Wow, relive the early days of really fucking terrible LCD displays for just under $2000.
What a time to be alive...
this post was submitted on 01 May 2025
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Why, for the love of all the gods, do people keep saying and writing "LCD display".
Tell me what the "D" in "LCD" means!
What does the "D" mean, hmmm!?
it means peDantic
Dichotomy of humanities ego and id and how it affects the standards of morality and self expression in a pre post scarcity world?
Ok, so what's up with that LC display.
This kind of redundancy creates semantic resilience, thats why we take the type name out of acronyms.
Instead, when designing acronyms leave the type name out of it.
I'll remember that the next time I enter my PIN number at an ATM machine.
Diode?
Display
You really need to learn about RAS syndrome.
The same as the M in ATM machine and N in PIN number, V in HIV virus and C in UPC code!
Oh, the dreaded RAS syndrome!.
I'm off to read some DC comics.
I will be reporting this to the American Association Against Acronym Abuse!
Also known as: The Fonz
For a work machine with a lot of text and little graphics, this is great. Less eye strain for long periods.
In theory yes. But after seeing a review yesterday I am fully disappointed. Even text looks like shit on this monitor.
The US takes tariffs on the good stuff? Looks like there will be more stuff for us in the future.
Ah yes just in time for the trade war! Better get yours now
Aw yeah! I imagine it's like 2 fps. Great for gaming.
Its not meant for gaming. People who display a lot of text (eg. coders) could use less strain in their eyes if they're doing it for a long time. Definitely not at that price though
Pretty sure it's good for anything that requires text. I've already seen several people talk about it's use in coding, which makes sense since staring at a conventional LCD for hours on end can be a real eyestrain sometimes.
If I could get a laptop with a screen like this, I could finally sit outside in a park and code like nature intended.
Also a lap desk. And a coffee thermos. And headphones. Second screen.
God, I'm too spoiled for nature, ain't I
This device runs android, but it's pretty close https://shop.boox.com/products/tabxc
I'd totally buy this if I had fuck you money.
That... would actually be pretty dope
I'm really keen on one of these displays eventually, as I can set aside the issues with refresh rate and colour accuracy, but the price needs to drop way down. It needs to be competitive with regular LCD monitors.
I look at terminals all day for work, this would make it so much more comfortable.
If you're coding with them you can already try small ones, unless you need bigger than A4 size for each it isn't insanely expensive.
Might not need anything except economies of scale. But getting that is the problem.
Tablet sized eink displays found a niche that couldn't quite be displaced by smartphones and regular tablets. That let them have a market for getting costs down.
There would need to be a similarly wide use case to get the price down on larger eink displays.
economies of scale
And competition. AFAIK, E Ink Corporation holds all the patents (there's 47 pages of them), so they can ask for as much as they want for the tech.
I think the use case would be for laptops, for people who want to comfortably use their laptops outside or just want their laptop screens to be easier on the eyes. Only slightly different to a tablet insofar as it has a physical keyboard, so i imagine the tablets could be adapted.
There are some annoying usability limitations still, but it has progressed far since early ebook readers, so I'm hopeful.
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