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Having looked at e-ink in the market, I would strongly suggest an alternative display technology like RLCD or transflective LCD. But I would absolutely pay for

Having looked at e-ink in the market, I would strongly suggest an alternative display technology like RLCD or transflective LCD. But I would absolutely pay for something ultra portable but with a good typing experience, without those silly dogmas of clam shell designs and 'make it as thin as possible' obsession.

Markoff 5y ago
yeah transreflective LCD is amazing, extremely low consumption but still LCD, better than eink, I have one in watch I wear and there is pretty much nothing to upgrade to
Tepix 5y ago
Are there any transflective displays on the market in the range of 8-15 inches (20-38cm) diagonal?
- 5- 5y ago
  the best/largest production transflective display i've seen was in asus eee note, which sadly wasn't directly sold in the west. https://www.laptopmag.com/uk/articles/asus-eee-note-ea800-note-taking-tablet-hands-on https://www.laptopmag.com/uk/articles/asus-eee-note-ea800-no... 8", 1024x768, 64 grayscale levels, wacom digitiser, sadly no backlight. the thing runs linux and is trivially easy to run custom code on. i still have a few units.
- bick_nyers 5y ago
  I am curious as well, I've been searching all morning and can't find anything
semi-extrinsic 5y ago
Transflective is awesome if you need it. They are expensive though. I have a 7" Lowrance fish finder bought in 2020, and the display works really well in bright sunlight and pitch darkness. The resolution is pretty low, like 720p, but I don't have the most expensive model.
- DoingIsLearning 5y ago
  I think you're mixing the cost of your purchase with the cost of transflective display tech itself. The famous 100$ laptops (OLPC XO) had a very high end transflective display from Pixel Qi (now defunct). The tech itself is not expensive it just seems it cannot compete with the marketing of colorful glossy display, even when those glossy displays are impossible to use in the sun.

Markoff 5y ago

yeah transreflective LCD is amazing, extremely low consumption but still LCD, better than eink, I have one in watch I wear and there is pretty much nothing to upgrade to

Tepix 5y ago

Are there any transflective displays on the market in the range of 8-15 inches (20-38cm) diagonal?

5- 5y ago
the best/largest production transflective display i've seen was in asus eee note, which sadly wasn't directly sold in the west. https://www.laptopmag.com/uk/articles/asus-eee-note-ea800-note-taking-tablet-hands-on https://www.laptopmag.com/uk/articles/asus-eee-note-ea800-no... 8", 1024x768, 64 grayscale levels, wacom digitiser, sadly no backlight. the thing runs linux and is trivially easy to run custom code on. i still have a few units.
bick_nyers 5y ago
I am curious as well, I've been searching all morning and can't find anything

semi-extrinsic 5y ago

Transflective is awesome if you need it. They are expensive though. I have a 7" Lowrance fish finder bought in 2020, and the display works really well in bright sunlight and pitch darkness. The resolution is pretty low, like 720p, but I don't have the most expensive model.

DoingIsLearning 5y ago
I think you're mixing the cost of your purchase with the cost of transflective display tech itself. The famous 100$ laptops (OLPC XO) had a very high end transflective display from Pixel Qi (now defunct). The tech itself is not expensive it just seems it cannot compete with the marketing of colorful glossy display, even when those glossy displays are impossible to use in the sun.