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Dasung E-Ink Display Crowdfunder: Will it be good for coding outside

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I'm suspicious about this. Flex funding is the first warning flag of a scam. The second warning flag is the religiosity in the advertising video talking about god and talking nonsense about "damaging our retina". The third warning flag is they first announced this Dasung E-Ink monitor product in 2014 so what's been happening in between. The fourth warning flag is the complete lack of explanation what exactly and specifically they want funding for. They previously advertised their product in 2015 as: --- Right now, the PaperLike is selling for $975 (straight conversion), though there’s a promotional discount that nets a $325 price break. Even at $645, it’s more than seven times the price of the 16-inch AOC e1659Fwu on Amazon. --- http://www.geek.com/chips/watch-a-13-inch-e-ink-monitor-in-a...

So why is it now $700 when E-Ink panel prices have been steadily decreasing.

Yeah, they are a bit over-the-top. I only want it for the ability to wear sunglasses and use it to code. They have existed for a while, and you can buy direct, but they are too expensive at normal price. I think they are doing a crowd-funder simply to drive sales.

I got email from them (as I enquired previously) that explained they were making them currently, and you could pay via Paypal full price and get them right away, or via IndieGogo and get them for less, but have to wait a couple of months.

I don't think the way they do business is great, and one of their founders is a science fiction writer apparently, but as far as I could find, they are the only people making e-ink displays for this use-case. I've researched a lot, and I have not been able to find any other similar product actually in production. Lots of small demo videos, and broken links.

I have tried the jailbroken kindle, and it was pretty rubbish experience, I really hope the Dasung product at least works as it is depicted.

Full disclosure - I've already ordered one because I am excited to try and develop out in the sunshine, and laptop screen isn't cutting it. This is USB powered, and I'm hoping it will be good enough for text editor. Anyone had experience with these or any other e-ink devices?

I was really excited about e-ink technology, but it seems that there is very little innovation in this space, and I can't help but think this will really help for reading articles etc. too.

> there is very little innovation in this space

A lot of E-Ink based projects got stepped on within large MNCs because LCD vendors dropped their prices significantly whenever development teams talked about switching. Plus LCD and backlight power consumption rates improved quite a bit and the management level people insist on the ability to play video.

And yet, people spend hours straining to see iPads and laptops in the sun! The video thing is a killer. I was really excited with some very promising demos etc. but I am frustrated that this seems to be the only device to have made it into production, and that is only available as direct by from China, nobody is retailing these!

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11766073

Colour e-ink today! OK so there is some innovation, but still the path to consumer product purchase is unclear at this point.

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