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

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Post by Jarwain »

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…

RLCD, so the screen itself is transparent? If it were rendering an image, and a spotlight shown through it, would it project the image effectively?

I've had some silly little art projects that I'd love to try this screen for, if you have any spares/prototypes or anything you wouldn't mind selling or sharing!

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

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Post by layer8 »

boochiboo12 wrote: post #168
layer8 wrote: post #151

It would be nice for e-ink to eventually get better contrast than this: https://daylightcomputer.com/_next/static/media/split-compar...

our contrast can vary depending on the lighting envrionment, its the nature of non lambertian reflective displays with optical gain most of the time its pretty good! in dimmer environments, you can boost contrast by boosting the backlight a bit

The photo I linked to supposedly is how the tablet looks like in full sunlight, which I would assume would exhibit the best possible contrast. But the background is awfully dim (around #987 in the photo) (also in comparison to the white frame), and the text isn't very black (around #433). This looks like a contrast ratio of roughly 4:1. The photo probably isn't the best, e-ink displays usually have a contrast ratio of around 15:1. But that's still very low, printers can achieve a 100-200:1 contrast ratio for black ink on white paper.

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

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Post by timmg »

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…

How hard will it be to scale up resolution/dpi with your tech?

Hopefully you’ll be successful enough to make more devices. Just curious if there is a path to “retina” displays.

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

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Post by Aeolun »

d--b wrote: post #143
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…

Please, tell me there's a phone coming along. Light Phone made a mistake not going Android. You totally nailed it with that casually dropped Spotify icon in that shot! I personally have zero use for a tablet. But if I can have an eink phone, with all the authentication apps I need to connect to work and do banking (and maps and Spotify), I'll drop that iPhone that is frying the brains of my kids instantly.

I don’t think this is necessarily true. I use reMarkable almost purely because it’s not an android tablet.

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

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Post by sh1mmer »

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…

You mentioned RLCDs does this mean the screen technology is in the same family as transflective screens?

I have a OLPC and a Toshiba R500 which have this kind of screen and they sorta kinda do work in sunlight but less so now than the newer super bright iPad screens.

I’m curious if you think you have this down if that means there is a road to color in the future.

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

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Post by Aeolun »

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…

Since you make it in Japan, can you sell it to me in JPY? Trying to buy anything in $ these days hurts my wallet xD

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

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Post by Aeolun »

jokellum wrote: post #313
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…

I like my rm2, but 2 of my biggest issues are: - Syncing changes I make to PDFs to Google drive is tedious - For some reason there's a restriction of color when drawing on the PDF. Even if The tablet is black and white which is fine, I want to be able to select a wide range of colors since ultimately I'll want to be able to view the PDFs on a legit RGB computer. What does this workflow look like on Daylight?

I think there’s a limit on colors purely because it’s already nearly impossible to distinguish them on the BW screen?

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

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Post by milani »

Congrats on the launch!

I was scrolling and everything on the hardware looked great (although I was looking for how the tech is different from e-ink, not how better its properties are).

Then I reached "Introducing Sol:OS" and stopped right there. Didn't look further and closed the tab. I'm skeptical when it comes to custom OS. Not a lot of startups can handle a hardware+software company. Hardware is hard enough. Software is second class citizen and doesn't get regular updates after a few years.

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

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Post by schaefer »

adiM wrote: post #323
schaefer wrote: post #284

Earlier quoted context omitted.

boochiboo12, Please reach out to the team at goodereader.com and see if a review can be arranged. they cover e-ink and several e-ink alternatives, including other vendors in the RLCD space.

FYI: goodereader has a bad reputation in the eink world. Their reviews are fair but their shop is borderline scam.

Thanks for the head's up.

I don't agree.

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