Technology @lemmy.ml schizoidman @lemmy.ml 1mo ago

Hands-on look at the Daylight DC1, the tablet with a potentially game-changing display

www.androidauthority.com Hands-on look at the Daylight DC1, the tablet with a potentially game-changing display

The Daylight DC1 is a new tablet that debuts with Live Paper display technology, which aims to solve one of the biggest issues with E-Ink.

17 comments

Saved you a click: new E-Ink display with a 60-120hz refresh rate
- Live Paper is not E-Ink, so it shouldn’t have the same inherent issues with ghosting or refreshing.
  
  E-ink is a very specific display technology with ink particles floating in oil controlled by magnetic fields. They don't explicitly state what this Live Paper exactly is, but they do state it's something that solves the downsides of typical reflective LCDs, so, probably one of those but better.
  Actual e-inks have the benefit of looking like ink blobs on paper and not square pixels, and the image staying even when power is completely removed, and the massive downside that because they are being physically moved, it actually takes a bit of time so they have terrible refresh rates.
  
  Yeah it looks like a transflective LCD with an (optional) almost orange internal light. Would it make a decent e-reader or note taking device, sure, but it's not e ink.
That video is extremely impressive. Hoooo boy.
It's resurfacing old tech? My Sony Ericsson P800 from 20 years ago had a screen that worked great in direct sunlight. It worked best in direct sunlight, the brightest the sun, the better you could see. Downside is that in the dark it had poor illumination

It's LCD with a reflective background and lateral illumination rather than backlight
- Transreflective lcd doesn't look great though, especially when viewed at angles, or when the room is bright enough to light the reflective layer but dark enough to require the backlight.
No idea what the niche would be for this as there are already excellent looking e-ink displays which can play video in a pinch. Who's going to go for a shittier looking one just for a higher refresh rate? I don't think many gamers are looking for shitty looking black and white screens.
- Zooming and panning a pdf is arguably more comfortable with higher frame rate.
  
  Fair enough but is that enough to buy a whole different computer with a much worse display? Modern e-ink displays can do probably 10-15 fps on high frame rate which, while not perfect, is probably adequate.
- Here is an alternative Piped link(s):
  
  excellent looking e-ink displays which can play video in a pinch
  
  Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.
  
  I'm open-source; check me out at GitHub.
Hmm I hope it lives up to the hype. I wonder what this new display tech is.
That’s a pretty cool display
This looks surprisingly good. I'd love to see what these would eventually look like with color.
Look at the video of the daylight. It's a really ugly display IMO.

17 comments