The added complexity may mean that ACeP v2 requires beefier hardware and more expensive manufacturing processes. ACeP v1, which is available in digital signage products, cost thousands of dollars. If that's an indication of what a consumer ereader would cost, then it may remain unaffordable well past However, if any color reflective screen ever makes its way into a Kindle, it'll likely be ACeP because of its high color saturation, which makes it perfect for reading textbooks and comic books.
Unfortunately, TCL missed their ship date. TCL North America did not respond to requests for comments. New ereader screen technologies don't come out very often. Most new products are incremental refinements that release on a three-year cycle. Revolutionary technological leaps are rare. So rare that when they do reach devices, it's a big deal. ClearInk first announced its technology in but has since picked up partners such as Lenovo and display manufacturing giant Tianma.
Unlike the majority of e-paper displays, ClearInk manages to do a few things that its competitors cannot: cost-efficient color video, without requiring a backlight. E Ink's Triton was the last color e-paper technology to hit ereaders but it never stood a chance of reaching Amazon's Kindle.
The Triton panel cost a fortune and suffered from a weak contrast ratio, high cost, and slow refresh rates. In other words, it didn't look good and couldn't play video. That's why it didn't last long.
ClearInk, on the other hand displays color at around 4, colors, or High Color. Its video refresh rate of 33Hz equivalent to broadcast television or YouTube allows full-motion video. Here's an example I shot at Display Week The video and high clarity of ClearInk comes down to the type of ink it uses. Both ClearInk and E Ink create images using electrophoresis, however, there's a big difference between the two. E Ink uses two pigments. The additional overhead of dealing with two pigments causes slower refresh speeds and choppy video.
ClearInk differs in that it uses a single, smaller-sized pigment to create black and whites. According to Peruvemba:. To generate white, E Ink uses a white particle to reflect light. The end result: higher contrast, lower power consumption, higher resolution, and even color video, when combined with a color layer. This provides no barriers for the reading experience and gives us the best resolution possible.
The iFlytek is the only color e-reader that has a glass based layer and both Hisense phones have a glass layer, and come shipped with a matte screen protector. The Pocketbook Color is using around 24 white LED lights, which currently provides the best lighting system out of all of the different e-readers and phones. All of the rest use white led lights.
Currently none of these models have a color temperature system or utilize amber LED lights. My take, is because it would make all of the colors look super weird. It just might be the way the color filter array is on-top of the standard E INK layer, so because the color filter is on top, it needs more light, in order for any color content to be visible.
The front-light is only really necessary with color. Are you waiting for a perfect comic-reading device? Even though the color reproduction is never going to compete with LCD tablets, a bigger screen with equal or ideally higher sharpness would be great for reading things like comics and magazines outdoors, and the battery life advantage remains significant.
Kaleido color E Ink is good for the same reasons as monochrome E Ink. But keep an eye on this technology — for the first time in a long while, it actually feels like color e-readers could be viable soon. Cookie banner We use cookies and other tracking technologies to improve your browsing experience on our site, show personalized content and targeted ads, analyze site traffic, and understand where our audiences come from.
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