alt Hacker NewsIs it even useful as a faceplate? An active display would be way more accurate at displaying hardware stats when the machine loses power (it'll shut down).
Is it even useful as a faceplate? An active display would be way more accurate at displaying hardware stats when the machine loses power (it'll shut down).
That's an interesting case of a display being off actually indicating something ("loss of power") which can't be replicated with a bistable screen.
On the other hand, you probably don't want that glow of an active screen all the time. Status LEDs are annoying enough.