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PaperLike: 13.3″ E Ink Monitor by Dasung Tech

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

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Post by sireat »

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…

Here's link to abstract and full pdf for free: http://www.jemr.org/online/5/3/5

Interesting study but by no means conclusive and has a few flas as they only measured 6 female participants reading 300 words at a time on each device.(10 inch ipad, two sony e-ink devices of 6 inch variety)

Number and sex of participants might not be that crucial here but 300 words at a time seems very low amount.

Anecdotally, I can read just fine and quickly on a most glossiest of LCDs for a few minutes.

If I have to read for an hour or longer give me e-ink screen any time.

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

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Post by _asummers »

Rainymood wrote: post #83

This is what I have literally been waiting for ever since I got my Kindle. I really want a 13/15 inch laptop with an e-ink screen. It's just so much better to look at, especially before bed.

You should try f.lux [0]. When you're getting towards your bedtime, it turns your blue light off or down, giving a much softer color on your monitor.

[0] https://justgetflux.com/

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

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Post by __Joker »

alexchamberlain wrote: post #80
Cthulhu_ wrote: post #61

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They dropped in price because they were being built and sold in huge volume; I don't really see that happening with this product. E-ink readers (and by extension screens) were very promising five years ago, but then the iPad and Android tablets came along and pretty much wiped that whole market out overnight, disregarding readability and power consumption because apparently that's not as strong a sales argument as pe…

Not convinced Kindle sales have been wiped out.

My conjecture: Kindle sales is part of a ecosystem sale, rather than standalone sale. There is definitely a segment for E-Ink display, but as a standalone desktop seller it might be hard.

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

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Post by anon4 »

noblethrasher wrote: post #35
detaro wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

Sure. This is pretty close to what I had: https://github.com/noblethrasher/typography/blob/master/fs-t... (the typeface is Adobe Garamond Pro). But, it would be nice if VS supported italics, various font weights, and small caps.

Once you're doing typesetting like that, I think it would be even better if you start replacing keywords with special symbols and reformatting the lines to some canonical representation. That would make it way easier to read.

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

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Post by cauterized »

simi_ wrote: post #76
hf wrote: post #48

A monitor like this would be the end-all-be-all for my scientific workflow woes. The paper du jour on the e-ink and the journal and ipython on what I call "the lightbulb" (read: TFT). I have already been fantasising about and doing a spot of research into building one on my own by using an Arduino (I wouldn't need as high a refresh rate as this little marvel) and one of PervasiveDisplays'[0]. I gave up convinced ther…

You sound like you might benefit from Flux: https://justgetflux.com/

Flux minimizes blue light but not total light hitting your eyes. Even with it, backlit displays tire the eyes and inspire wakefulness far more than front-lit surfaces.

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

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Post by warfangle »

headmelted wrote: post #45

I'd love to eventually see a low-end Chromebook built around one of these displays. You're already volunteering for a limited experience in exchange for convenience there, and I can see the battery life outweighing the negatives with the display. (And you probably have a phone or tablet with a higher resolution screen in your pocket/bag/whatever anyway.) Obviously it's cost prohibitive right now, but as throwawaymsft…

I actually really want to run my terminals on an e-ink display. The reduction of eyestrain would be a boon.

Once color e-ink displays are available, I'd move emacs over to it as soon as possible.

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