A 32" E Ink development kit is on sale for $3.500

Lbooker · 03-25-2016, 07:43 AM

Visionect introduces a 32" color/B&W E Ink development kit.

Prices :
$3.500 at launch for the B&W version (2560x1440, 16-level grayscale), $5.000 from mid-April.
$4.500 for the color 1280*720 version, then $6.000 from mid-April.

Considering their 13.3" dev kit is available for $1.500, and Onyx is about to sell a 13.3" reader for a little less than half that price, we may be able to purchase 32" E-ink screens for less that $2.500 if a regular e-reader company was willing to take the financial risk of selling the largest screen to date.
I would love to use such a screen with my desktop computer.

robko · 03-25-2016, 09:56 PM

If they can get workable colour (doesn't have to be perfect HD for movies etc), I'd be happy to have one for a monitor. Can't really see a greyscale monitor working for me, but this could (except the price of course). Good to see them tackling what should be ideal markets. If this also has a flexible substrate, with colour it would start to make sense for restaurants that have started using tablets for menus.

HarryT · 03-29-2016, 09:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by robko

If they can get workable colour (doesn't have to be perfect HD for movies etc), I'd be happy to have one for a monitor. Can't really see a greyscale monitor working for me, but this could (except the price of course). Good to see them tackling what should be ideal markets. If this also has a flexible substrate, with colour it would start to make sense for restaurants that have started using tablets for menus.

You'll note that the linear resolution of the colour version is precisely half that of the greyscale screen. This almost certainly means that, like the older "Triton" eInk screens, it's not "real" colour, but rather a colour mask placed over an underlying B&W screen. Unless there's been a dramatic quality improvement over the Triton screen, this means muddy, unsaturated colours.

frahse · 03-30-2016, 03:58 PM

Kind of (in a strange way of course) reminds me of an old Hercules monitor I had once, back in the "AT" -(Turbo) day.

(still sitting in the basement)

Cinisajoy · 03-30-2016, 05:05 PM

If you just want a 32 inch color monitor, go buy a cheap flat-screen tv.

03-25-2016, 07:43 AM	#1
Lbooker Addict Posts: 316 Karma: 1021312 Join Date: Jun 2009 Device: Sony PRS-T1	A 32" E Ink development kit is on sale for $3.500 Visionect introduces a 32" color/B&W E Ink development kit. Prices : $3.500 at launch for the B&W version (2560x1440, 16-level grayscale), $5.000 from mid-April. $4.500 for the color 1280*720 version, then $6.000 from mid-April. Considering their 13.3" dev kit is available for $1.500, and Onyx is about to sell a 13.3" reader for a little less than half that price, we may be able to purchase 32" E-ink screens for less that $2.500 if a regular e-reader company was willing to take the financial risk of selling the largest screen to date. I would love to use such a screen with my desktop computer.

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robko Wizard Posts: 2,454 Karma: 5469320 Join Date: Jul 2010 Device: Kobo	If they can get workable colour (doesn't have to be perfect HD for movies etc), I'd be happy to have one for a monitor. Can't really see a greyscale monitor working for me, but this could (except the price of course). Good to see them tackling what should be ideal markets. If this also has a flexible substrate, with colour it would start to make sense for restaurants that have started using tablets for menus.

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frahse occasional author Posts: 2,314 Karma: 2064403292 Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Wandering God's glorious hills, valleys and plains. Device: A Franklin BI (before Internet) was the first. I still have it.	Kind of (in a strange way of course) reminds me of an old Hercules monitor I had once, back in the "AT" -(Turbo) day. (still sitting in the basement)

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Cinisajoy Just a Yellow Smiley. Posts: 19,161 Karma: 83862859 Join Date: Jul 2015 Location: Texas Device: K4, K5, fire, kobo, galaxy	If you just want a 32 inch color monitor, go buy a cheap flat-screen tv.