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Re:Panic Playdate In-Depth Review by ihuman on Tuesday April 26, 2022 @10:28AM (#31167884)
Did those LEDs reflect off the front of the display? They said they tried something like that, but it wasn't good enough. It looks like the reflectiveness is closer to epaper than a mirror.
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Re:Panic Playdate In-Depth Review by LeoNatan25 on Tuesday April 26, 2022 @10:35AM (#31167980)
The system described by the commenter sits between the LCD and the front plastic. There are no reflection issues as far as I am aware.
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Re:Panic Playdate In-Depth Review by layer8 on Tuesday April 26, 2022 @10:49AM (#31168157)
That’s right. I actually had forgotten about the front plastic, but am remembering now that you mention it. The lighting from the LEDs wasn’t completely uniform (I had six LEDs, three on the right and three on the left, I believe), but good enough.
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Re:Panic Playdate In-Depth Review by ihuman on Tuesday April 26, 2022 @10:43AM (#31168086)
That's what I assumed the person meant, and what the twitter link I posted talked about. I also mentioned the reflectiveness because the commenter talked about problems with overly-reflective screens.
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