PaperLike: 13.3″ E Ink Monitor by Dasung Tech

Post by walterbell » Mon, Jan 26, 2015, 4:41 PM UTC

tracker1 wrote: post #128

netcan wrote: 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…

Post by api » Mon, Jan 26, 2015, 4:51 PM UTC

z0r wrote: post #123

peatmoss wrote: post #108

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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

Post by buovjaga » Mon, Jan 26, 2015, 5:22 PM UTC

tracker1 wrote: post #128

netcan wrote: 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…

Post by jkaunisv1 » Mon, Jan 26, 2015, 5:49 PM UTC

netcan wrote: 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…

Post by jkaunisv1 » Mon, Jan 26, 2015, 5:55 PM UTC

__Joker wrote: post #86

alexchamberlain wrote: post #80

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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.