BOOX ereader has significant delay when it is used as computer display (according to reviews on http://goodereader.com). Dasung display is much smoother.
Right, but you can enable A2 which uses a different drawing algorithm and adjust the full refresh period, but it is NOT a means to play games or watch a movie. If you do, you are probably using it wrong to begin with ;-)
I actually wish there were a whole [laptop] computer and an OS designed around an e-ink display so it wouldn't be a pain to use in bright direct sunlight.
Lenovo has a new laptop called the Yoga Book. The keyboard is an e-ink display that can be used as an e-reader. Windows, so not a full OS, but definitely a step in that direction.
Just a clarification, this is actually the previous gen version, where the keyboard area was intended to be a digitizer for handwriting and pen input.
The new one with e ink keyboard is called the Yoga Book C930 and should be available later this year. Lenovo's mobile sites are a mess so I can't seem to find a page for it at the moment but there are many video previews of the device.
I have an old laptop (Toshiba R500) with a transreflective screen. This works pretty well in bright sunlight. I'm not aware of anyone producing one currently, however.
Perhaps, if you make it black-on-white and if your diplay is not glossy. Even using a classic gray-on-black terminal becomes hard when the sun shines in my window (I have curtains but not thick enough, I'd rather install jalousie but some members of my family resist this for aesthetic reasons) while I actually love sunlight and fresh air and could enjoy working outdoors during sunny days if only the display would stay readable.
I’ve never understood why they don’t have options for this as well as the cover of the last read book. They haven’t even updated the screensavers since the earliest Kindles.
Why would an e-ink device even need a screensaver or to turn the display off? Isn't just leaving a displayed picture as it is the most energy-efficient and display-saving solution on e-ink?
Makes sense just from privacy standpoint. Don’t need everyone to see I’m reading a juicy Harry Potter fanfic erotica or whatever website I had up in the Kindle browser.
As unobtrusive as the ads on a Kindle are, there is not really any good reason to pay the extra to avoid them. At least the e-ink ones. If I was going to ever buy another Kindle Fire, I would definitely get an ad-free version though.
I paid extra to get the ad-free version of the Kindle Paperwhite thinking I was dodging obnoxious ads for random products.
Turns out the ad is just a featured book on the lock screen. I regret paying extra. Seeing the ad for Leviathan Wakes on my gf’s Kindle is how I discovered The Expanse series.
What does the lock screen display if you don't have ads? I might not be interested in paying to not have ads, but paying to put a picture of the family on the lock screen might have some appeal.
It displays a randomly selected picture from a preselected set of six. Swapping to your own screensaver requires jailbreaking your kindle, and if you're going to do that, save the $15.
If this is true, it's a design mistake. Backlight should never be paired, it should be activated on demand either by a button or by an ambiance light sensor. Having backlight turned on when reading a book on an e-ink screen during a day is a ridiculous waste of battery unless you hide in a closet.
There's a brightness adjust, which goes from "off" to "really quite bright thanks". Ambient light sensor was added with the Voyage? which is relatively recent.
Too true... a lot of "smart" TVs are already heading in that direction... I'd be happier seeing better AndroidTV support by application vendors, and a refresh for the Shield TV.
Thanks! That's very expensive, I didn't expect this price range. I saw some stuff on AliExpress that was a lot cheaper, but I guess the spec might not be the same.
I can see the appeal of something Dasung 13" screen: https://www.amazon.com/Dasung-Ink-Paperlike-13-3-Monitor/dp/... for long, sequential text documents. It'd make an interesting second display. Just not for $1,200.