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posted by janrinok on Thursday May 10 2018, @02:32PM   Printer-friendly
from the wild-dreams? dept.

I tried searching and came to the conclusion this does not exist. I would like a tablet with the following features:

  • Easy to install (or pre-installed) LineageOS, or some other open source OS that doesnt require any fighting with bloatware or control over updates (please give your opinion on what is best)
  • Easy to open up and repair (and mod) the device hardware myself without any special tools (ie, standard electronics screwdrivers, etc)
  • Matte screen with dynamic range that allows the screen to be bright enough to use in the sun but dark enough to use while falling asleep.

I don't plan on using it for anything besides basic web browsing and pdf reading, so it should be cheap. However, price is no object if it has those features. There was one other soft criteria but it sounded like an ad so I removed it... See if you can guess.


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  • (Score: 2) by takyon on Thursday May 10 2018, @04:14PM (1 child)

    by takyon (881) <reversethis-{gro ... s} {ta} {noykat}> on Thursday May 10 2018, @04:14PM (#677958) Journal

    It's not like there was ever anything stopping a company from adding an HDMI port to their e-reader.

    The "SNOW Field" they mention might improve refresh rate slightly, and the quad core + RAM could help with loading detailed PDFs (less lag). But the refresh rate is still going to be very low.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_paper#Disadvantages [wikipedia.org]

    Here's a recent e-ink "monitor" [digitaltrends.com].

    The low refresh rate is a property of most e-ink technologies. High refresh rate e-ink screens haven't made it out of the lab, to my knowledge, although they have been hyping them up for years [e-ink-info.com].

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  • (Score: 2) by Immerman on Thursday May 10 2018, @04:33PM

    by Immerman (3985) on Thursday May 10 2018, @04:33PM (#677981)

    I recall seeing an early Kindle software-modded to play video fast enough to maintain the illusion of motion. I suppose it's possible it was actually a hardware mod posing as a software mod, but it didn't have that hoax vibe to it (and a hardware mod would have been worth boasting about in it's own right)

    Of course that might "only" have been 20-30 fps, but that'd be plenty for most uses.