Epson unveils ridiculously high resolution E Ink display
By Ryan Block 
posted May 21st 2008 9:27PM
posted May 21st 2008 9:27PM
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I dont know if I'd call it absurdly high resolution, it seems to me that the 300dpi mark is where you'd have to be for it to be viable paper replacement.
Hopefully, this continued push toward all things e-Ink will drive the absurdly high prices of the eBook readers down.
When he said ppi thought it was a typo ( i thought he meant dpi) then i googled it and it meant Pixels per inch (PPI) which makes sense as to why 385ppi is alot
Wiki -Source
a display that is 11 inches wide by 8.5 inches high, capable of a maximum 1024 by 768 pixel resolution, can display about 93 PPI in both the horizontal and vertical directions
It has been observed that the human eye can generally not differentiate detail beyond 300 PPI
Imagine e-paper on the topside of a MBA or X300? Read it like a regular paper B&W open the lid to view your regular screen, e-paper outside changes to some funky pattern (or advertising for the person across the train/table/bench)
"It has been observed that the human eye can generally not differentiate detail beyond 300 PPI"
Not really.
300 DPI/PPI is where black and white text starts looking so good that the average person won't see improvement above there, though someone who knows what to look for will (Fine lines look much better at higher resolutions, for instance).
However, when you start talking about gray scales and gradients, resolutions higher than 300 DPI make a huge difference in preventing banding and other types of artifacts. Print out a photo at 300 DPI and see what I mean. High-end photo printers do 1200 DPI or more.
May 21st, 2020... "Ugg I got e-ink on my hands.."
Is it May 21st where you are?
It's the 22nd over here buddy, we're way ahead :D
Oh my God, a different time zone?!? Aren't you special!
According to this, Japan is planning to take over all American businesses by 2050.
@Dwells he was joking about how being in a that time zone and therefore "in the future" makes them more advanced
I'm glad we all understand this thing named humor.
humor !!!
is it that thing you hit the nail with
or the one Arnold drives around
Yeah, we've got a long we've got to go before we'll all be reading the e-paper morning news on the way to work, but it can't be that long, can it?
Fix the second we've please
Are people /that/ scared of laptops? That's pathetic.
Attn Ryan Block:
You may want to proof-read your stories before you publish them.
"Yeah, we've got a long we've got to go ..." ???
Please stop saying that...
Finally! Enough pixels to be able to put Japanese characters in an A4-sized Japanese newspaper on!
That's the way i like it, everything should be hi-res!
Please let them upgrade it to color,
put it in a nice flat frame, and
sell me magazine subscriptions
complete with advertising
just like the ones I know and love
and already subscribe to
and buy singly
please
So, I guess you're going to buy a 3G iPhone for those features you're asking for.
Or a tablet PC and some Zinio love
my god..... with that bevel, and that resolution....wow
An upgrade to color would mean a downgrade in effective resolution.
This kind of paper is just like the electric and the flying cars: they're only 3 to 4 years from mass production..... FOREVER.
It's not actually paper, electric cars ARE very close to mass production (already in limited production), and flying cars will probably eventually take off (pun intended).
The princible technology, eInk, is in mass production right now. Devices like the Amazon Kindle, Sony Reader, and iRex iLiad all use it. The difference is that the current screens are only 166dpi and 7:1 contrast.
Wow, I just got a Sony PRS-505 which I love, and it has a DPI of about 170, and its pretty damn good looking. 384 DPI has got to be incredible. Hopefully they get refresh times way down, including super fast refreshes for smaller updates (by zones instead of full page) and near universal inking (as in Wacom) and we really are on to the greatest thing ever.
We already have the greatest thing ever, Engadget. Can I have Recon now? Damn, sorry I thought this was Bungie lol.
Yay vis-a-vis crosswords.
a physical news paper stuck between two piece of plexi?
It's what I thought. I saw the pic before I read the headline and thought...they framed a page from a newspaper?
And that's how they're planning on having the final product, too. Better get a larger mailbox. :p
電子トイレットペーパーです。
hahaha but i'm pretty sure you wouldn't want to flush it though. looks like expensive paper.
Finally, something we agree on!
eurgh imagine the electric shocks going where the sun dont shine! ouch!
I thought everyone in Japan had a TOTO
Its Black and White. Neither playing DOOM nor built on your laptop would make you happy.
Though, its nice. It won't make your eyes too tired. Please develop colour version! e-ink and Epson.
There are already endless possibilities for its use, and color capability and a good refresh rate could be huge! I mean HUGE! Assuming a decent price, anyway.
Now if only we lived in a time where we had ridiculously high resolution CCD chips in consumer-accessible cameras, so we could, you know, see for ourselves how ridiculously high resolution this E-ink display is.
*Sigh* A plate of meat can dream, though.
Sweet now i can buy a $5,000 dollar device to replace my $1.00 morning paper! all jokes aside, it is damn cool
Want. Want a lot.
I, for one, reported your comment immediately, realising this was the only course of action that did not play into your scheme.
As long as the New York Times is writing it, I'm alright. Oh, and it better not cost ore than $1.25
I swear to god - If I see one more meme, I'm turning this intertubes off. I mean it!
i visit engadget for the sole purpose of getting my daily internet-meme fill-up.
No day of mine is complete without reading someone ask if today's latest gadget will simulatenously blend and play crysis while doom is running in a background window.
"but it can't be that long, can it?"
Until they get rid of needing to refresh the entire dang page...yes...it will be a while. Needing to refresh an entire page when you click a button or have a window popup on an ereader screams early tech. This isn't bad. Just early in an immature technology. Oh and color. Wake me when they have at least 16-bit.
Why color? Because newspapers and mags aren't just about words. Graphs and the occasional pict goes along with it.
The third generation controller that Epson has developed for eInk will supposedly allow for independent control of different parts of the screen.
Great! Can I play my blueray movie with this?
Will it blend ?