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32“ E Ink screen that displays daily newspapers on your wall (2021)

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Re: 32“ E Ink screen that displays daily newspapers on your wall (2021)

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Post by Yizahi »

swores wrote: post #42
TulliusCicero wrote: post #32

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No you couldn't.

Depends on the person but it doesn't seem completely impossible - ignoring inflation, $250/yr for If they can manage it in 3min rather than 5, it's up to $13.70/hr. Where I am (UK) I think most newspaper delivery people are aged 13-18, and while there's far less of them about than when I was a kid, I wouldn't be surprised if >50% would be willing to do it to earn an extra $4.80/week. Of course, you also need to trust…

Also, in my country minimal salary this year is 180$/month. So I can realistically find a person to change newspapers full time every workday for a year, for those money. I rather think there will be a a queue of candidates for this, as compared to loading cargo or or giving out flyers on the street for the same sum. :)

Re: 32“ E Ink screen that displays daily newspapers on your wall (2021)

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Post by paulcole »

hau wrote: post #78

This screen comes with a subscription based cloud CMS. The only way to pass image to this display semms to be through a proprietary application which is this so called CMS. There are no other connectivity options mentioned. You are unable to use this screen if: - subscription is not paid - company decides to terminate your subscription under any condition of your contract - company decides to sunset software or a pro…

That’s OK though right? As long as you know that going in you can decide if it’s worth it for you. Personally, I’d rather have something that works out of the box in exchange for a bit of money and risk that the company will go out of business one day than something that I have to spend time tinkering with to get and keep working.

Re: 32“ E Ink screen that displays daily newspapers on your wall (2021)

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limuc wrote: post #89
konschubert wrote: post #36

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I make a similar product, with a smaller screen and at a lower price point. It’s very cool what you have done, let’s maybe collaborate or join forces? My product is an e-paper calendar: https://shop.invisible-computers.com/products/invisible-cale...

I really like it! And it's affordable too.

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Re: 32“ E Ink screen that displays daily newspapers on your wall (2021)

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Post by LittleNemoInS »

mechhacker wrote: post #85

Would be interesting to me to have something like this, but in landscape mode, and with slowly changing blueprints of aircraft, rockets, ships, cars... Example: https://www.thesr71blackbird.com/Portals/14/EasyGalleryImage...

Something like the Samsung Frame ? https://www.samsung.com/us/tvs/the-frame/highlights/

Re: 32“ E Ink screen that displays daily newspapers on your wall (2021)

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Post by konschubert »

garvield wrote: post #104
konschubert wrote: post #36

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I make a similar product, with a smaller screen and at a lower price point. It’s very cool what you have done, let’s maybe collaborate or join forces? My product is an e-paper calendar: https://shop.invisible-computers.com/products/invisible-cale...

Hi! This looks like a useful product at a good price point. Are you based in Germany? How come you only ship to Australia, Canada, China, India, UK and USA? Also, you should look through your privacy policy. Its straight up copy/pasted from Shopifys template now with all the "ADD CASES THAT APPLY FOR YOUR STORE", "REMOVE THIS TEXT IF THIS DOES NOT APPLY TO YOUR STORE" text remaining. And apparently you sell your cust…

No, I don’t sell my customers information.

I will fix the privacy policy.

Selling in the EU comes with very expensive compliance needs. CE alone costs 10000 Euro.

I would love to do it but since I’m bootstrapping I need to earn some money first.

Re: 32“ E Ink screen that displays daily newspapers on your wall (2021)

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Post by brentcetinich »

paulcole wrote: post #122
hau wrote: post #78

This screen comes with a subscription based cloud CMS. The only way to pass image to this display semms to be through a proprietary application which is this so called CMS. There are no other connectivity options mentioned. You are unable to use this screen if: - subscription is not paid - company decides to terminate your subscription under any condition of your contract - company decides to sunset software or a pro…

That’s OK though right? As long as you know that going in you can decide if it’s worth it for you. Personally, I’d rather have something that works out of the box in exchange for a bit of money and risk that the company will go out of business one day than something that I have to spend time tinkering with to get and keep working.

I have taken a look at the protocol between the software and the display and it is straightforward to hack, but the docker image is lightweight and reliable enough that I don't see the need to.

Re: 32“ E Ink screen that displays daily newspapers on your wall (2021)

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Post by garvield »

konschubert wrote: post #127
garvield wrote: post #104

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hi! This looks like a useful product at a good price point. Are you based in Germany? How come you only ship to Australia, Canada, China, India, UK and USA? Also, you should look through your privacy policy. Its straight up copy/pasted from Shopifys template now with all the "ADD CASES THAT APPLY FOR YOUR STORE", "REMOVE THIS TEXT IF THIS DOES NOT APPLY TO YOUR STORE" text remaining. And apparently you sell your cust…

No, I don’t sell my customers information. I will fix the privacy policy. Selling in the EU comes with very expensive compliance needs. CE alone costs 10000 Euro. I would love to do it but since I’m bootstrapping I need to earn some money first.

Thanks for the answers! I hope that you will be able to sell in the EU. CE is good consumer protection but it is unfortunate that it creates such a hurdle for small companies to sell their products.

Please let us know if/when you can sell it locally. I'm very interested in getting one for my kitchen wall.

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