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It sucks that eink is still so ridiculously expensive. I recently had to pay around 2k for a 32" eink device. Bonkers pricing.

andai 4y ago
Woah, that's TV size, I didn't know they made those. What are you using it for, what's it like?
- Wingman4l7 4y ago
  Yep, there are some Chinese manufacturers making them; I occasionally see information popping up on them on e-reader devices news websites. As you can see though, still not cheap.
- Animats 4y ago
  Here are some of the larger e-ink displays.[1] No prices given. They're being pitched to cities as bus stop displays, because they can be run from a small solar panel. It might make sense for that, because having power run to a bus stop sign probably costs more than an expensive E-ink panel. I notice that some Alibaba sellers of similar displays copied some of their images from that site. [1] https://www.smartcity-displays.com/large-format-e-ink-displays/ https://www.smartcity-displays.com/large-format-e-ink-displa...
  - harvey9 4y ago
    You still need the bus data sign illuminated at night, and bus stops have plenty of room on top of the shelter for a larger solar panel.
  - Wingman4l7 4y ago
    Boston's got some of the solar-powered ones, I've seen them late 2022: https://blog.eink.com/bostons-ink https://blog.eink.com/bostons-ink Looks like they were also using them for transit at one point, but I haven't seen these myself: https://www.mbta.com/projects/solar-powered-e-ink-signs https://www.mbta.com/projects/solar-powered-e-ink-signs
ra423 4y ago
Can you share the images of the device?
muyuu 4y ago
yep, even 13~14in bare e-ink screens are the price of mid-range tablets I guess the market isn't quite there
- throwoutway 4y ago
  It's usually explained as being "the patents are owned by a company squeezing every cent of licensing rights". I wonder when those patents expire
braunboffel 4y ago
It sucks that u_e = v/E . Bonkers.

andai 4y ago

Woah, that's TV size, I didn't know they made those. What are you using it for, what's it like?

Wingman4l7 4y ago
Yep, there are some Chinese manufacturers making them; I occasionally see information popping up on them on e-reader devices news websites. As you can see though, still not cheap.
Animats 4y ago
Here are some of the larger e-ink displays.[1] No prices given. They're being pitched to cities as bus stop displays, because they can be run from a small solar panel. It might make sense for that, because having power run to a bus stop sign probably costs more than an expensive E-ink panel. I notice that some Alibaba sellers of similar displays copied some of their images from that site. [1] https://www.smartcity-displays.com/large-format-e-ink-displays/ https://www.smartcity-displays.com/large-format-e-ink-displa...
- harvey9 4y ago
  You still need the bus data sign illuminated at night, and bus stops have plenty of room on top of the shelter for a larger solar panel.
- Wingman4l7 4y ago
  Boston's got some of the solar-powered ones, I've seen them late 2022: https://blog.eink.com/bostons-ink https://blog.eink.com/bostons-ink Looks like they were also using them for transit at one point, but I haven't seen these myself: https://www.mbta.com/projects/solar-powered-e-ink-signs https://www.mbta.com/projects/solar-powered-e-ink-signs

ra423 4y ago

Can you share the images of the device?

muyuu 4y ago

yep, even 13~14in bare e-ink screens are the price of mid-range tablets I guess the market isn't quite there

throwoutway 4y ago
It's usually explained as being "the patents are owned by a company squeezing every cent of licensing rights". I wonder when those patents expire

braunboffel 4y ago

It sucks that u_e = v/E . Bonkers.