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CaptainBoing Guru  Joined: 07/09/2016 Location: United KingdomPosts: 2079 |
https://goodereader.com/blog/e-paper/e-ink-spectra-6-the-full-color-epaper-for-digital-signage |
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| robert.rozee Guru Joined: 31/12/2012 Location: New ZealandPosts: 2350 |
CaptainBoing: good find  "E Ink [...] has launched E Ink Spectra 6 ePaper display [...] This first full-colour screen from the company is intended to provide a print-quality replacement for paper signs, including posters, POP displays, signage, and other in-store advertising." while the mass-market applications seems to mostly revolve around advertising, i could see this as a great spinoff opportunity for E-Magazines to finally flourish. at the moment electronic-magazines are limited by the (6") size and monochrome constraints of the average e-reader (for most folks, an Amazon Kindle), with the only alternative being the publisher releasing a .PDF version of their copy into the wild where it can be (wildly) copied. but with COLOUR ePaper displays maturing, and once a size closer to A4 is achievable, then we will be able to see DRM'ed magazine content sent directly to a subscriber's device. along with ever growing flash density, it will become practical for one to purchase (for instance) the complete back-catalog of every Silicon Chip Magazine on an A4-sized device. or a complete Encyclopedia Britannica, or a complete copy of Wikipedia (approx 100Gb as of april 2023). cheers, rob :-) |
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| matherp Guru Joined: 11/12/2012 Location: United KingdomPosts: 9139 |
You are assuming the update rate may be sensible. Based on the article and the specified use cases I suspect it could be many seconds with who-knows-what artefacts during refresh Edited 2023-04-12 23:41 by matherp |
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| CaptainBoing Guru Joined: 07/09/2016 Location: United KingdomPosts: 2079 |
very true - I couldn't really find any info other than this article. I have see tri-colour e-ink displays (red white & black) and they go through all sorts of contortions when the image changes. OK for fairly static stuff (like what the displays are aimed at) but can't even deal with a reasonable fast changing area (like the time with seconds) but... the door is open - it can only get better Edited 2023-04-13 00:04 by CaptainBoing |
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