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I've been doing a lot of research on this recently including contacting Chinese wholesellers to see what individual parts would cost. Essentially all I'm after
by mrmondo 10y ago
I've been doing a lot of research on this recently including contacting Chinese wholesellers to see what individual parts would cost.
Essentially all I'm after is a Linux (not android) based 7-12" eink tablet with touch screen, a decent resolution / PPI for the size and at least say 2-4GB of ram at a minimum although if it was cheap enough I'd drop as far as 1GB if I really had to.
I have a Dasung E-Ink monitor and it's dreadful, lots of ghosting, very slow refresh, have to have some 'interesting' software running to make it work, hard to work with multi-desktops etc.... and very, VERY expensive: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/paperlike-world-s-first-e-ink-monitor-13-3#/ https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/paperlike-world-s-first-e... otherwise I'd attach that to a Pi or Cubox and live without the touch screen.
- i336_ 10y agoWhat sorts of price ranges did the wholesalers provide, and for what? (I don't need exact values, just a rough idea.) Thanks for the info about the Dasung. A video showing the screen at its absolute worst might be very useful - but to be fair, showing what things the screen does do well would be very interesting to know as well.
- mrmondo 10y agoFor anything even slightly useful with a half decent display I was still looking at USD $200+ per unit and many wouldn't supply just one.
- i336_ 10y agoOh wow :/ that's quite a shame. On the other hand, this means that the Chinese "photocopying industry" doesn't realize people want (decent!) e-ink readers. Window of opportunity, anybody?