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What would be an advantage of that?

by yoz-y 6y ago

hollander 6y ago
If you have some kind of overlay screen you can have both worlds. But I was still under the impression that E-ink was the only option. Today I learnt about transflective screens. I hope they catch on. I would buy it.
selfhoster11 6y ago
It can be used as a PC display, which I'd kill for (figuratively) as long as it's affordable. If it's $200 or more, that's not what I consider affordable.
TekMol 6y ago
To develop a laptop is a much bigger goal than developing a monitor. And everyone has different taste/priorities when it comes to laptops. I would like to put the monitor on a stand behind the laptop so it is on eye height.
- Qwertious 6y ago
  E-ink monitors already exist. Look up the Dasung e-ink monitor.
  - TekMol 6y ago
    That might be an option. Have you tried them?
    - tazjin 6y ago
      I have one and use it outside regularly (e.g. [0]), it's pretty amazing! There's some open-source tooling[1] for it which can control screen features like brightness/refreshes/rendering modes/... and I've set it up[2] to work with my unprivileged user so that I can bind these features to keys in my Emacs. With these screens you want to use light themes, and use tooling to improve contrast on websites (a friend wrote a Firefox extension[3] which is amazing for this). [0]: https://photos.app.goo.gl/eGgGYR7ecBqv9gqy8 https://photos.app.goo.gl/eGgGYR7ecBqv9gqy8 [1]: https://github.com/leoluk/paperlike-go https://github.com/leoluk/paperlike-go [2]: https://cl.tvl.fyi/c/depot/+/3029 https://cl.tvl.fyi/c/depot/+/3029 [3]: https://github.com/adisbladis/einkmode-firefox https://github.com/adisbladis/einkmode-firefox
- yoz-y 6y ago
  Since such a screen would be most usable outdoors, I wonder about the setup. I guess if it'd be light and thin enough it could be put on top of the screen in that case? Or would you have a separate stand for it?
  - TekMol 6y ago
    I would think a seperate stand. So I can put it behind the laptop and get it to eye height.

What would be an advantage of that?

by yoz-y 6y ago

What would be an advantage of that?

If you have some kind of overlay screen you can have both worlds. But I was still under the impression that E-ink was the only option. Today I learnt about transflective screens. I hope they catch on. I would buy it.

selfhoster11 6y ago

It can be used as a PC display, which I'd kill for (figuratively) as long as it's affordable. If it's $200 or more, that's not what I consider affordable.

TekMol 6y ago

To develop a laptop is a much bigger goal than developing a monitor. And everyone has different taste/priorities when it comes to laptops. I would like to put the monitor on a stand behind the laptop so it is on eye height.

Qwertious 6y ago
E-ink monitors already exist. Look up the Dasung e-ink monitor.
- TekMol 6y ago
  That might be an option. Have you tried them?
  - tazjin 6y ago
    I have one and use it outside regularly (e.g. [0]), it's pretty amazing! There's some open-source tooling[1] for it which can control screen features like brightness/refreshes/rendering modes/... and I've set it up[2] to work with my unprivileged user so that I can bind these features to keys in my Emacs. With these screens you want to use light themes, and use tooling to improve contrast on websites (a friend wrote a Firefox extension[3] which is amazing for this). [0]: https://photos.app.goo.gl/eGgGYR7ecBqv9gqy8 https://photos.app.goo.gl/eGgGYR7ecBqv9gqy8 [1]: https://github.com/leoluk/paperlike-go https://github.com/leoluk/paperlike-go [2]: https://cl.tvl.fyi/c/depot/+/3029 https://cl.tvl.fyi/c/depot/+/3029 [3]: https://github.com/adisbladis/einkmode-firefox https://github.com/adisbladis/einkmode-firefox
yoz-y 6y ago
Since such a screen would be most usable outdoors, I wonder about the setup. I guess if it'd be light and thin enough it could be put on top of the screen in that case? Or would you have a separate stand for it?
- TekMol 6y ago
  I would think a seperate stand. So I can put it behind the laptop and get it to eye height.