Kindle DX on e Ink Carta

romanlryji · 08-06-2015, 03:02 AM

Am I the only one who dreams about it?

HarryT · 08-06-2015, 04:26 AM

A dream is all it'll ever be, I'm afraid.

mikij1 · 08-06-2015, 05:46 AM

Large screen ereader monochrome... what sense does it?

My dream... Sony DPT-S1 with color screen (liquavista maybe): newspaper, students books, science book, notebook...

HarryT · 08-06-2015, 05:51 AM

Well, you can certainly buy a large-screen eInk device if you want one

. I just think it's unlikely you'll see one from Amazon. They're concentrating on the tablet market when it comes to large-screen devices.

I strongly suspect that within the next 10 years a screen technology will emerge (perhaps LiquaVista, perhaps something else) that will give daylight-readable good quality colour screens with low power consumption, and that once that happens the distinction between tablets and eInk readers will disappear, but I think we're a few years away from that point yet.

patrickt · 08-06-2015, 06:30 AM

Should ereaders be designed to accommodate out-moded formatting like .pdf or should the formatting be designed to work on modern ereaders?

HarryT · 08-06-2015, 06:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by patrickt

Should ereaders be designed to accommodate out-moded formatting like .pdf or should the formatting be designed to work on modern ereaders?

PDF certainly isn't "outmoded" for the purpose it was designed for, which is to be a digital representation of a printed page. The issues occur when it's used for tasks it was never intended for - eg as a reflowable format. I read a lot of:

1. Academic journal articles.
2. Page-scanned books which are long out of print.

Both of these are perfect uses for PDF.

08-06-2015, 03:02 AM	#1
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08-06-2015, 04:26 AM	#2
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,560 Karma: 93980341 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	A dream is all it'll ever be, I'm afraid.

08-06-2015, 05:46 AM	#3
mikij1 Connoisseur Posts: 50 Karma: 2075336 Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spain Device: Kindle Paperwhite 2	Large screen ereader monochrome... what sense does it? My dream... Sony DPT-S1 with color screen (liquavista maybe): newspaper, students books, science book, notebook...

08-06-2015, 05:51 AM	#4
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,560 Karma: 93980341 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	Well, you can certainly buy a large-screen eInk device if you want one . I just think it's unlikely you'll see one from Amazon. They're concentrating on the tablet market when it comes to large-screen devices. I strongly suspect that within the next 10 years a screen technology will emerge (perhaps LiquaVista, perhaps something else) that will give daylight-readable good quality colour screens with low power consumption, and that once that happens the distinction between tablets and eInk readers will disappear, but I think we're a few years away from that point yet.

08-06-2015, 06:30 AM	#5
patrickt Wizard Posts: 1,221 Karma: 8381518 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Oaxaca, Mexico Device: Paperwhite 4 X 2	Should ereaders be designed to accommodate out-moded formatting like .pdf or should the formatting be designed to work on modern ereaders?

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