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Depends how large you want to get, and what you really want it for. If its really just for reading PDFs, have you tried a Kindle DX? If you want something hoo
by AdamJacobMuller 10y ago
Depends how large you want to get, and what you really want it for.
If its really just for reading PDFs, have you tried a Kindle DX?
If you want something hooked up to a computer for whatever reason, I know http://shopkits.eink.com/product/13-3%CB%9D-epaper-display-es133ut2/ http://shopkits.eink.com/product/13-3%CB%9D-epaper-display-e... does exist and you can buy it (alibet its expensive -- but not as expensive as the dasung, wow, 1300?) but its very DIY development kit.
There was another company in the USA that I found that also sells e-ink displays that are HUGE, they do it as digital signage (menu at a coffee bar type stuff). I can't fathom what they charge but its probably astronomical.
I do think this is all a bit unfortunate, I would love to have a few of these e-ink displays on my walls at home for things like shared calendar with my family and put a few in the office for our calendars too but its just crazy expensive and very inaccessible for now.
Unfortunately I think e-ink missed the boat. They never got past the volume curve to make large displays remotely mass produced (due to expense), and they are expensive because they aren't mass produced....
- csours 10y agoI haven't tried the DX. Ideally I'd like a monitor that was bigger than the standard 8.5x11 PDF page. The other use case for it being a monitor is ease of use. It is slightly difficult to transfer a PDF to a Kindle; not very difficult I know, but enough that I rarely do it. I think you are right about manufacturing scale. LCDs have such incredible scale I don't think e-ink could ever match, unless there was a combined e-ink LCD. --- Side note, that 13.3 e-ink kit looks suspiciously like the Dasung Paperlike form factor.
- DaiPlusPlus 10y agoI got my dad an Amazon Kindle DX for Christmas 2013 - right around the time they discontinued it. The display still looks good today, though not as white as the latter-day handheld Kindles, and the product casing bends easily with slight pressure which makes the device feel cheap, though I appreciate it is very lightweight for its size. It'd be great if Apple's industrial design team did an e-ink iPad, they would be able to make it considerably thinner and sturdier.