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Re: Daylight Computer – New 60fps e-paper tablet

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Post by e-_pusher »

aidenn0 wrote: post #180
boochiboo12 wrote: post #21

Hi yall, founder of Daylight here. Happy to answer any questions you have. Long time lurker, so this is pretty cool to finally take part :) I made this because I wanted the eye-strain free and minimalist qualities of my kindle/Eink applied to so much more of what I do on a computer. Lack of speed and ghosting felt like it made traditional Eink impossible to do most computing tasks. So we focused on making the most Pa…

So this is a trans-reflective LCD screen? Does it invert the colors when backlit? It's about 50% heavier than rM2; the battery is almost triple the capacity of rM2; I assume these are related and both due to the use of LCD over eInk? How many shades of gray?

Source: I was the chief hw engineer for this device.

The colors do not invert when the backlight is on, which is great because you can turn on only a slight amount of backlight if you need it, and have it blend to the ambient lighting.

It supports 256 levels of grayscale.

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Post by pvsnp »

boochiboo12 wrote: post #21

Hi yall, founder of Daylight here. Happy to answer any questions you have. Long time lurker, so this is pretty cool to finally take part :) I made this because I wanted the eye-strain free and minimalist qualities of my kindle/Eink applied to so much more of what I do on a computer. Lack of speed and ghosting felt like it made traditional Eink impossible to do most computing tasks. So we focused on making the most Pa…

This is very cool. I've been waiting for something like this for a while. Since it's so new, are you allowing any hackability like ReMarkable? I'd like to use it instead of Amazon Scribe and integrate against it but $729 is bit steep if it relies on an external service or something.

Oh, since it's Android under the hood, I see that kindle just works?

how's the battery life?

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Post by LelouBil »

Wow it looks wonderful ! And just when I was thinking about buying a remarkable...

Hopefully I can get one for September.

Also, being on HN and all, how tinkerer friendly is it ? Already the fact that it's android and not a custom locked down os is great but, can I unlock it's bootloader and sideload custom roms for example ?

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Post by smusamashah »

turtlebits wrote: post #281
smusamashah wrote: post #179

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I bought a remarkable. But then a 2 years later had to sell it because my kid was running around and fiddling with my things. I could give my kid the Kindle and will have peace of mind that he can't break, even if he tries. Remarkable is just need a drop on the floor. How rugged and heavy is your tablet? If it's easily breakable, do you have any future plans to make a tiny, small phone sized light weight paper tablet…

My kid has been using my remarkable 2 for almost 4 years. (Since they were early elementary school aged) It's still fine. Don't give kids devices if they can't be responsible to take care of them.

Can't tell all this to a very curious toddler.

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Post by ImPostingOnHN »

amne wrote: post #106
boochiboo12 wrote: post #69

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your support means everything! thank you! i wish people could understand how hard it is to survive low volume novel consumer electronics.. not meant to solicit pity, but to appreciate why we're all just stuck with big tech after indie company after indie company fail

make a display for framework laptop. please

I would buy this.

I just bought a Boox Max Lumi 2, but being able to effectively code in a sunny park would be amazing.

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Post by netbioserror »

boochiboo12 wrote: post #21

Hi yall, founder of Daylight here. Happy to answer any questions you have. Long time lurker, so this is pretty cool to finally take part :) I made this because I wanted the eye-strain free and minimalist qualities of my kindle/Eink applied to so much more of what I do on a computer. Lack of speed and ghosting felt like it made traditional Eink impossible to do most computing tasks. So we focused on making the most Pa…

Give it to me with a Linux-compatible chip/board and I am there. This is the display of the solar-powered off grid computer, and succeeding generations will be incredible. And oh yeah, make a phone. With your distraction-free OS.

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Post by [deleted] »

yencabulator wrote: post #227
mushufasa wrote: post #219

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> We developed our own custom epaper display tech we call LivePaper. We focused on solving the tradeoffs RLCDs traditionally have - around reflectance %, metallic-look / not Paperlike enough, viewing angle, white state, rainbow mura, parallax, resolution, size, lack of quality backlight, etc. Would you license this to others at a more affordable rate than e-ink? Lenovo has some e-ink 2-in-1 "thinkbook" laptops and mi…

I bet people would pay good money for a Framework display module that's usable eInk. (Assuming it can use the same display connector.) https://frame.work/products/display-kit?v=FRANGX0001 https://guides.frame.work/Guide/Display+Replacement+Guide/86...

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Re: Daylight Computer – New 60fps e-paper tablet

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Post by enduser »

This looks really neat and I’d love to see if it becomes a viable replacement for rM2. For now it reminded me that I can set my OLED iPad to monochrome (via Accessibility > Display > Color Filters and crank up Night Shift). I just added shortcuts to my dock to toggle between these modes. Now I have the best of all worlds..

Typing this from my Magic Keyboard at 120fps 264ppi in warm monochrome.

I do wish I could get a graphite tip for the Pencil Pro to use on the textured screen.

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