This is the WORST Monitor Ever...ON PURPOSE! - Dasung PaperlikeU E-Ink Monitor

Linus Tech Tips · 2.2M views · 2023-08-30 · 15:59

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Linus Tech Tips reviews the Dasung Paperlike E-Ink monitor, asking whether an e-paper display makes sense as a computer monitor. The video covers its slow refresh rate, eye-comfort claims and day-to-day usability.

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HN commenters cite it as a realistic demonstration of E-Ink monitor refresh rates and how such displays feel in use.

Recommended by 2 HN people across 2 months · HN mentions 2023–2024

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What people said

jrmg · 2024-07 · Recommendation
‘Quite high’ is still not what you’d think of as ‘quite high’ if you’d never experienced earlier versions of eink though. LTT on YouTube has some video reviews of Dasung’s displays. I know tastes vary when it comes to LTT - and they focus on some ridiculous things in the reviews (Can you game on them? Obviously, no.) but if you get past that I do think the videos do a a good job of showing how the monitors feel. [VIDEO] [LINK]
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pests · 2023-09 · Recommendation
LTT just did a video[1] on an 25inch E-Ink display[2] that runs at 15Hz. It worked way better than I thought it would and is a pretty decent size. Little pricey. [1] [VIDEO] [2] [LINK]
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c0balt · 2023-10 · Reference
The refresh rate of this display was somewhat demonstrated in this[0] LTT video on the KickStarter display. [0]: [VIDEO]
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