E-Ink Monitor Indiegogo

Streetguru · May 30, 2016, 4:47am

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/paperlike-world-s-first-e-ink-monitor-13-3#/

It already reached well over it's goal, but I'm predicting it to be pretty bad in practice as a PC monitor.

Kocytean · May 30, 2016, 4:59am

so its just a 13.3" e-reader screen? Not exactly a new thing.....

FaunCB · May 30, 2016, 5:46am

Oh shit that is such a good idea. Like backlit and shit, diff colors, and they can be made so cheaply too!!

MFZuul · May 30, 2016, 5:54am

cool, but $900+ retail????

Crimson_Ryoka · May 30, 2016, 6:40am

I wonder could you hack some kindles to make a superior version of this for less?
Like take four apart, line up the screens and mod the displays to act as one.

Streetguru · May 30, 2016, 6:52am

Wouldn't have the "PC monitor" capabilities of this thing, which is very minimal at that

Crimson_Ryoka · May 30, 2016, 6:58am

The E-Ink display would need to be at least 17 inches for me to take it seriously as something I would use regularly and still be practical and not a novelty.
imo

Streetguru · May 30, 2016, 6:59am

Then it would cost like $1500, We need OLED so badly.

Crimson_Ryoka · May 30, 2016, 6:59am

I'm just waiting for OLED too
http://www.digitaltrends.com/gaming/alienware-13-oled-hands-on/
they have the tech already too

Streetguru · May 30, 2016, 7:00am

All I need in my life is a 40" 4k OLED HDR Free-sync display that can also function at 120hz 1080p, that also doesn't suffer from burn in

and it needs to cost less than 5 kidneys

Crimson_Ryoka · May 30, 2016, 7:19am

the-digital-reader.com

Kindle DX Hacked to Act as a Second Monitor (Video) | The Digital Reader

For the longest time I've wanted to know what it would be like to have an E-ink monitor, and now it looks like I will finally have the chance. A hacker going by the name of TinyApps has posted instructions on how to convert the Kindle DX into a second display. This is a tethered solution, not wireless, so you'll need to dig out your USB cable. The instructions are also OSX only, so Windows users are out of luck for a change. You can find the instructions over on TinyApps.org, but if you just want to see it in action scroll down for the video. It doesn't look terribly useful to me at lest not how it is implemented in the video. The refresh rate is slow, of course, but the real issue is that the screen is tethered. Half the value of having the DX as a second display would be to get away from my desk with it. I think the similar hack for the Nook Touch might be better. That one works over Wifi. Of course, it probably also requires an Android app, so it's out of the question for the DX (at the moment). MobileRead [...]

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