Tidbyt hardware display device: a review

Re:Tidbyt hardware display device: a review by ComputerGuru on Sunday May 08, 2022 @03:21PM (#31307272)

I don’t have a problem with the low resolution but the contrast on that is absolutely horrendous. It’s almost impossible to see which pixels are lit and which aren’t in bright lighting, and that’s even visible in the OP’s post.

Additionally - and I don’t know if it’s part of the charm - the space between adjacent pixels being as wide as a pixel itself also limits the ergonomics of the display in a way that a similar resolution but more tightly spaced display would be more usable.

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Re:Tidbyt hardware display device: a review by monoprotic on Sunday May 08, 2022 @03:33PM (#31307382)

The pictures in the article really aren't doing the display any favors. I own a Tidbyt and the contrast is way better than it appears here, and the brightness is adjustable (with an API call if you want!) with a pretty high max setting.

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Re:Tidbyt hardware display device: a review by rohansingh on Sunday May 08, 2022 @03:51PM (#31307547)

Yup. Actually, I think we might limit the max brightness since at true 100% brightness it would be blindingly bright.

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Re:Tidbyt hardware display device: a review by konschubert on Monday May 09, 2022 @04:32AM (#31311834)

If you prefer eink:

I am making an e-paper display that works in a similar way - you can configure it with a mobile app to pull an image from any url you want.

https://www.invisible-computers.com/programmable-e-paper-scr...

This means you’re completely free in designing your layout.

There is also a pre-configured calendar layout available that syncs with google calendar.

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