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snipenekkid · 03-06-2009, 07:20 PM

pilotbob:

Thank you for the replies. Sorry if it was me who came across as defensive. Nothing could be farther from the truth from me. But you know how some boards can be a microcosm, with some topics generating a fair amount of contentious "how dare you ask" responses. From my reading I have found mixed responses to this topic so I did not want to step on any toes or come across as negative about eink devices. I think eink is a grand technology. Maybe too early for my entry into the market though.

So, no harm no foul and I do appreciate the feedback. Still I am curious about the technology side of the equation. As in why does the page over at eink.com indicate white particles when the result is not white? Maybe I was not clear about that portion of my question.

And as I mentioned it could easily be a middle ground between an neon type white resulting in a screen which is too hard on the eyes outdoors.

daffy4u:

Thank you for the suggestion but first I will not meet with anyone I know only from the internet, it's simply an unwise behavior. Next I have seen eink device and have several PDA and PDA like devices I can read on already. I was simply hoping for a lower power simply device that eink is purported to represent. I can say if I had a choice between the eink Sony devices and a PDA with some form of LCD and a transreflective display, I would opt for the PDA type device. But still I don't like reading on my PDA much either so I will likely just wait for the technology to mature enough to be more in line with my expectations.

My interest in them was peaked when viewing the marketing photo's showing very white backgrounds on the devices. After viewing the Sony devices in person I now see those photo's were either photoshop enhanced or taken under extremely bright lighting conditions with studio strobes or speedlights to enhance the contrast enough to make the image appear to have a white background.

03-06-2009, 07:20 PM	#11
snipenekkid Banned Posts: 760 Karma: 51034 Join Date: Feb 2009	pilotbob: Thank you for the replies. Sorry if it was me who came across as defensive. Nothing could be farther from the truth from me. But you know how some boards can be a microcosm, with some topics generating a fair amount of contentious "how dare you ask" responses. From my reading I have found mixed responses to this topic so I did not want to step on any toes or come across as negative about eink devices. I think eink is a grand technology. Maybe too early for my entry into the market though. So, no harm no foul and I do appreciate the feedback. Still I am curious about the technology side of the equation. As in why does the page over at eink.com indicate white particles when the result is not white? Maybe I was not clear about that portion of my question. And as I mentioned it could easily be a middle ground between an neon type white resulting in a screen which is too hard on the eyes outdoors. daffy4u: Thank you for the suggestion but first I will not meet with anyone I know only from the internet, it's simply an unwise behavior. Next I have seen eink device and have several PDA and PDA like devices I can read on already. I was simply hoping for a lower power simply device that eink is purported to represent. I can say if I had a choice between the eink Sony devices and a PDA with some form of LCD and a transreflective display, I would opt for the PDA type device. But still I don't like reading on my PDA much either so I will likely just wait for the technology to mature enough to be more in line with my expectations. My interest in them was peaked when viewing the marketing photo's showing very white backgrounds on the devices. After viewing the Sony devices in person I now see those photo's were either photoshop enhanced or taken under extremely bright lighting conditions with studio strobes or speedlights to enhance the contrast enough to make the image appear to have a white background.