Kobo’s current lineup of ereaders is seriously lacking when it comes to traditional black and white E Ink screens. The overall market for BW screens is still much larger than the market for color E Ink screens, so it makes you wonder why is Kobo so intent on selling devices with color E Ink screens? […]
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Should E Ink Release Higher Resolution Screens for eReaders?
Most ebook readers on the current and not-so-current market have E Ink screens with 300 ppi (pixels per inch). A few of the cheaper models and some larger devices have E Ink screens with lower ppi, but 300 ppi has become the standard for most ereaders going back many years now. When dedicated reading devices […]
New 13.3″ Bigme B13 Color E Ink Monitor Now Shipping (Video)
Bigme recently released a new portable E Ink monitor with a 13.3″ color E Ink display called the Bigme B13 (another creative and memorable model name from Bigme). Like all current Kaleiod 3 color E Ink screens, the Bigme B13 supports 300 ppi for black and white and 150 ppi for color. It has a […]
Solar Powered E Ink Displays are Now a Reality
E Ink and their partners recently demoed some new products at this year’s SID Display Week, including a new 32″ solar powered E Ink poster called the Solis 32 Display. It uses E Ink’s full-color Spectra 6 technology, which is part of their digital signage line so it isn’t directly related to ereaders, but it’s […]
Gallery 3 Screens Look Surprisingly Bad Compared to Carta Screens
Over on reddit, someone posted side-by-side pictures of the new Remarkable Paper Pro (left) next to the Boox Go 10.3 with a Carta 1200 screen (middle) and the SuperNote A5X2 with Carta 1300 (right), and it’s hard to believe how much worse the Remarkable’s color screen looks compared to regular black and white E Ink […]
Gallery 3 Screen Comparison vs Kaleido 3 and Regular BW E Ink (Video)
Last week the Remarkable Paper Pro was released. It’s the first eNote to use E Ink’s Gallery 3 screen with actual colored micropixels instead of an RGB color filter layer like E Ink’s Kaleido screens. Color quality is better on Gallery 3 screens, but it looks like they still can’t match regular E Ink screens […]
Kobo Clara BW Carta 1300 Screen Comparison Video
Last week I posted about how the new Carta 1300 screen on the new Kobo Clara BW isn’t a worthwhile upgrade, at least not from a contrast standpoint, so I put together a video showing how it compares to other E Ink Carta screens. On the product page for the Clara BW, Kobo says it […]
E Ink Carta 1300 is Not a Worthwhile Upgrade
Ever since some obscure ereader from China showed up with a new Carta 1300 screen, people have been clamouring for ereaders to come out with the new “upgraded” screen technology that’s supposed to be faster and have better contrast. Well, once again, I hate to break the news to you, but there’s no contrast improvement […]