cyrusfox Faiakes said: This should be fine for office tasks and web browsing, right? Yes, for office tasks and web browsing it should be fine. But Modos Flow looks like the more interesting option to me, and if they really deliver on the FPGA-driven controller at that panel size, I think they could blow past both Dasung and Bigme. The key is not just the panel, it is how fast and intelligently you can drive it. https://www.crowdsupply.com/modos-tech/modos-flow That said, these devices are still very expensive ($600 for 13-inch, $1,300 to $2,500 for 25-inch), and the color versions come with real tradeoffs. You give up sharpness, basically cutting the effective pixel density in half, and they need more ambient light because of the extra filter layer in the screen. For people with eyestrain, this is the best option at the moment. I hope more players come to market and more interested people pick this up to drive prices lower, but it is a niche market and it is unlikely to get much cheaper in the near term. Reply
circadia cyrusfox said: That said, these devices are still very expensive ($600 for 13-inch, $1,300 to $2,500 for 25-inch) isn't eink basically owned by one company that holds all its patents, schematics, whatever? so, because of that monopoly, eink is still very much expensive… even a brand new basic 6-inch or 7-inch eink reader these days costs more than 150 USD minimum… Reply
cyrusfox circadia said: isn't eink basically owned by one company that holds all its patents, schematics, whatever? so, because of that monopoly, eink is still very much expensive… even a brand new basic 6-inch or 7-inch eink reader these days costs more than 150 USD minimum… Having a single supplier is a factor, but the monopoly doesn't matter much when the market volume is this small. A 25.3-inch panel is an extreme niche. LCD and OLED screens are cheap because factories run 24/7 churning out millions of them. E-ink doesn't have that scale. Even with five competitors, the production numbers are so low that it would never make financial sense to sell them cheap. The idea that e-ink is universally expensive also ignores smaller form factors. You can find 6 and 7-inch devices around $100. I buy mine second-hand for $20-$40 because people get them as gifts and never use them. The basic Kindle is only $110 and gives you 300 ppi, a front light, and 16GB. Monitors fill a different need. High refresh rates are superb for light sensitivity, but implementation matters. Bigme struggles with smart dithering. Both Dasung and Bigme need to take a page from modos flow book and get to direct pixel driving, but that does come with engineering complexity and cost as well as power penalty. Reply
Key considerations
- Investor positioning can change fast
- Volatility remains possible near catalysts
- Macro rates and liquidity can dominate flows
Reference reading
- https://www.tomshardware.com/monitors/SPONSORED_LINK_URL
- https://www.tomshardware.com/monitors/bigme-introduces-a-color-e-ink-monitor-that-could-reportedly-hit-60-fps-25-3-inch-display-will-come-with-a-3200-x-1800-resolution-and-support-for-4096-colors#main
- https://www.tomshardware.com/membership
- Turtle Beach Command Series KB7 Review: A keyboard with a touchscreen and a lot of potential
- How Businesses Are Building Specialized AI They Can Trust
- Reviewer tests 'RTX 4080M' desktop graphics card powered by salvaged laptop silicon — performs worse than slightly more expensive RX 9070 GRE but draws only 100
- Dev ports Linux to Atari's notorious Jaguar console from 1993 — the first 64-bit console features 2MB of RAM, 13.3 MHz CPU, and Tom and Jerry co-processors; the
- Working prototype of open-source printer that promises user-repairability and no subscriptions appears in first video — DRM-free 'Open Printer' inkjet still has
Informational only. No financial advice. Do your own research.