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ManDay · 10-18-2014, 05:10 AM

Whenever there is mention of larger E-Readers there are also people who are planning to use them as a word-processing screen. Let alone that there are few (two, if I'm not mistaken, Sony's DPT-S1 and the Pocketbook CAD) devices which actually have a suitable screen size, those would have to be hacked in order to use them for anything the firmware was not designed for.

All this (and my very own being annoyed of the lack of options) suggests the question why is no one selling a "plain" E-Ink Screen of adequate size, yet?

There is E-Ink Holding and yet, they are not providing the trivial option to just buy an E-Ink screen, which would be but a technical banality to manufacture and practically little to no finanical risk. There is a plethora of "crowd funding" campaings collecting money for the most ridiculous of endevours ($50,000 for a bowl of potato salad should sound familiar), yet, no one has heard of any project, aiming to provide just the most basic large E-Reader or just an E-Ink screen?

Am I missing something here? Why is E-Ink so hard to come by?

10-18-2014, 05:10 AM	#1
ManDay E-Reader Posts: 274 Karma: 1606616 Join Date: Oct 2012 Device: DPT-S1	Why are there no E-Ink screens on the market? Whenever there is mention of larger E-Readers there are also people who are planning to use them as a word-processing screen. Let alone that there are few (two, if I'm not mistaken, Sony's DPT-S1 and the Pocketbook CAD) devices which actually have a suitable screen size, those would have to be hacked in order to use them for anything the firmware was not designed for. All this (and my very own being annoyed of the lack of options) suggests the question why is no one selling a "plain" E-Ink Screen of adequate size, yet? There is E-Ink Holding and yet, they are not providing the trivial option to just buy an E-Ink screen, which would be but a technical banality to manufacture and practically little to no finanical risk. There is a plethora of "crowd funding" campaings collecting money for the most ridiculous of endevours ($50,000 for a bowl of potato salad should sound familiar), yet, no one has heard of any project, aiming to provide just the most basic large E-Reader or just an E-Ink screen? Am I missing something here? Why is E-Ink so hard to come by?