With refresh rates reaching 60Hz, the possibilities for eReaders are endless.
your future Kindle
Right after a big drama that showed absolutely nobody should be buying Kindles.
What happened? Searching for kindle drama is just giving book results
Last year Amazon removed the ‘download & transfer via USB’ feature which allowed old, wifi-less Kindles to get new books onto them.
Earlier this year, Amazon ‘ended support’ for older (perfectly working) Kindles. What they mean by ‘ending support’ is remotely blocking those models from downloading new books via the Kindle Store.
Essentially, all of those older Kindles are paperweights now, unless jailbroken. As time goes on, Amazon will most likely take the same steps with more models.
Oh wow that is absolute brutal.
I’ve always avoided Kindles in the past and opted for Kobo. Hopefully Rakuten doesn’t try any of those shenanigans.
I’ve gone back to paper books. Did you know that small, independent bookstores as well as public libraries are still going strong? Paper books are great! They don’t need to be recharged. They feel nice in your hands. And last a long time when cared for properly.
Time will tell how long e-readers in general can last, but kindles are already dead.
Also full colour graphic novels (as well as illustrated books and photography books) on glossy paper kick ass. E-readers can’t even come close to the experience.
I hate to state the fucking obvious, but the whole point of e ink was no continuous refresh required, thus saving energy.
What’s next? 100hz and a backlight?
not needing continous refresh won’t go away, i have no earthly clue why you’d assume that.
all this does is let it reach higher peak refresh rate by being smart about how it refreshes, if anything it should make the panels MORE efficient since they don’t need to refresh everything at once.
It can, but nobody said it has to. Maybe different apps could run with different refresh rates and ebooks can still be effectively 0Hz
280hz oled gaming e-ink displays 😍😍😍
Imagine the possibilities for poor battery life.
As long as a reader isn’t running Android, it’s fine.
well it could update a static screen ~ 60fps. Which it probably would
for your future
KindleKobo or anything else.
I love the idea of a monitor using e-ink at 60Hz. I feel like it has the potential to greatly reduce eye strain during office work. To be clear, I’m not talking about gaming (but PCMR ftw). The more admin work I have to do the more I appreciate anything that makes using a PC easier
Do they have any E ink displays that have a writing/stylus input? I wonder would it be like to use it for notetaking.
There are several, remarkable is pretty popular. All of the higher end ones are kind of expensive.
@rimu I actually quite like it when any device’s possibilities have some sort of end
But can it run Doom?
Better, it could run Doom in full sunlight
I’ll be interested when it can compete with an OLED. Until then, it will forever be a niche product.
E ink has been the next big thing since the early 90s.
Compete where? They’re totally different uses surely?
My point exactly. eInk is too different to be used as a standard display. Until it can keep up with the other players, it continue to be relegated to niche use rather than being taken seriously as a display standard.
The big benefit of eink displays is they use significantly less power than led displays.
you can’t really say that and not mention the fact that e-ink is reflective and almost literally looks like paper, which is the main appeal for a ton of people. It’s vastly more comfortable to look at for long periods, and remains easily readable in direct sunlight (just like paper).
Yes I am aware of that. My comment still stands.
When the tech is being use for surveillance pricing in grocery stores, it’s hit rock bottom.
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