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Old 09-05-2013, 02:50 PM   #64
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Originally Posted by derangedhermit View Post
The incremental improvements in e-ink contrast over the past several years, and the unchanged 4-bit gray scale, make it uninteresting to me as a basic technology. 1/4 to 1/7th the contrast of paper? No thanks. 4-bit grayscale? No thanks. The tech isn't evolving into something I'm interested in buying into again.

100:1 contrast, 256 shades of gray , ~300 ppi, and I'm interested. E-ink isn't going to get there, ever, as far as I can tell. Very low power consumption is by far the biggest feature, and that's not enough.
16 shades of grey are enough for displaying text.

Have you ever read a printed book? They're much, much worse than what the current state of e-ink is at.
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