PaperLike: 13.3″ E Ink Monitor by Dasung Tech (Videos)
January 15, 2015
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One of the coolest new E Ink contraptions to be shown off at CES 2015 was a 13.3″ E Ink monitor that connects with computers and laptops via a USB cable to provide a secondary display.
The device is called the PaperLike and it’s being made by one of E Ink’s partners in China by the name of Dasung Tech.
The PaperLike uses a 13.3-inch E Ink Fina screen that has a resolution of 1600 x 1200 (150 ppi). Fina is E Ink’s glass-based display and is different from what’s on the 13.3″ Sony DPT-S1 PDF Reader, which has a flexible plastic-based screen.
The interesting thing about the PaperLike is that it uses so little energy that it doesn’t even need to be plugged into its own power source. It connects to a laptop or desktop computer simply with a USB cable, and it gets enough power through the USB to refresh the screen.
The overall speed and refresh rate has been optimized and looks impressive. Check out these YouTube videos:
The Effect of Browser In PaperLike
Cursor Moving & Stock Software in PaperLike
The speed of Dasung’s secondary E Ink monitor is impressive. The monitor has several display modes. Like the A2 mode on Onyx’s Android ereaders, the faster modes show less detail but the faster refresh rate helps make things like scrolling and zooming much smoother.
Dasung just launched the PaperLike in China, but it’s unclear when it officially gets released. The price is somewhere between 3999 RMB and 5999 RMB ($645 – $970 US). It seems the former is a promotional first sale discount and the latter the regular price (it’s hard to make sense of Dasung’s website when you don’t read Chinese).
Any idea of the expected lifetime of these? Eink.com says “Over 90% of E Ink displays will last more than 10 years with typical usage”, but quick refresh monitor usage probably isn’t what they’d consider typical.
yes, from http://www.dasung.com.cn/index.php?controller=front&action=buygate
In the reservation period,
For individual, order within first 20 days is 3999, order within last 10 days is 4499.
For big clients (buying 2 or more), order within first 20 days is 3799, order within last 10 days is 4299.
For people who have eye disease/short sighted (with medical proof), order within first 20 days is 3599, order within last 10 days is 4099.
As someone who stares at multiple monitors for 8+ hours a day, I would really appreciate a 15″ or 17″ eInk monitor as a secondary. This appears to only be a clone of the primary monitor. It would be really nice to see an eInk monitor that could be set up as an extended desktop. Having one color and one eInk monitor would be ideal. If you need color, drag the window to the color monitor, if you don’t use the eInk monitor and save your eyes.
Is it possible for me in the Netherlands (Europe) to order such a monitor? It would be very helpful, because my eyes start to hurt when I work long times with a LCD screen.