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From what I've read, though, most of the lag/slowness issues with eink are due to bottlenecks in the supporting electronics, which have relatively narrow channe

From what I've read, though, most of the lag/slowness issues with eink are due to bottlenecks in the supporting electronics, which have relatively narrow channels to the display, and not a lot of processing power. Apparently the focus of most current eink tech is (understandably, given the established markets) power saving and cost, with update speed losing out. I saw a video a few years ago, where someone had bypassed all that, and was running an eink display at video frame rates. It seemed to work fine. [...google search...] Ah, here's the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24srQXX81Oc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24srQXX81Oc There are other similar videos, by other companies, too. So for a device where more power consumption is acceptable (compared to a power-sipping e-reader), fast-update eink displays may well be possible, and even practical... but it's not so clear anybody is putting much investment in such a thing...

BugBrother 12y ago
I have waited impatiently since the 1990s for a functioning E-ink reader with fast enough page turns to browse documentation. And the reason it isn't here is not technical problems -- it is because some shaved chimpanzee of an MBA thought high quality E-readers without colour (or a battery good "just" for a few days) was too small a market?! I have vertigo.
- daveloyall 12y ago
  I reviewed snogglethorpe's link and then searched a bit. Apparently the same company that made that demo also makes an ebook reader. I don't know if it is cool or not. I don't know their stance on Free Software and Open Hardware. But... They do have a 'video' tag on their blog. http://blog.bookeen.com/tag/video/ http://blog.bookeen.com/tag/video/ Cheers!
  - MaysonL 12y ago
    They seem to have released an 8" 1024X768 reader "Cybook Ocean" earlier this year, about 180 euros.
  - BugBrother 12y ago
    I can't find any info on how quick the page turns are? No A4 size? (The reader MaysonL mentions doesn't seem to be on sale yet? I don't see review from 2014, at least?)

BugBrother 12y ago

I have waited impatiently since the 1990s for a functioning E-ink reader with fast enough page turns to browse documentation. And the reason it isn't here is not technical problems -- it is because some shaved chimpanzee of an MBA thought high quality E-readers without colour (or a battery good "just" for a few days) was too small a market?! I have vertigo.

daveloyall 12y ago
I reviewed snogglethorpe's link and then searched a bit. Apparently the same company that made that demo also makes an ebook reader. I don't know if it is cool or not. I don't know their stance on Free Software and Open Hardware. But... They do have a 'video' tag on their blog. http://blog.bookeen.com/tag/video/ http://blog.bookeen.com/tag/video/ Cheers!
- MaysonL 12y ago
  They seem to have released an 8" 1024X768 reader "Cybook Ocean" earlier this year, about 180 euros.
- BugBrother 12y ago
  I can't find any info on how quick the page turns are? No A4 size? (The reader MaysonL mentions doesn't seem to be on sale yet? I don't see review from 2014, at least?)