[toddos]

Originally Posted by andyh2000

Depending on your electronics skills (or access to others) you could always make your own display device. This is a reflective display module (not eInk) sold by SparkFun: http://www.sparkfun.com/products/9560 or in the UK: http://proto-pic.co.uk/kent-display-240x160x2-9/

Andrew

This. What you need is a reflective LCD screen programmable over a serial port interface. There are many of these available as commodity parts, depending on what resolution/size you need (and if you have special requirements, I'm sure you can find a manufacturer who will build one for you for a price). No electronic skills necessary, just the ability to write custom software to push the data you need the display to render.

I did something similar building a clock for my HTPC, though I used a backlit LCD rather than reflective. If you're not familiar with reflective LCD panels, think of Gameboys before they had built-in lights (all old Gameboys with black-and-white panels, as well as the original GBA with its reflective color panel).