New open-source, high resolution, low-latency E-ink monitor announced — Modos Paper delivers 1200p in a 13.3-inch form factor
https://www.tomshardware.com/monitors/new-open-source-high-resolution-e-ink-monitor-announced-modos-paper-delivers-1200p-in-a-133-inch-form-factor
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087008001234@lemmy.ml · 77 pts · 2y
mynachmadarch@kbin.social · 15 pts · 2y
Same, the first 13" colour e-ink that doesn't cost more than a single limb I'm so getting if I can swing it. I read digit comic books so much and having it as e-ink is my dream.
Coasting0942@reddthat.com · 60 pts · 2y
Gonna be really useful for solar power builds.
Beaver@lemmy.ca · 26 pts · 2y
Off grid is gonna explode with ev campers
deafboy@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 2y
Why would you punish my innocent budget with filthy ideas like this?
Coasting0942@reddthat.com · 11 pts · 2y
If your gaming setup isn’t ready for the climate crisis, then you’re not going to have a good time.
People need the RTX 5000 for fps.
I need it for super low wattage at 480p, 30fps.
qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website · 38 pts · 2y
Double-sided phone could be pretty neat.
Kernal64@sh.itjust.works · 30 pts · 2y
Some company made one once, back in the early 2010s. I think they released a successor the following year, but neither phone sold well enough to keep going. It would be cool as hell if that were more common, though.
n2burns@lemmy.ca · 24 pts · 2y
YotoPhone. They also made a version 2 & 3. Unfortunately, Yota went bankrupt.
andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 2y
At the time they've been seen as a gimick, mostly because they were PRed by the government as our local invention and an iphone-killer it wasn't. That's a shame.
nossaquesapao@lemmy.eco.br · 3 pts · 2y
There's one active brand still making e-ink phones, both single and doubled screen. It's HiSense. The devices look pretty nice.
JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee · 16 pts · 2y
What would be cooler is if we could build our own phones, like we can desktops, so it can have exactly the features and specs we want.
DaDragon@kbin.social · 7 pts · 2y
There’s nothing technically stopping you from building an android smartphone just the way you like. In fact, there’s extreme modding folks that do things like already. What we really lack is a future-proofed connector standard for component connectivity that just works.
narc0tic_bird@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 2y
Project Ara, you can find it on the Google Graveyard :)
nossaquesapao@lemmy.eco.br · 1 pts · 2y
There's a brand called HiSense doing exactly that. Look for the A6L model.
MeDuViNoX@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 2y
I know it's not the exact same, but most folding phones are double sided screens on one face. I just don't know how much I'd use it if it was a non-folding style with front and back screens.
Cossty@lemmy.world · 34 pts · 2y
If refresh rate and ghosting is reasonable for scrolling I could see myself using it. For movies and games I would just turn on second monitor.
asteriskeverything@lemmy.world · 29 pts · 2y
I literally read all day, this would be fantastic. Books. Visual media has subtitles and usually is something I'm gonna Google further while watching/playing. I mostly consume text based social media and news.
.... fuck I think I just want a newspaper
nehal3m@sh.itjust.works · 16 pts · 2y
Much cheaper, no electricity required, no ChatGPT generated clickbait horseshit AND you can kill flies!
Bo7a@lemmy.ca · 7 pts · 2y
I'm seeing a lot of "ai" generated trash in the paper now :(
bassomitron@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
I feel like this could be a lame drinking game when bored: Is it AI generated or just bad/lazy writers?
Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 2y
Ooh I’d be great at that. I was trying to buy a pan on Amazon (I know…) and I scrolled past the reviews… without reading any of the words, I identified the first review I saw (not the LLM-generated summary, an actual review) as being LLM trash. I immediately said “AI” to my partner and we read it… they laughed when it ended up being OBVIOUS AI trash. I can tell by the shape of how words are laid out at this point apparently hahaha
nossaquesapao@lemmy.eco.br · 10 pts · 2y
Almost all of our GUI software was designed with high refresh rate screens in mind, so it can be clunky to use e-ink ones. If we had GUis based on section changing, instead of scrolling, it wouldn't be a problem. On pcs, using the page up and down keys can be a workaround, but on phones, it's complicated.
derpgon@programming.dev · 1 pts · 2y
I say bring back good ol' MS-DOS
Allero@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 2y
Lucky you, it's now FOSS!
Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 27 pts · 2y
I'm very interested for when a price is announced for this
Hopefully it's reasonable
wagoner@infosec.pub · 18 pts · 2y
What would you regard as reasonable? If I recall correctly, 800 dollars was the price for the last 13 inch e ink display I saw.
circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org · 23 pts · 2y
That brings it outside of the reasonable range for most people, I would think.
Am I right in suggesting that e-ink displays remain artificially overpriced because of the company that ultimately owns the patent?
squeakycat@lemmy.ml · 9 pts · 2y
I would seriously consider something like this since my computing job requires me to stare at a light bulb all day. Perhaps there's a demographic that would spring for this in the same way there is for quality chairs.
Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de · 6 pts · 2y
offices seem like a prime target for e-ink displays while it stays in this expensive early stage
wagoner@infosec.pub · 6 pts · 2y
I have assumed prices are high because it's a small market, at least with the current technology.
HorreC@kbin.social · 18 pts · 2y
I dont want these small ones, I want a 55 inch one, so I can just have rotating art on the wall.
Liz@midwest.social · 4 pts · 2y
I've seen a 36 inch 3-color one, but I can't find the supplier anymore. It's used for signage. I honestly don't know why this isn't a bigger thing for signage.
https://newatlas.com/technology/sharp-color-eposters-e-ink-gallery-plus/
Slightly smaller than the one I saw, but better colors.
HorreC@kbin.social · 2 pts · 2y
I saw a few of these some years back and I thought, yes its ganna hit the commercial market and we will get better and larger. Then it just fell off into a pit.
Beetschnapps@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
Passively displaying any stuff is the holy grail, but we get there step by step.
nossaquesapao@lemmy.eco.br · 8 pts · 2y
Damn, I LOVE e-ink screens, I'd love to have almost all my devices using it, I love to read freely without getting eye strain from it. I'd even give away being able to watch videos in my phone for an e-ink screen.
But it seems like I will never be able to use it anywhere besides my cheap second hand ereader... the prices are always astronomically high :( even chinese e-ink tablets are too expensive for me.
werefreeatlast@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
It's only 14,000 dollars and my first born female next of kin or better? What a deal!
refalo@programming.dev · 2 pts · 2y
How does this compare to the Daylight device?
https://0x0.st/XZMX.webm
https://daylightcomputer.com/
https://x.com/daylightco/status/1793677359490752836