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Maybe Amazon will elevate its kindle game now. I just want a large-enough ePaper display for PDFs that’s just as comfortable to hold, has light so I can read it

Maybe Amazon will elevate its kindle game now. I just want a large-enough ePaper display for PDFs that’s just as comfortable to hold, has light so I can read it in the dark, and is waterproof. The lack of serious smartphone-like capabilities is a feature, not a bug, but the awkwardness with PDFs is a bug.

Beijinger 2y ago
I want this but not for this price: https://shop.dasung.com/products/dasung-25-3-e-ink-monitor-paperlike-253 https://shop.dasung.com/products/dasung-25-3-e-ink-monitor-p...
- 7thaccount 2y ago
  Interesting that Mac is not supported.
  - manmal 2y ago
    Might be the temporal dithering that can’t be disabled.
- craftkiller 2y ago
  Not the color variant of the same monitor? https://shop.dasung.com/products/dasung-paperlike-color-world-first-color-e-ink-monitor https://shop.dasung.com/products/dasung-paperlike-color-worl... If it was gallery 3 and half the price I'd order one today.
magic_hamster 2y ago
There are a few products like this already like the Boox Tab X which is 13.3". Roughly A4 sized, so it's very good for reading papers. However, if you're willing to go with a more conventional screen, there are convertible laptops that will a very good job in reading papers in full color.
- odyssey7 2y ago
  I appreciate the recommendations. If Book Tab X has a waterproof rating, unfortunately I'm not finding much about it.
ankit219 2y ago
There is remarkable paper pro, but it's expensive. And i would want a browser at the very least to download stuff for my reading. (mostly pdfs)
- bryanrasmussen 2y ago
  reMarkable however is not very pleasant to use as a reading device, because the screen is just not light enough.
  - adolph 2y ago
    Weight or brightness?
    - 3eb7988a1663 2y ago
      Having played with one for 60 seconds, I assume the author meant weight. It is definitely a bit hefty for something on which you might want to do long form reading.
      - refulgentis 2y ago
        I have one and I don't think so, at all, to the point it seemed unreasonable. But it is not unreasonable: you've used one too, and are reasoning. So I'm thinking...how can I dispel my perception that Remarkable is definitely less than a paperback book? googles Ah, a printer's book weight calculator! (https://www.bookmobile.com/book-weight-calculator/ https://www.bookmobile.com/book-weight-calculator/) Let's do cheapest & lightest paper possible. Hmm how many pages for long form...600 pages seems open to questions still, lets do 400. Use the default size for a paperback in the calculator, 6.25" x 9", sounds reasonable. Results: Paperback is 595g. Remarkable Pro is 525g. Remarkable is 404g. This aside, my prior was light-as-in-display, the background is more towards midgray than white
    - bryanrasmussen 2y ago
      I don't have the very latest one, mine is the one before the current one so perhaps I am no longer correct, but my issue was brightness. The screen is big enough and the text is big enough by itself that I should not need my reading glasses, if the contrast was great enough, but it isn't great enough. That by itself is extremely irritating to me.
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Beijinger 2y ago

I want this but not for this price: https://shop.dasung.com/products/dasung-25-3-e-ink-monitor-paperlike-253 https://shop.dasung.com/products/dasung-25-3-e-ink-monitor-p...

7thaccount 2y ago
Interesting that Mac is not supported.
- manmal 2y ago
  Might be the temporal dithering that can’t be disabled.
craftkiller 2y ago
Not the color variant of the same monitor? https://shop.dasung.com/products/dasung-paperlike-color-world-first-color-e-ink-monitor https://shop.dasung.com/products/dasung-paperlike-color-worl... If it was gallery 3 and half the price I'd order one today.

magic_hamster 2y ago

There are a few products like this already like the Boox Tab X which is 13.3". Roughly A4 sized, so it's very good for reading papers. However, if you're willing to go with a more conventional screen, there are convertible laptops that will a very good job in reading papers in full color.

odyssey7 2y ago
I appreciate the recommendations. If Book Tab X has a waterproof rating, unfortunately I'm not finding much about it.

ankit219 2y ago

There is remarkable paper pro, but it's expensive. And i would want a browser at the very least to download stuff for my reading. (mostly pdfs)

bryanrasmussen 2y ago
reMarkable however is not very pleasant to use as a reading device, because the screen is just not light enough.
- adolph 2y ago
  Weight or brightness?
  - 3eb7988a1663 2y ago
    Having played with one for 60 seconds, I assume the author meant weight. It is definitely a bit hefty for something on which you might want to do long form reading.
    - refulgentis 2y ago
      I have one and I don't think so, at all, to the point it seemed unreasonable. But it is not unreasonable: you've used one too, and are reasoning. So I'm thinking...how can I dispel my perception that Remarkable is definitely less than a paperback book? googles Ah, a printer's book weight calculator! (https://www.bookmobile.com/book-weight-calculator/ https://www.bookmobile.com/book-weight-calculator/) Let's do cheapest & lightest paper possible. Hmm how many pages for long form...600 pages seems open to questions still, lets do 400. Use the default size for a paperback in the calculator, 6.25" x 9", sounds reasonable. Results: Paperback is 595g. Remarkable Pro is 525g. Remarkable is 404g. This aside, my prior was light-as-in-display, the background is more towards midgray than white
  - bryanrasmussen 2y ago
    I don't have the very latest one, mine is the one before the current one so perhaps I am no longer correct, but my issue was brightness. The screen is big enough and the text is big enough by itself that I should not need my reading glasses, if the contrast was great enough, but it isn't great enough. That by itself is extremely irritating to me.

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