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brehon · 03-02-2025, 02:47 PM

Hello

I was wondering should I buy 10.1" 1024x600 Pixel Qi screen of EBay and make DIY tablet/2in1 laptop for reading as an E-Ink alternative. The upsides of this approach are price, OS/Software freedom, fast refresh LCD screen for apps and 3072x600 300ppi no-backlight BW LCD screen for book reading. Downsides? It takes time to build and BW 300ppi E-Ink readers are more and more common and also dropping in price.

So in the end the thing that matters most is quality of displayed text. Most of old sites and videos with comparisons are down and those that are up and incomplete. Old youtube videos with direct screen comparisons are useless these days due to fact that youtube changed video compression algorithms for low res videos and everything is blurred and filled with graphical artifacts.

Perhaps somebody who owns/owned devices with this 10.1" 1024x600 PQ3Qi screen and comparable E-Ink reader could tell difference?

03-02-2025, 02:47 PM	#1
brehon Enthusiast Posts: 26 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2025 Location: EU Device: none	300ppi Eink vs 300ppi Pixel Qi? Hello I was wondering should I buy 10.1" 1024x600 Pixel Qi screen of EBay and make DIY tablet/2in1 laptop for reading as an E-Ink alternative. The upsides of this approach are price, OS/Software freedom, fast refresh LCD screen for apps and 3072x600 300ppi no-backlight BW LCD screen for book reading. Downsides? It takes time to build and BW 300ppi E-Ink readers are more and more common and also dropping in price. So in the end the thing that matters most is quality of displayed text. Most of old sites and videos with comparisons are down and those that are up and incomplete. Old youtube videos with direct screen comparisons are useless these days due to fact that youtube changed video compression algorithms for low res videos and everything is blurred and filled with graphical artifacts. Perhaps somebody who owns/owned devices with this 10.1" 1024x600 PQ3Qi screen and comparable E-Ink reader could tell difference?