boochiboo12

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@daylightco founder

I like gadgets and sunsets

@anjankatta on twitter

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Comment · 2 years ago
Which dongle do you use? This is the best option at the moment till we can afford a more expensive chip in the next gen that accepts hdmi in

Still on the hunt for a really good video capture / hdmi capture dongle

Comment · 2 years ago
If/when we release a bootloader unlock tool, and you can flash a custom ROM onto it, would that work for you.. be good enough?
Comment · 2 years ago
Appreciate the appreciation and thoughtfully laid out idea!

I think we’re actually intrigued and open to build this!

What helps to know: - is 1080p ok? - what’s the minimum size you’ll be ok with ? - aspect ratio? - any other important details?

Comment · 2 years ago
our contrast can vary depending on the lighting envrionment, its the nature of non lambertian reflective displays with optical gain

most of the time its pretty good!

in dimmer environments, you can boost contrast by boosting the backlight a bit

Comment · 2 years ago
coming! should be a bunch of unofficial ones on twitter
Comment · 2 years ago
Comment · 2 years ago
the simplest mod is notifications off by default

but we've got a bunch of things in the pipeline also

for example, one sec like 'app delaying / intentional friction' functionalities built into the OS

Comment · 2 years ago
if you make something comparable for $729, i will buy it from you x 10

not kidding

its hard to get things made at low batch sizes with good economics!

(third party video based reviews coming in the weeks ahead! youtubers hopefully will actually reply to us now after the attention of this launch)

PS this review does a good job of describing the perf / tradeoffs of the G99 https://www.notebookcheck.net/Xiaomi-Redmi-Pad-review-Afford...

we're gadget nerds, its not as bad as you think :)

in fact, no early users have complained about performance at all, either to us or on twitter

we're open to feedback on how to improve the next gen! all we ask is to judge based on actual performance on intended workloads and not specs nor crysis lol

Comment · 2 years ago
you're right, for some folks it's not gonna be worth the price increase

we understand that, and we hope we can bring the price down with scale

for some of the folks who its worth it for, some of the reasons are: - onenote or noteshelf or goodnotes on eink working without lag makes it worth it - obsidian or google docs or your terminal working without latency - you end up reading way more substacks, articles, blogs, things in the browser - dragon ball z on eink is fun :)

Comment · 2 years ago
you can try concepts on our thing! its a pretty damn good drawing app / procreate alt
Comment · 2 years ago
we're open to it! we just need to better understand what resources we need internally to support this effort and for the specific mediatek/qualcomm chips we're looking at
Comment · 2 years ago
yes
Comment · 2 years ago
yes we do! ipad mini and 13.Xin versions are kawaii af
Comment · 2 years ago
full refund if you dont like it

its vulnerable for us as a small startup on a shoestring budget to offer this, but it is the right thing to offer

(sorry we will update the page to add details to refund/return!)

Comment · 2 years ago
1) remarkable & ratta are traditional off the shelf eink and have to use a frontlight (above the display) which has many tradeoffs

2) daylight actually uses microperforations in our LivePaper display, so we're able to use a backlight, which in our opinion is superior in multiple ways

one of which, is what you're describing! our backlight doesnt affect writing feel or distance from pen tip to display!

(also way better contrast with BLU on with backlight)

3) thats awesome! feel free to reach out if you want to collaborate, we want to build the best PDF experiences out there as we're serious about knowledge work

anjan at daylightcomputer.com

we will share more details about our pdf reader later this summer when we do an official software launch!

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