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I wonder if the screen is fast enough. I would love to work on an actual non-glowing screen.

by joshu 14y ago

vidarh 14y ago
My first thought was the same - if it performs like the "page flip" on the Kindle, I'd jump off a high building within minutes. But I've no idea if most of that delay is down to the screen or some combination of processing power and/or conserving power.
- damaru 14y ago
  yeah it's actually not bad, the refresh is only on the character itself so it's workable. If you have a hacked kindle you can test with a terminal emulator, it give you a good idea of how fast the typing be.
- teraflop 14y ago
  The full-page flashing refresh on the Kindle is a software measure to get rid of the afterimage that would otherwise remain on the screen. Here's what it looks like when it's disabled: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQJGfU8fEUg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQJGfU8fEUg
damaru 14y ago
I was thinking if they did make 20inches e-ink - I would love to have that for my shell only workload. Would be nice for the eyes, light and minimal!
joezydeco 14y ago
Depends on what you want to do, and if you can override the clear-screen page blanking. As a benchmark, here's someone running a Playstation 1 emulator on an e-ink Nook: http://boards.openpandora.org/index.php?/topic/9877-psx-emulation-on-a-nook-ebook-reader-with-e-ink-display/ http://boards.openpandora.org/index.php?/topic/9877-psx-emul...
- joshu 14y ago
  That's absurdly cool.
jlgreco 14y ago
In my experience tinkering around at home with my kindle a year or two ago, the eink display is fast enough that using Vim on it feels about the same as a noticeably slow but still usable ssh session. With a real keyboard attached, it is something that I could see myself using.
austinc 14y ago
Pixel Qi makes some sort of sunlight-readable display for netbooks: http://pixelqi.com/products http://pixelqi.com/products I hope these take off, because I also would love to not be staring into a lamp for hours per day.
- sliverstorm 14y ago
  I wish they would, but Pixel's been offering those for years now and nothing's really come of it.
mhd 14y ago
Well, quite a few Unix editors might still have the necessary hacks for low-baud terminal connections, which probably help in this case, too. Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose.

I wonder if the screen is fast enough. I would love to work on an actual non-glowing screen.

by joshu 14y ago

I wonder if the screen is fast enough. I would love to work on an actual non-glowing screen.

My first thought was the same - if it performs like the "page flip" on the Kindle, I'd jump off a high building within minutes. But I've no idea if most of that delay is down to the screen or some combination of processing power and/or conserving power.

damaru 14y ago
yeah it's actually not bad, the refresh is only on the character itself so it's workable. If you have a hacked kindle you can test with a terminal emulator, it give you a good idea of how fast the typing be.
teraflop 14y ago
The full-page flashing refresh on the Kindle is a software measure to get rid of the afterimage that would otherwise remain on the screen. Here's what it looks like when it's disabled: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQJGfU8fEUg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQJGfU8fEUg

damaru 14y ago

I was thinking if they did make 20inches e-ink - I would love to have that for my shell only workload. Would be nice for the eyes, light and minimal!

joezydeco 14y ago

Depends on what you want to do, and if you can override the clear-screen page blanking. As a benchmark, here's someone running a Playstation 1 emulator on an e-ink Nook: http://boards.openpandora.org/index.php?/topic/9877-psx-emulation-on-a-nook-ebook-reader-with-e-ink-display/ http://boards.openpandora.org/index.php?/topic/9877-psx-emul...

joshu 14y ago
That's absurdly cool.

jlgreco 14y ago

In my experience tinkering around at home with my kindle a year or two ago, the eink display is fast enough that using Vim on it feels about the same as a noticeably slow but still usable ssh session. With a real keyboard attached, it is something that I could see myself using.

austinc 14y ago

Pixel Qi makes some sort of sunlight-readable display for netbooks: http://pixelqi.com/products http://pixelqi.com/products I hope these take off, because I also would love to not be staring into a lamp for hours per day.

sliverstorm 14y ago
I wish they would, but Pixel's been offering those for years now and nothing's really come of it.

mhd 14y ago

Well, quite a few Unix editors might still have the necessary hacks for low-baud terminal connections, which probably help in this case, too. Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose.