyes.

mlboss 6y ago
Dasung recently revealed 25 inch eink monitor. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTok6imfgoM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTok6imfgoM
- tazjin 6y ago
  There was an actual picture of one on /r/eink and the screen surface was glossy. That's certainly curbed my enthusiasm.
the_only_law 6y ago
I just want one for reading docs, specs, etc. Yeah the latency could be bad, but I recall reading somewhere that they can reach around 20hz overclocked which can’t be that bad. I’m pretty sure I’ve played games limited to 20fps before.
- jonnycomputer 6y ago
  Hmm. Perhaps my experience with my nook and kindle are biasing me here. But those are also using the screen as a touch interface, which might be the bigger source of latency. I'd mostly emacs in it, which seems pretty suitable for e-ink displays.
- waiseristy 6y ago
  Usually you get the OS provided mouse though, running at 30 or 60hz. >20hz mouse movement is oh so horrible
vicda 6y ago
I did this. Latency sucks but that didn't matter for text editing. But the drivers sucked and the screen was too small and you want to have a white background text editor just for the eink screen. Switch that to the wrong screen and you're suddenly blinded. Was fun, but I wouldn't recommend it. Making everything dark mode is easier, or keeping screen brightness super low is the easier option.
- hutzlibu 6y ago
  "Latency sucks but that didn't matter for text editing." Huh? Don't matter to you, or don't matter so much to you? Because I get annoyed, when there is a system stutter and I am editing text, because then the edits are not always where they should be.
  - sambroner 6y ago
    I also get very frustrated by high latency text editors, but a consistent 1hz rendering can be slightly less frustrating if renders get applied consistently and you're confident your key strokes were recognized and will be applied.
  - vicda 6y ago
    It was a known limitation before the purchase. But, It was consistent. All the keystrokes went in in order and you get used to the new framerate really quickly. Your issue (which I agree is mildly annoying) is about inconsistency.
bmsleight_ 6y ago
I built this - https://hackaday.com/2021/01/08/old-kindle-shows-hdmi-video-eventually/ https://hackaday.com/2021/01/08/old-kindle-shows-hdmi-video-...

I wish I had a large e-ink display for coding. I imagine a large screen would be prohibitively expensive, and the latency will be terrible. Too bad. It would be nice for my eyes.

mlboss 6y ago

Dasung recently revealed 25 inch eink monitor. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTok6imfgoM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTok6imfgoM

tazjin 6y ago
There was an actual picture of one on /r/eink and the screen surface was glossy. That's certainly curbed my enthusiasm.

the_only_law 6y ago

I just want one for reading docs, specs, etc. Yeah the latency could be bad, but I recall reading somewhere that they can reach around 20hz overclocked which can’t be that bad. I’m pretty sure I’ve played games limited to 20fps before.

jonnycomputer 6y ago
Hmm. Perhaps my experience with my nook and kindle are biasing me here. But those are also using the screen as a touch interface, which might be the bigger source of latency. I'd mostly emacs in it, which seems pretty suitable for e-ink displays.
waiseristy 6y ago
Usually you get the OS provided mouse though, running at 30 or 60hz. >20hz mouse movement is oh so horrible

vicda 6y ago

I did this. Latency sucks but that didn't matter for text editing. But the drivers sucked and the screen was too small and you want to have a white background text editor just for the eink screen. Switch that to the wrong screen and you're suddenly blinded. Was fun, but I wouldn't recommend it. Making everything dark mode is easier, or keeping screen brightness super low is the easier option.

hutzlibu 6y ago
"Latency sucks but that didn't matter for text editing." Huh? Don't matter to you, or don't matter so much to you? Because I get annoyed, when there is a system stutter and I am editing text, because then the edits are not always where they should be.
- sambroner 6y ago
  I also get very frustrated by high latency text editors, but a consistent 1hz rendering can be slightly less frustrating if renders get applied consistently and you're confident your key strokes were recognized and will be applied.
- vicda 6y ago
  It was a known limitation before the purchase. But, It was consistent. All the keystrokes went in in order and you get used to the new framerate really quickly. Your issue (which I agree is mildly annoying) is about inconsistency.

bmsleight_ 6y ago

I built this - https://hackaday.com/2021/01/08/old-kindle-shows-hdmi-video-eventually/ https://hackaday.com/2021/01/08/old-kindle-shows-hdmi-video-...