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by Ldorigo 639 days ago
I spent a long time looking for one (and also just a transflective/reflective monitor that would work well in full sunlight) and I'm dumbfounded that there's nothing available. We had the tech for this 25 years ago and it's supposedly way cheaper than lcds. Refresh rate and colour quality are lower than LCD/oleds, but surely the vast majority of the working population doesn't care all that much about how true to life colours are? Especially if it means that you can actually _see_ those colours in bright sunlight? I'm hoping something will be available in the coming years as I really enjoy working outside but under the current conditions it's not really possible.
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> "...and also just a transflective/reflective monitor that would work well in full sunlight..."

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31203809

I was excited to order that until I saw:

>32"-diagonal reflective TFT LCD >1920 x 1080 resolution

The contrast is already on the low side and higher resolution would probably lower that further. Not much point in additional pixels that are hard to see.
The best work-around is to use an e-ink reader (or tablet), if need be, by pointing the web-browser at a page which lets you work on your device.