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Re: PaperLike: 13.3″ E Ink Monitor by Dasung Tech

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Post by mintplant » Mon, Jan 26, 2015, 5:53 AM UTC

For a cheaper alternative, try kindlevncviewer.

http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=150434

Re: PaperLike: 13.3″ E Ink Monitor by Dasung Tech

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Post by frozenport » Mon, Jan 26, 2015, 5:54 AM UTC

shna wrote: post #7

After a long day at work, I get home with my eyes "burned". I sit on the couch and the ceiling lamp hurts my eyes. I turn it off and can only stand the dim light. I think this monitor is perfect for people like me. (Recently started using f.lux, it's helping though)

Probably won't help. We can be scientific about this: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22762257

    RESULTS:

Results suggested that reading on the two display types is very similar in terms of both subjective and objective measures.

   CONCLUSIONS:

It is not the technology itself, but rather the image quality that seems crucial for reading. Compared to the visual display units used in the previous few decades, these more recent electronic displays allow for good and comfortable reading, even for extended periods of time.

Re: PaperLike: 13.3″ E Ink Monitor by Dasung Tech

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Post by T3mp35t » Mon, Jan 26, 2015, 5:56 AM UTC

This would be a great addition to small dev boards like the raspberry pi, beagle bone, or galileo since it mentions it doesn't even need to run off of its own power source. It scrolled nicely and seemed to refresh the screen well in the videos. This would also come in handy for console monitors.

Re: PaperLike: 13.3″ E Ink Monitor by Dasung Tech

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Post by trurl » Mon, Jan 26, 2015, 5:56 AM UTC

I was first intrigued, but when I saw the price I couldn't really see it being all that useful. It is possible to buy a 4K display with a similar 150dpi resolution for less.

So the only advantage I can see here is lower power consumption?

Re: PaperLike: 13.3″ E Ink Monitor by Dasung Tech

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Post by ChuckMcM » Mon, Jan 26, 2015, 5:58 AM UTC

Nice, a bit pricier than I would like but it certainly has appeal. I use tablets as off monitor reading stands for their high dpi screens. Personally I think a 300 ppi version of this screen would be just killer, even if it didn't do all the fancy scrolling and you just threw up pages on it which could stay there with no additional power applied.

Re: PaperLike: 13.3″ E Ink Monitor by Dasung Tech

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Post by jacquesm » Mon, Jan 26, 2015, 5:59 AM UTC

DiabloD3 wrote: post #4

If they can produce a color one that is 65" or larger, then I'll buy it.

23 bits and 61.7" to go then.

Re: PaperLike: 13.3″ E Ink Monitor by Dasung Tech

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Post by DanBC » Mon, Jan 26, 2015, 6:00 AM UTC

frozenport wrote: post #12

shna wrote: post #7

After a long day at work, I get home with my eyes "burned". I sit on the couch and the ceiling lamp hurts my eyes. I turn it off and can only stand the dim light. I think this monitor is perfect for people like me. (Recently started using f.lux, it's helping though)

Probably won't help. We can be scientific about this: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22762257 RESULTS: Results suggested that reading on the two display types is very similar in terms of both subjective and objective measures. CONCLUSIONS: It is not the technology itself, but rather the image quality that seems crucial for reading. Compared to the visual display units used in the previous few decades, these more…

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Re: PaperLike: 13.3″ E Ink Monitor by Dasung Tech

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Post by detaro » Mon, Jan 26, 2015, 6:00 AM UTC

jamessantiago wrote: post #10

I love the idea of an e-ink monitor. This would be a great performance display for a headless server. Weather and news display connected to an arduino? Low power systems that expend just enough power to display some information then shutdown while allowing the display to retain its static display? It might not be the most versatile of displays but use of this should really be in the "right tool for the right job" min…

If you are looking for something for those purposes, some e-readers used rootable android as their OS, which would make displaying custom stuff relatively easy.

Re: PaperLike: 13.3″ E Ink Monitor by Dasung Tech

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Post by detaro » Mon, Jan 26, 2015, 6:01 AM UTC

noblethrasher wrote: post #6

PhoenixWright wrote: post #3

Initially I thought this would work great for development but then I thought of all the different colors in my IDE. Regardless I think this is an interesting idea to reduce eyestrain when looking at code, even if imperfect.

It could work if IDEs ever get richer typography. I experimented with a monochromatic color scheme for my F# projects. Basically, I wanted the code to look like a page from a beautifully typeset math book. It got pretty close, but for want of italics, which VS does not support.

Can you share a screenshot/mockup of how that was supposed to look?

Re: PaperLike: 13.3″ E Ink Monitor by Dasung Tech

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Post by sebastianavina » Mon, Jan 26, 2015, 6:04 AM UTC

trurl wrote: post #14

I was first intrigued, but when I saw the price I couldn't really see it being all that useful. It is possible to buy a 4K display with a similar 150dpi resolution for less. So the only advantage I can see here is lower power consumption?

power consumption is enough.