Ask HN: Has any progress been made on large format E-ink displays ?, Hacker News

If you’re interesting in building your own you can get a “one from waveshare:

https” : //www.waveshare.com/product/displays/e-paper/ inch …
This Is the black / white one, they do a black / white / red one too. But beware, they take really long to refresh (the red color takes several refreshes to appear). And the one with red is on backorder until June.
It can be powered by a raspberry pi and is (much ) cheaper than the ereader options of the same size: Only about $ .

It does not necessarily have to be E-ink proper. , but I like the idea of having something that doesn’t emit its own light.

Such as an older LCD panel without a backlight? It doesn’t sound like you’re looking for anything special here.

Like the sharp memory LCDs?

They’re pretty cool but I think the limiting factor is demand rather than technology (although they do have a pretty niche construction in that the control sillicon is AFAIK actually fabricated inside / along the LCD panel)

Since the demise of Pixel Qi, does anyone else have a credible. laptop screen based on e-ink, that has a high enough refresh rate to be usable, and / or the ability to switch from transflective / zero-power e-ink mode to a normal screen?

I’m using the Dasung Paperlike HD and I really like it for writing code. inches, but it’s real nice.
I imagine in 5 – in 5 years or so, we’ll see what you’re imagining.

Maybe. I feel like e-ink could have an iPhone moment. It just needs more attention. Remarkable and similar products are analogous to pre-iphone palm pilots.

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