Technology

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!?

For a work machine with a lot of text and little graphics, this is great. Less eye strain for long periods.

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

That... would actually be pretty dope

There's this range of Philips signage displays in up to 32" (~$1800 USD): https://www.ppds.com/display-solutions/digital-signage/philips-tableaux

They even run Android, so should be able to install the Home Assistant app natively. Being intended as a signage solution, there's also PoE (although it is 45W 802.3bt class5), and even room for four 18650 batteries.

Notably though, they use the newer E-Ink "Spectra" (16 bit, 65,536 colour) panel which offers its full 2560x1600 resolution in both greyscale and colour, not the "Kaleido" one (12 bit, 4096 colour) of this Boox monitor that only has half of its 3200x1800 resolution in colour (Boox recommend using 1400x1050).

I don't know which of the two panels offers better refresh rates, however.

I bought a trmnl and it's pricey but works pretty good. I've mostly been using a few out-of-the-box plugins for it.

There is a selfhosted/offline version of the server you can run for it, so it can be 'offline' in theory. I keep meaning to mess with it more but haven't put the time aside.

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.

Every drive through and restaurant with outdoor counters and lcd screens I can’t fucking read with sunglasses on because they are polarized should switch to these

I can see how this would be very attractive to a writer.

If the answer matters then your use case isn’t this monitor’s use case. If you spend all day in Excel, or an IDE, something like that, then it could be awesome for eye strain reduction.

Not sure yet, we're still waiting for the first frame to finish.

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.

I remember a 42" plasma TV that cost $12,000 at Best Buy.

The article mentions another display with a 33 Hz refresh rate. But be aware that there would be significant ghosting even just scrolling a page of text, more so than even a measly 33 Hz refresh rate would lead you to believe.