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Originally Posted by Quoth
It's not as sharp.
That's physically impossible unless the colour layer is removed, or you don't have any colour vision. That's why no LCD maker quotes the native mono resolution of the panels.
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For B&W content it's just as sharp*. There's just as many B&W eInk cells. Quoting the "mono" resolution of an LCD makes no sense because you can't possibly use all the subpixels simultaneously to drive a higher res image. On Kaleido eInk you can use all the cells to do B&W text, so it's not the same. LCD manufacturers do sometimes play BS resolution games if they can, see basically every PenTile display ever.
*Yes, technically there is a small sharpness loss from the color layer, but there's also one from the touch layer, pen layer, possible glass screen layer, screen protector etc. but a 300 PPI B&W Kaleido screen does not appear half as sharp as you imply. Contrast loss is very noticeable, sharpness not so much.