Check this out, a 32 inch reflective LCD: https://www.j-display.com/english/news/2016/20160520.html
Looks cool! Where can I get it?
Good question!
I found a demo here on YouTube:
Ask HN: Has any progress been made on large format E-ink displays?
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Re: Ask HN: Has any progress been made on large format E-ink displays?
#142If you're interesting in building your own you can get a 12" one from waveshare: https://www.waveshare.com/product/displays/e-paper/12.48inch... This is the black/white one, they do a black/white/red one too. But beware, they take really long to refresh (the red color takes several refreshes to appear). And the one with red is on backorder till June. It can be powered by a raspberry pi (or ESP32 or Arduino) and is (m…
Neat. I was looking for one of these. Wanted to make a KindleBerry Pi to do some writing/coding in a destruction free environment.
Re: Ask HN: Has any progress been made on large format E-ink displays?
#143The technology is there, but E Ink (the company) is steadfastly refusing to lower prices because they believe there's a market for this. Now go to Alibaba and find that you can get a flexible, full-color OLED sheet for the same price as a given size E Ink panel. Go on eBay and buy an older NOOK device (they all ran Android) for $20, tape it to your wall, and point at your web page of choice.
They would drop the price if there was a large enough volume play behind it. Do you think they don't want to make money?
Re: Ask HN: Has any progress been made on large format E-ink displays?
#144There’s an article on the front page right now about an individual who created an art project displaying a newspaper page with a 31.2” eInk display: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22831323
Unfortunately it looks to be quite expensive, but the technology is there.
As others have already pointed out, the newly released Remarkable 2 sounds exactly like what you’re looking for. https://remarkable.com/
Re: Ask HN: Has any progress been made on large format E-ink displays?
#145Earlier quoted context omitted.
In fairness their children haven't done anything in the tech space or much of anything near tech/science. Of the 7 children: Jobs kid's one is a writer, celebrity son, goes to school. All Standford grads or attending. Of Bill gate's kids one goes to art school, the rest not much. I would not copy them unless you have the billions for them to fall back on.
In higher level education they also use the familiar chalkboard rather than electronics. I use this not to say the merits of their children's occupations (regression to the mean is common in families of great achievements) but as a warning of what people in tech see as a threat to their own children's well being. Electronics are wonderful but not for everything. If screens work better for you, perfect! They have been…
Wow, "regression to the mean".
Creating something motivates most of the people on this planet, and without going into specifics, I would claim that Gateses and Jobses of this world are not all that rare as far as their abilities are concerned. Situation and, well, luck, are a big part of where life takes people. And having been provided for will discourage most from being as driven to "succeed" (in either financial or tech/scientific sense, two most common accepted ways to success on HN).
Which is to say: don't judge according to your standards of "success".
And raising kids is anything but science, unless you have such a large number of them that statistics applies (though even then, you'd probably be breaking a bunch of laws if you tried to be scientific :)).
As such, addiction to screens is usually, imo, an addiction to specific type of content, or rather interaction (or lack thereof) type.
Re: Ask HN: Has any progress been made on large format E-ink displays?
#146If you're interesting in building your own you can get a 12" one from waveshare: https://www.waveshare.com/product/displays/e-paper/12.48inch... This is the black/white one, they do a black/white/red one too. But beware, they take really long to refresh (the red color takes several refreshes to appear). And the one with red is on backorder till June. It can be powered by a raspberry pi (or ESP32 or Arduino) and is (m…
Neat. I was looking for one of these. Wanted to make a KindleBerry Pi to do some writing/coding in a destruction free environment.
I wanted this for some time, an eink coding experience for outdoor use and good battery life. Do you know of any active projects online where people have got this working?
Re: Ask HN: Has any progress been made on large format E-ink displays?
#147Earlier quoted context omitted.
Are you using it as an external display? Is it seamless as in traditional color monitor albeit the refresh rate?
The BOOX MAX 2 sadly doees not expose its full native resolution through the external monitor interface which is a real shame. Worse, none of the supported resolutions are integer fractions of the native resolution so scaling artifacts are unavoidable. It doesn`t even seem possible to sacrifice some border area and use a suitably-sized subwindow of the screen (e.g. FHD 1920x1080) without scaling. (If somebody knows b…
Thanks.
Reg feedback for Onyx, you can try passing it to this YouTuber; he covers electronic shows world over and seems to have good relations with Onyx - https://mobile.twitter.com/charbax.
Re: Ask HN: Has any progress been made on large format E-ink displays?
#148I'm using the Dasung Paperlike HD and I really like it for writing code. 13 inches, but it's real nice. I imagine in 5-10 years or so, we'll see what you're imagining.
Could you share about the refresh rate and how it impacts you when programming? Is it at all an obstacle, at least at first? Also, can you share more about the resolution? This timing is superb; I'm this very week considering purchasing a Pro-F (1600x1200) from Dasung, which has faster refresh but lower resolution. Also a few hundred $$ cheaper. Really curious if you think the lower resolution will be a bummer, or if…
Go with your gut. The higher resolution means that the text looks more like "real ink", but I'm not sure if this is a big deal for you. For me, the refresh rate is just fast enough that I don't notice it while I'm editing text.
One important thing to consider, which maybe I should have shared in the other post: I don't really enjoy using the mouse on the e-ink display, because of the refresh rate. It's doable, but noticeably choppy.
If using the mouse is important to you while you code, go for the faster refresh rate!
The lower resolution might actually be nice too since it might better match your other displays.
Re: Ask HN: Has any progress been made on large format E-ink displays?
#149Re: Ask HN: Has any progress been made on large format E-ink displays?
#150Earlier quoted context omitted.
Could you share about the refresh rate and how it impacts you when programming? Is it at all an obstacle, at least at first? Also, can you share more about the resolution? This timing is superb; I'm this very week considering purchasing a Pro-F (1600x1200) from Dasung, which has faster refresh but lower resolution. Also a few hundred $$ cheaper. Really curious if you think the lower resolution will be a bummer, or if…
Go with your gut. The higher resolution means that the text looks more like "real ink", but I'm not sure if this is a big deal for you. For me, the refresh rate is just fast enough that I don't notice it while I'm editing text. One important thing to consider, which maybe I should have shared in the other post: I don't really enjoy using the mouse on the e-ink display, because of the refresh rate. It's doable, but no…
Thanks for the response, I just ordered a 2019 Pro-F from Dasung. I'm hopeful it will help my eyes like it has helped yours.