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Re:Daylight Computer – New 60fps e-paper tablet by JoshTriplett on Thursday May 23, 2024 @06:29PM (#40460643)
How's the battery usage? You mentioned that it's not bistable and doesn't retain an image on power-off; does that mean the display requires non-trivial power even while displaying a static image? One of the big selling points of my reMarkable 2 is the incredible battery life.

Any plans for color? I know it'd be a sacrifice of brightness. I'm still interested despite the limitations.

Re:Daylight Computer – New 60fps e-paper tablet by DarkmSparks on Friday May 24, 2024 @12:58AM (#40462929)
I was looking for the battery life to.

after a bit of digging through their page - 8000mAh battery giving "days" of charge.

So a long way from eink insanity, but a usable device in return. Im sure it will do well.

Re:Daylight Computer – New 60fps e-paper tablet by seanalltogether on Friday May 24, 2024 @07:12AM (#40464947)
These types of displays use power to change the pixels, but almost nothing to retain the existing image, so battery life will be wildly variable depending on how you're using it. Browsing the web with nonstop animations versus reading a book will probably show massive swings in battery life.
Re:Daylight Computer – New 60fps e-paper tablet by circuit10 on Friday May 24, 2024 @10:57AM (#40466902)
This isn’t e-ink, it’s a transflective LCD so that’s not true here
Re:Daylight Computer – New 60fps e-paper tablet by seanalltogether on Friday May 24, 2024 @01:03PM (#40468139)
It's not e-ink, but it appears to be the same as Sharps "memory" display, which means it continues to show an image even after power is removed. They have extremely low power draw when displaying static pixels
Re:Daylight Computer – New 60fps e-paper tablet by circuit10 on Friday May 24, 2024 @05:37PM (#40470681)
They said it’s not bistable which I think means it doesn’t do that