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Re:A fast, low-latency, open-hardware e-paper monitor and de... by torium on Tuesday August 12, 2025 @06:55AM (#44874667)
Not sure I understand what I'm looking at.

At 0:47, which one is the e-ink, left hand side or right hand side? Initially I thought the e-ink was on the left hand side, but it has SO MUCH GLARE.

Also on the intro at 0:10 you can see the glare move across as they tilt it.

More glare: 0:26 (left) 0:28 (top left).

I have an e-ink reader and it has zero glare. I read it on the beach as clearly as paper, I'm not exaggerating.

They've done the hardest part (the latency), how don't know how to explain fumbling this badly on the easy part. It shouldn't have glass in front!!

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Re:A fast, low-latency, open-hardware e-paper monitor and de... by KolmogorovComp on Tuesday August 12, 2025 @07:36AM (#44874959)
It’s obviously the left one. I don’t see much glare on it.
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Re:A fast, low-latency, open-hardware e-paper monitor and de... by torium on Tuesday August 12, 2025 @07:40AM (#44874982)
You don't see the glare on the left hand side? Are you trolling me?

https://imgur.com/AsMMNmi

https://imgur.com/a/kHBiPmu

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Re:A fast, low-latency, open-hardware e-paper monitor and de... by Y_Y on Tuesday August 12, 2025 @11:28PM (#44884401) 

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Pretty sure that's a lie and they just don't like my VPN. Either way, shitty image host.
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Re:A fast, low-latency, open-hardware e-paper monitor and de... by technothrasher on Tuesday August 12, 2025 @08:20AM (#44875315)
Their big claim, at least it seems on quick glance, is in the controller, not the display. You can use any e-ink display with it. The display with glare that you're complaining about I think is just the cheap display they're including in the dev kit.
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Re:A fast, low-latency, open-hardware e-paper monitor and de... by torium on Tuesday August 12, 2025 @08:52AM (#44875608)
Oh really? I completely missed that. I thought what they were offering was an e-ink display with a latency that's low enough to use as computer screen.

It's possible I just can't read.

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Re:A fast, low-latency, open-hardware e-paper monitor and de... by alex-a-soto on Tuesday August 12, 2025 @11:16AM (#44877349)
At 0:47, both sides use the same e-ink panel, the left in outdoor conditions, and the right indoor.

Latency was one of the challenges we addressed, and our driver board supports different panels, you can use one with lower glare if preferred.

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