Comment on Valve open source the Steam Machine e-ink screen so you can make your own

anguo@piefed.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

• ramble81@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Can’t you get backlit e-ink displays? Don’t kindles have them?

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  • anguo@piefed.ca ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Yes, e-readers nowadays have a “frontlight”, a fiber otic mesh overlaid on top of the display. But the list of materials they provide doesn’t have anything that would provide this light.

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  • Martineski@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Well, technically eink displays don’t have backlight but frontlight.

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    • anguo@piefed.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Don’t know why you’re getting down voted for this, you’re technically correct, the best kind of correct!

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      • Martineski@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Hehe

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• variaatio@nord.pub ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  intensive studio lighting? e-ink is reflective so good enough front light makes them surprisingly bright.

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• Buddahriffic@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  You have to be a member of the secret photographer society before they’ll tell you. They are a secretive and judgmental bunch, saying things like “Hey! Get out of the frame, this is a professional photo shoot, not a photography tutorial. How did you even get in this studio? How would you like it if I randomly showed up at your job asking why you did the things you were doing?”

  Turns out that last question is not a request for an info dump about my job.

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