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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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I have an old kobo e-reader that's been in flight mode since day 1. It's amazing the difference I feel between reading on a tablet and an ereader. The ereader doesn't really feel like a "device," more like a book. On a tablet, I'm googling (Can you really ride from Winterfell to Kings Landing in a week? How fast do ravens fly? Lets see what the internet thinks.). They might be related to the book. They might not. Ema…

I think it's a great idea for secondary information... however, I just don't retain what I read as well on an electronic display (e-ink or lcd) as I do a real, physical book. I have a photographic memory, and it's probably the physical size of a book, and the position of the page in the larger whole just ads a little more context that makes it easier to remember. I don't typically remember the text, so much as an ima…

Typography also makes a big difference, hence PDFs that retain print layout can provide more visual context than reflowed text in epub/mobi.

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

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Emacs, a tiling window manager, a low-powered processor, and lots of RAM in a 2-in-1 form factor e-Ink device is pretty much my dream machine. Sadly, I am a tiny and ignored market segment.

Someday soon we'll be able to order ourselves one-off machines like this (or any way we like). At least that's my hope

You could already hack something like that up if you want to spend the time: very low power ARM or MIPS board, Linux, e-ink display.

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

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A little smaller, a lot cheaper: http://www.amazon.com/Kindle-DX-Wireless-Reader-3G-Global/dp...

Didn't even know those exist. Talk about failed marketing.

No. That product is years old and has been removed entirely from the market twice now. Amazon deliberately does not market them and only makes them available intermittently.

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

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post #95

I have an old kobo e-reader that's been in flight mode since day 1. It's amazing the difference I feel between reading on a tablet and an ereader. The ereader doesn't really feel like a "device," more like a book. On a tablet, I'm googling (Can you really ride from Winterfell to Kings Landing in a week? How fast do ravens fly? Lets see what the internet thinks.). They might be related to the book. They might not. Ema…

I think it's a great idea for secondary information... however, I just don't retain what I read as well on an electronic display (e-ink or lcd) as I do a real, physical book. I have a photographic memory, and it's probably the physical size of a book, and the position of the page in the larger whole just ads a little more context that makes it easier to remember. I don't typically remember the text, so much as an ima…

You are not alone: http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/aug/19/readers-absorb-...

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

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post #95

I have an old kobo e-reader that's been in flight mode since day 1. It's amazing the difference I feel between reading on a tablet and an ereader. The ereader doesn't really feel like a "device," more like a book. On a tablet, I'm googling (Can you really ride from Winterfell to Kings Landing in a week? How fast do ravens fly? Lets see what the internet thinks.). They might be related to the book. They might not. Ema…

I've been daydreaming of a typewriter that appends to a file on a USB stick so when you're done writing you can take it to a computer to edit.

There's also the Hemingwrite https://hemingwrite.com/ which is like an eInk typewriter. I prefer having immediate physical output which is why I'd rather have a mechanical typewriter that also saves to digital. But it might be what you're looking for.

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

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I wanted a display like this for years. In fact, I even did a lot of research to build my own. The biggest hurdle was getting a manufacturer to sell me a big-enough panel at reasonable cost. Absolutely nobody wanted to do anything less than 1k units (understandable, I guess), and I wanted only a few units. I hope they will make larger versions too. The refresh rate on this display is pretty impressive, but I would be…

> I wanted a display like this for years. In fact, I even did a lot of research to build my own. The biggest hurdle was getting a manufacturer to sell me a big-enough panel at reasonable cost. Absolutely nobody wanted to do anything less than 1k units (understandable, I guess), and I wanted only a few units. This guy claiming access to 13.3" panels, and he quoted me $2800 for a single 13.3" dev kit along SDK when I P…

Sony has a 13" 150ppi e-ink display for $1000 direct.

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

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post #86

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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.

If they added a stand-alone text editor to Kindle, I would use it instead of a laptop when I'm on the go. It already has a web browser and 3G.

The keyboard on the old model I have is good enough for typing down thoughts, there's just nowhere to write unless you add comments to a book.

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

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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…

This doesn't mention anything about the light promoting wakefulness, but rather simply assesses levels of comprehension: "These dependent measures included subjective (visual) fatigue, a letter search task, reading speed, oculomotor behaviour and the pupillary light reflex." Staring at a light producing screen all day then not staring at one could still be a good move.

Blue light affects circadian rhythm, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2831986/
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