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Originally Posted by murg
One of the big factors in whether a e-ink reader can serve as a monitor is how fast the pixels can be changed.
A monitor will require the ability to do at least 15 frames a second, an ereader really only needs to do about 4 frames a second (and probably a lot less).
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E-readers use a grey-scale system. It is possible to reduce the grey-scale to true monochrome with only black and white. This increases the speed of the screen update. Some Android-based ereaders already include this innovation. Obviously no good for Quake 3, but adequate for text processing.
One software issue is that most ereaders that can be slaved as a monitor will most likely run Android. Whether they can talk to a Windows laptop may depend on if an app can talk to a Windows OS via wifi, blue-tooth or USB.