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Eink is bad for anything that changes often; the flicker of the screen refresh would be distracting. There is a high chance that the quote would disappear befo
by thih9 2y ago
Eink is bad for anything that changes often; the flicker of the screen refresh would be distracting.
There is a high chance that the quote would disappear before you finish reading.
Even ignoring these flaws the item seems significantly overpriced.
- bigiain 2y ago"High chance"? How long does it take to read a line or four of text? Especially when the bit you're actually after is highlighted in bold? (And to me, it looks underpriced, unless they've already got orders or investment for production runs in the 10,000s. I've done a hardware startup. Hardware is _hard_. Amazon manage to sell Kindles for ~$80 building them at Amazon volumes, and almost certainly subsidising them with expected future ebook sales. I'd be very very surprised if they'd even be breaking even on manufacturing if they're building those in runs of ~1000)
- thih9 2y agoI meant that the full quote would disappear, not letting you finish reading, check the title or author. Unless you're really after the highlighted bit, but then a "regular" word clock [1][2] seems a better fit. [1]: https://www.etsy.com/listing/1468882678/led-word-desk-clock-for-home-office-led https://www.etsy.com/listing/1468882678/led-word-desk-clock-... [2]: https://www.amazon.com/live/video/08cccf8215454ac799a2906811dbf469 https://www.amazon.com/live/video/08cccf8215454ac799a2906811...