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Post by torginus »

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…

Hi just a minor nitpick - I've used devices like this, and one major complaint about them is that the tips of the Wacom styluses are incredibly fragile (about as bad as pencil lead).

It has been a recurring issue for me that they got damaged while traveling with no way to easily replace them.

If you could engineer a way to protect them (like a proper cap or a clicky pen mechanism) that would be a very handy improvement.

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Post by KennyBlanken »

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…

Why is there zero information about your company on the website? Especially given you want people to give you nearly a grand for something that hasn't even entered production yet?

"About us: A more caring computer company"? Are you serious? Stop trying to be "cute." Even in you HN comment you don't tell us your name. What's with all the secrecy?

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Post by az226 »

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…

With Amazon likely releasing a Kindle Color soon, do you think your tablet will offer color any time soonish?

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Post by rrr_oh_man »

CGamesPlay wrote: post #331

Mind sharing which website builder you used so I can avoid them like the plague? I see other complaints here, but for me it completely fails to show anything, saying that a client-side error occurred (iOS 16.6.1), in a full-screen modal with text selection disabled.

https://whatcms.org/?s=daylightcomputer.com

It looks self made

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

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Post by rrr_oh_man »

All the best to you!

Just one little thing: I think you're killing your conversions.

The website is janky even on my M1 Macbook Air. Not sure the scroll hijacking stuff is really needed to get your point across either.

(Check it yourself https://pagespeed.web.dev/analysis?url=daylightcomputer.com)

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Post by KennyBlanken »

Tor3 wrote: post #312
jimmysong wrote: post #159

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As one of the beta testers, let me just say that I really like this device. It's very different than a kindle, kobo or reMarkable in that the refresh rate really makes a big difference. When I show this device to people, I show them how quickly zooming in on a PDF is. It's way faster and more responsive than any e-ink screen and it's way less addicting than the typical laptop, phone or tablet. I'm attempting to make…

I was playing at an outdoor concert recently - last year I suffered from the combination of paper sheet music + wind.. so this year I used an Android tablet in portrait mode where I could flicker to the next one relatively easily with a finger (no fancy bluetooth pedal control or anything). Me, wind: 1-0. This particular tablet was actually visible in full daylight when I turned the screen light to its maximum. After…

Kobo makes an eight inch e-reader for $270. That's about two inches larger than even a fairly large e-ink reader. It has hardware page turn buttons, I think, but the screen can also be tapped.

Or the Boox Note 3c, which has a 10" screen (don't go for the color screen, the contrast ratio is much worse), also has a front light, $400: https://shop.boox.com/products/noteair3 with the added advantage of running Android 12, so you can install a sheetmusic specific app.

Or there's this $400 transflexive display android tablet, B&W only (not even grayscale) and no backlight:

https://goodereader.com/blog/reviews/unboxing-the-hisense-q5...

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Post by KennyBlanken »

mushufasa wrote: post #219
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…

> 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…

They are just using displays made by eInk. Technically, Linfiny Japan Inc., which is a subsidiary that does B2B stuff like large displays.

Several companies are offering similar fast refresh tech. It's no longer anything super special.

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was_a_dev wrote: post #550
wuschel wrote: post #538

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That depends. Back in the day, in my research institute, it was common practice to print out the papers that should be read thoroughly - after skimming them on a Laptop screen.

I read most papers on a secondary 19" monitor that's mounted portrait. Seems to cover all the requirements

Not all ones not mentioned in this thread yet. A secondary 19" monitor ties you to a desk. A tablet would allow reading wherever people typically read paper printouts (in the train, while sitting on a couch, etc.)
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