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4shtonButcher ,

Especially excited bout the medium screen sizes. I like my small eReader but sometimes need something larger for PDFs and to make highlighting and searching easier in non-fiction books. The giant tablet I am typing this on is nice for web and video, but it’s just too massive for reading and it appears tablets have the seem problem as smartphones with becoming ever bigger.

conciselyverbose , (edited )

I’m perfectly happy with the progress of e-ink in motion It’s not good, but it’s enough to follow the occasional animation in a mostly static environment.

Color isn't bad either.https://sh.itjust.works/pictrs/image/02c0fa06-5de3-4fcb-bb01-64306fab0d9a.jpeghttps://sh.itjust.works/pictrs/image/42d10796-67e6-4ce7-bf47-67fcb54c8d4f.jpeg(Both do need either the front light cranked or a lot of ambient light to get that vibrance. They kind of fade a little in lower light without the front light)

I don’t hate the idea of better progress in rLCD. I’d be pretty interested in a steam-deck-like that worked well outside in harsh sunlight. But I have a hard time seeing it match eink in contrast for static content. E-ink has a lot less ground to cover to get to “flawless”.

Shawdow194 ,
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Good!

zante ,

Welcome news, with the caveats others have highlighted. E-ink is still quite expensive for reasons I dont understand. Someone said there were only a couple of manufacturers.

Cheap (and by that I mean rubbish) 10” tablets are available for under £30 in china, but if you want e-ink it’s at least double .

Tiuku ,

That someone was correct.

BananaTrifleViolin ,

The article is a bit vague on the pros and cons of reflective LCD screens.

It seems to be pros that it has a good refresh rate, can be used without a backlight so is good outdoors and indoors in a bright room, and maybe better for your eyes due to the lack of the backlight/blue spectrum light. It also may offer better colour depth than e-ink currently.

The cons are not clearly addressed but presumably battery life is worse than e-ink but better than a backlit display such as OLED or AMOLED, that colours are still not as good as other LCDs even if better than e-ink, and it seems cost (although that may be due to the small market at present).

Also there is no obvious innovation noted in the article so its not clear what has changed about these displays? It sounds more like some small companies are just using the displays in a new way to try and mimick paper. But maybe thats wrong or will change?

Maybe this would compete with e-ink if cost comes down. The battery benefit of e-ink with a static image is one of its big benefits, to the point that its being used for shelf labels in supermarkets. E-ink isn’t going anywhere but good to have more choices in the tablet space.

Appoxo ,
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Backlit OLED? You may be thinking of QLER because OLED is self emissive

KomfortablesKissen ,

“Runs a custom version of Android”. God fucking shitnuggets. I just want computing to be mine again.

strendons ,

and generally aren’t very useful for high-motion graphics like videos or games.

I do like the fact that my e-reader is just for reading books without distractions. Thats also kinda the point of e-ink, to be as close to paper as possible and make digital reading better. I don’t see the need yet for a paper like screen to animate video because it won’t be as good as a normal screen. I’ll prefer specialized screens over a catch-all type any day.

jaggedrobotpubes ,

More and better e-ink, please. It’s just the best at the things it’s good at. Give me a foldable phone with one e-ink screen!

Appoxo ,
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No foldable but screens on both side.

EngineerGaming ,
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Seen a noname Aliexpress phone with a normal display on one side and an e-ink one on the other.

RobotToaster ,
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Reflective LCD, like my palm pilot used? I didn’t think we would see those make a comeback.

stoy , (edited )

It is almost as if there has been about 2 decades of technological development since you last used that kind of tech.

mox ,

It would be neat to compare these new reflective LCDs with the 25-year-old ones used in the Game Boy Color.

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