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This is really cool but I would want basicly the opposite. I want a laptop with this display for use outdoors and the plug in to a docking station with regular

This is really cool but I would want basicly the opposite. I want a laptop with this display for use outdoors and the plug in to a docking station with regular monitor for indoor/night use. Is there a technology for adding a backlighting to reflective lcd displays. Could a material like a one way mirror behind the lcd so you could use the display back light in low light conditions.

DoingIsLearning 4y ago
What you describe around a two-mode screen is basically the whole IP around the transflective displays made by 'Pixel Qi' (Unrelated to google pixel). I know they made a few devices and saw some projects of people retrofitting them in acer and thinkpad laptops. For a period maybe 10 years ago adafruit also sold the display and driver as a standalone. Then I assume they went bust (around 2015, according to wikipedia). Would be great if someone made those again to retrofit on business laptops. Edit: here is a demo with the transflective and light-up mode of the Qi10 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gi6DbFyZde8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gi6DbFyZde8
conaclos 4y ago
A simple external light source could be enough? The screen made already a descent job in "dark" places [1]. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ehqj0W3koP0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ehqj0W3koP0
orril 4y ago
the technology for using this in low light is called a lamp! in all seriousness, eink devices use something called front lights, which are embedded in the side of the tablet or device and project light from the edge of the screen. it works very well, even allowing red or amber light coloration which is great on the eyes. i have read that front lighting adds a little bit of thickness to a device, though my devices with the technology seem just as then as any of my regular lcd devices.
mszcz 4y ago
I recall old Thinkpads had a little lamp at the top of the screen as an early keyboard light. I guess we've come full circle and that ancient lighting technology will make a come back ;)

DoingIsLearning 4y ago

What you describe around a two-mode screen is basically the whole IP around the transflective displays made by 'Pixel Qi' (Unrelated to google pixel). I know they made a few devices and saw some projects of people retrofitting them in acer and thinkpad laptops. For a period maybe 10 years ago adafruit also sold the display and driver as a standalone. Then I assume they went bust (around 2015, according to wikipedia). Would be great if someone made those again to retrofit on business laptops. Edit: here is a demo with the transflective and light-up mode of the Qi10 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gi6DbFyZde8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gi6DbFyZde8

conaclos 4y ago

A simple external light source could be enough? The screen made already a descent job in "dark" places [1]. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ehqj0W3koP0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ehqj0W3koP0

orril 4y ago

the technology for using this in low light is called a lamp! in all seriousness, eink devices use something called front lights, which are embedded in the side of the tablet or device and project light from the edge of the screen. it works very well, even allowing red or amber light coloration which is great on the eyes. i have read that front lighting adds a little bit of thickness to a device, though my devices with the technology seem just as then as any of my regular lcd devices.

mszcz 4y ago

I recall old Thinkpads had a little lamp at the top of the screen as an early keyboard light. I guess we've come full circle and that ancient lighting technology will make a come back ;)