If I wanted to get a screen and use a raspberry pi to create an alway on TimeChainCalendar frame.

What’s a cheap LCD screen maybe… 21”+ with low refresh rate and low power.

What screen would you buy?

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WaveShare eInk FTW!

Trying to find an excuse to buy one myself :p

Looking it up.

Hmmm these are too expensive.

old phone?

21”?

oh, ha, missed that part

I have it always on a third monitor on my desk

truly a thing of beauty. its author used to be on here as @TC

hm didn't find him when trying to @ on amethyst. good to know.

I'm batting .000 tonight 🥴

HP VH240a 23.8

Go to your local thrift shop and buy a cheap Dell screen for next to nothing.

Yeah, that might be a good way.

yes, bargains!

bar/gains i like this word

my heart when you only like my comment but don't comment back. what kind of person are you.

Ooff I’m not that harsh.

Also, what part of a house is this? An indoor window?

I don’t know. it's just an internet photo that I found to illustrate the condition of my heart. You don't reply within 2 seconds, you are the biggest heart breaker. I’m going to cry.

🤣🤣

Only if I had something worth saying.

😒

🙃

Have you considered using an android for this project? You can get a used one w similar specs and price, comes with its own screen, you can run a full blown linux GUI on it if you want.

Like what? Can you give me an example?

Just pick any android released like 2-6 years ago, look on eBay/plebian.market/satscrap/shopstr, and there it is used for like $50. There are linux distributions for android that are full linux distros, or you can stick with a normal android ROM. I haven't researched it in a while, so I don't have any more specific suggestions, just saying it's maybe an easier path than doing this w pi. There are ways to run python etc even on an android rom.

Thanks. I wanted a screen that is relatively large in size. Not a phone or tablet scale.

So I’m not sure if something like this exists.