Crowdfunding: E Ink e-reader that can also be used as a PC monitor

Alexander Turcic · 08-22-2013, 09:21 AM

The latest competing for your backing dollars comes from a small group of Hong-Kong based inventors, who launched their "world's first EINK computer monitor" fund-matching campaign on Indiegogo. The idea is that you take a regular e-book reader with a standard E Ink screen, and connect it to your computer to function as a secondary monitor.

From the description:

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It is the world's first EINK Ebook Reader and Monitor 2in1 device. We call it CBR. After the campaign ending, we will reveal what CBR stands for to our contributors.

The purpose of this project is to use a regular EINK ebook reader as a second computer monitor, displaying text or images that are displayed on LCD/TV monitors onto the EINK ebook reader device. It’s better for the eyes and much more readable for the user.

Color me a shade of skeptic, but I cannot quite see yet how the slow refresh and relatively low resolution of an E Ink screen could be any useful in a standard desktop work environment.

WillAdams · 08-22-2013, 09:35 AM

If it were:

- larger (able to show at least 8.5" x 11" @100%)
- included stylus support

It'd be a huge boon for our proofreaders.

Jessica Lares · 08-22-2013, 09:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Alexander Turcic

Color me a shade of skeptic, but I cannot quite see yet how the slow refresh and relatively low resolution of an E Ink screen could be any useful in a standard desktop work environment.

Me either.

Maybe for a Raspberry Pi though.

Nate the great · 08-22-2013, 11:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Alexander Turcic

Color me a shade of skeptic, but I cannot quite see yet how the slow refresh and relatively low resolution of an E Ink screen could be any useful in a standard desktop work environment.

Hackers have pulled off a similar but better trick with a Nook Touch:

More tricks

If the IndieGogo project shown above offered a wireless solution i would defintely go for it.

jswinden · 08-22-2013, 11:38 AM

Big FAIL IMO. The screen looks washed out like a pre-Pearl eInk screen. The refresh rate would be horribly slow and in many offices you would need to include some kind of front lighting. Perhaps if it was hooked up in a laptop configuration it would be useful for outdoors in the daytime where a normal laptop or tablet would be washed out, but then it would be useless in low light times. Nah, just a huge FAIL.

Lbooker · 08-22-2013, 01:02 PM

Great idea ! That is exactly what I am looking for.
They should demo it with the latest 13.3" panel from E-ink.
Most people are ignorant, and of course do not know how bad back-lit screens are for their brains.

Lbooker · 08-22-2013, 01:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Nate the great

Hackers have pulled off a similar but better trick with a Nook Touch:

More tricks

If the IndieGogo project shown above offered a wireless solution i would defintely go for it.

It is also possible with the Ony Boox : bigger screen, so more convenient.

cortman · 08-22-2013, 02:40 PM

If it would be a laptop with an e-ink screen, I would be very tempted.

BWinmill · 08-22-2013, 04:25 PM

I can think of two situations where this type of display may work:

A thin model with a large enough viewable area could be clipped to a laptop's or tablet's screen, for use outdoors. This sort of setup would be useful for field work.

A wireless model may be good secondary monitor for extended periods of reading, as well as to refer to or transcribing information. It would be more useful than an ereader since it would display information using standard PC software.

rem736 · 08-22-2013, 07:38 PM

no one finds it weird that the fundraising goal is only $2000?

susan_cassidy · 08-22-2013, 08:19 PM

Any kind of drag and drop would not work - the refresh rate is too slow.

Jessica Lares · 08-22-2013, 08:24 PM

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Originally Posted by rem736

no one finds it weird that the fundraising goal is only $2000?

They have a finished product, so no.

Lbooker · 08-23-2013, 03:41 AM

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Originally Posted by susan_cassidy

Any kind of drag and drop would not work - the refresh rate is too slow.

If they use the 1-bit mode (black and white only), no problem.

HarryT · 08-23-2013, 11:44 AM

So what are they going to do with a lousy $2000?

HarryT · 08-23-2013, 11:47 AM

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Originally Posted by jswinden

Big FAIL IMO. The screen looks washed out like a pre-Pearl eInk screen. The refresh rate would be horribly slow and in many offices you would need to include some kind of front lighting.

Have you actually read the linked post?

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Display type: EINK Pearl white high-definition with front light, resolution 1024*758

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08-22-2013, 09:35 AM	#2
WillAdams Wizard Posts: 1,258 Karma: 3439432 Join Date: Feb 2008 Device: Amazon Kindle Paperwhite (300ppi), Samsung Galaxy Book 12	If it were: - larger (able to show at least 8.5" x 11" @100%) - included stylus support It'd be a huge boon for our proofreaders.

08-22-2013, 11:38 AM	#5
jswinden Nameless Being	Big FAIL IMO. The screen looks washed out like a pre-Pearl eInk screen. The refresh rate would be horribly slow and in many offices you would need to include some kind of front lighting. Perhaps if it was hooked up in a laptop configuration it would be useful for outdoors in the daytime where a normal laptop or tablet would be washed out, but then it would be useless in low light times. Nah, just a huge FAIL.

08-22-2013, 01:02 PM	#6
Lbooker Addict Posts: 316 Karma: 1021312 Join Date: Jun 2009 Device: Sony PRS-T1	Great idea ! That is exactly what I am looking for. They should demo it with the latest 13.3" panel from E-ink. Most people are ignorant, and of course do not know how bad back-lit screens are for their brains.

08-22-2013, 02:40 PM	#8
cortman Zealot Posts: 138 Karma: 1025658 Join Date: Jun 2013 Device: Kobo Glo, Kindle 3 3g, Nook HD+, Nexus 4 (Mantano)	If it would be a laptop with an e-ink screen, I would be very tempted.

08-22-2013, 04:25 PM	#9
BWinmill Nameless Being	I can think of two situations where this type of display may work: A thin model with a large enough viewable area could be clipped to a laptop's or tablet's screen, for use outdoors. This sort of setup would be useful for field work. A wireless model may be good secondary monitor for extended periods of reading, as well as to refer to or transcribing information. It would be more useful than an ereader since it would display information using standard PC software.

08-22-2013, 07:38 PM	#10
rem736 purpose priority passion Posts: 645 Karma: 9002000 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: socal, usa Device: sony prs-350, b&n ngp, rM2, kindle scribe, boox poke5	no one finds it weird that the fundraising goal is only $2000?

08-22-2013, 08:19 PM	#11
susan_cassidy Wizard Posts: 2,251 Karma: 3720310 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: USA Device: Kindle, iPad (not used much for reading)	Any kind of drag and drop would not work - the refresh rate is too slow.

08-23-2013, 11:44 AM	#14
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383099 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	So what are they going to do with a lousy $2000?

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