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

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Post by revolution88 »

FactKnower69 wrote: post #445
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…

>$729 oof. would pay maybe $300 for this, better luck next time

You can't buy regular tablet with this hardware for $300.

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Post by jiveturkey »

alemanek wrote: post #311
eli wrote: post #153

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https://shop.dasung.com ?

Ok you are my favorite person now. Thanks

https://www.reddit.com/r/eink/comments/qjw0xo/just_got_a_das...

> I think this e-ink technology will never catch on for monitors, because there is just too much lag and ghosting. I think RLCD (like the Hisense Q5), which is much more fluid and has no ghosting is the way to go.

not mentioned: 3 year lifespan

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Post by cookiengineer »

This is really a nice product, but I won't order it unless SolOS and its firmware and drivers are open sourced.

I've probably spent far more than 8000 bucks over the years for devices like this, only to have to throw them away eventually because their software got abandoned and they've been so proprietary that they can only function as an expensive brick on the shelf.

If the software is closed source, I'd recommend everyone to stay away from any product like this. It is a deal breaker for me now, and it took a lot of cash and hype to realize it.

Products like this are not a mainstream product, which makes them high risk for their investors. And you have to minimize risk by demanding open source.

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Post by f1shy »

alemanek wrote: post #303
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…

Adding an additional comment here for a little extra visibility. I would absolutely love, like really love, a USB-C portrait monitor version of this. If I could just plug this in to my existing laptop and use it for reading specs, technical docs, …etc that would be amazing. Android tablet is a tough sell for my employer due to compliance, security, and such. So buying one of those for work use would take like a year…

I would also buy without thinking a mini monitor, but no so much a tablet. Please think about launching it.

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Post by dash2 »

selcuka wrote: post #348
jsheard wrote: post #333

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Most devices let you enable a monochrome filter and optionally invert the image somewhere in the accessibility settings, for what it's worth. You don't need a special device just for that.

> Most devices let you [...] But nobody does that, because we love addictions.

I do it!

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Post by bpye »

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…

What are the physical dimensions?

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Post by dash2 »

idl8t3 wrote: post #448
roughly wrote: post #322

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By way of an experiment - set your phone screen to black & white (in iOS, settings -> accessibility -> display -> color filters -> [on] -> grayscale, on android, settings -> accessibility -> color & motion -> color correction -> [on] -> grayscale), and leave it that way for a day of normal use. Then, turn it off, and note how you react to the change. Folks aren't calling it calmer because they're trying to look erudi…

I created a shortcut to toggle grayscale for iOS. Try it out! https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/371d5ced520d40e984d626ae304...

You can also create automations to turn grayscale back off for apps that need it. I have ones for maps, photos and whatsapp (since people send a lot of pics in my group). They run when the app is activated/deactivated.

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Post by throwaway290 »

jelder wrote: post #146
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…

Sell me a massive desktop e-ink display with USB-C input. I want to code on this.

It's not really e-ink, it's more like transflective LCD, you can buy entire screens from guys like SunVision, LTT did a thing: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=c0TcGjzKbag

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Post by behringer »

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…

Blue light free. Does this mean the design is compromised or is it just irrelevant to an eReader?

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Post by riazrizvi »

saurik wrote: post #493
riazrizvi wrote: post #480

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Because that would make it a shit commodity business and you’d have too little value over the manufacturers who would soon cut you out. Why not do it yourself if you think it’s such a great money maker?

I don't understand how any of this makes sense given "and you hold patents".

Where does the company mention patents?
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