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We've been asking for e-ink monitors for how long? Here's a first step from am major manufacturer that will be widely available. People will be able to test it, Philips will see how much demand actually exists, what the feedback is and we'll all go from there.

No product is perfect, that is a trusim. If you look for flaws you can always find them. Does HN ever have something nice to say about any product or service?

I'm not sure I would like this either, looking from LCD to E-Paper and back, but I know I should actually try it before having an opinion.

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I just hope its proximity to an LED screen doesn't confound the response of the userbase to it. I think there's a lot of people, including myself, who would like an affordable e-paper screen that's at least A4 size and an OK refresh rate. But if users say that they "don't need an e-paper next to my monitor", hopefully Philips and similar companies don't draw the conclusion that people don't want e-paper.

Honestly I still think it's the wrong tech for this use case. I would much rather see a come back of monochrome transflective displays.

Give me an A3 size, monochrome, 4k resolution, transflective LCD, at 30fps, that I can scroll through text naturally and read with external ambient light. That to me would be the perfect 'reading' 2nd monitor.

See the old 'Pixel Qi' displays as an example of this tech.

No need to go monochrome. Sunvision already has color RLCD monitors. https://www.sunvisiondisplay.com/

There's also a color RLCD tablet being released soon by Eyemoo. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35900620

Both displays refresh at 60Hz, and have 1920x1080 and 1600x1200 resolution respectively.

Transflective LCDs have piss poor contrast and generally they're only good in direct sunlight. Who would want to read on that indoors and why? See for example the comparison video your other replier posted: https://youtu.be/AXHzY1IgJWw?t=370 I also have watches with RLCD and Amoled, indoors even on a very sunny day RLCD sucks. And 4k for 20 inches display? What for? Do you plan to stick your face in the monitor?

> And 4k for 20 inches display? What for? Do you plan to stick your face in the monitor?

It's still less than 300 dpi but getting close enough to be comparable to most printed materials.

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