• slaytswiftfan@beehaw.org
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    1 year ago

    this is really cool! is it easier on the battery?

    my favorite feature of the nook (was it the nook?) was the e-ink screen and how vastly superior it was for reading. I’m not sure the science behind it (because I read an article on here once that blue light doesn’t actually affect much) but I can’t read for long periods on an led screen, it hurts my eyes and it’s harder for me to focus

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      1 year ago

      no, this is just a more sunlight readable backlit LCD with some colour filtering and processing to appear more paper like.

      it requires constant power unlike e-ink and the only way they can claim it saves power is because it requires less backlight brightness to be sunlight viewable.

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        1 year ago

        aw that’s a shame :/ I did read the article but was confused because I felt the kind of implied it was like e ink

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        1 year ago

        There’s a company called Onyx that makes Android e-ink tablets, some of which have color screens. You can check out a review of one here: https://www.androidpolice.com/boox-tab-ultra-c-review/

        I haven’t spent much time with the color ones but my understanding is that the display has a slow response time and some ghosting, much like its B&W counterparts. I’ll be interested to see how this phone works with typical smartphone workloads, like live scrolling.

        Inside me, there are two wolves. One wants 120+hz refresh rates. The other wants e-ink.

        Edit: I see on their specs page they list a 90hz refresh rate. I’m not entirely clear what kind of tech is in here. Perhaps one layer is a traditional LCD with matte coating?

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          It’s an IPS LCD with a matte glass display and a slightly reflective base layer for improved sunlight view ability with less backlight power required. similar to the “transflexive” displays that were popular some years ago.

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          1 year ago

          this is so interesting!! and I agree haha I hope one day it gets to a nice median where we can have super smooth scrolling and e-ink!