I’ve been using a Bigme B251 [0] (likely the exact same panel) for about 9 months now. I recommend Amazon simply due to return policy; these can come with bad panels. They don’t notably fail early if the panel is fine when you get it.<p>Refresh is slow, colors are low saturation, and there is ghosting.<p>It’s also an absolute JOY to use for anything text related once you get past those differences.<p>For those on MacOS stillcolor [1] is an absolute MUST.<p>I’m open to any questions!<p>0: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/-/he/B251PC/dp/B0CYYWZ9M9" rel="nofollow">https://www.amazon.com/-/he/B251PC/dp/B0CYYWZ9M9</a><p>1: <a href="https://github.com/aiaf/Stillcolor">https://github.com/aiaf/Stillcolor</a>
E-ink technology is a godsend. Until refresh rate and image quality improve, though, it's great for many things other than a general-purpose monitor. For instance, I just ordered the Mudita Kompakt: I love how it's low-power and extremely minimal by default, but you can sideload apps if you so desire. With a regular smartphone, I have to traverse the opposite path, which is vastly more cumbersome and inefficient: root the phone, install GrapheneOS, take care of all the wasteful and unneeded "features" or functionalities, install and set up a minimalist launcher, install tools to get around bloat and other nuisances, etc. And there's no guarantee you'll end up with a satisfying result. I very much prefer starting from the ground up than trying to regain control over my phone and remove all the corporate and retarded shit. I'd even love the Kompakt more if it didn't come with a camera--I have dedicated cameras I use for pictures and video.
I love eInk. It's so nice to look at compared to normal LCD screens. I got an eInk phone, which is much cheaper than these full sized monitors though.<p>Here's a video of me reading Hacker News on an eInk phone: <a href="https://youtu.be/dvO9ScTdwz8?si=VSjo84qywuq8KHps&t=133" rel="nofollow">https://youtu.be/dvO9ScTdwz8?si=VSjo84qywuq8KHps&t=133</a>
What exactly is the target market for a very expensive monitor with 4096 colors and an unspecified but almost certainly very slow refresh rate? I could see if they were marketing it as some sort of static display for advertising or similar, but it seems to be intended as a desktop monitor.<p>Is there some application that e-ink is so good at that it makes up for the multiple extremely serious disadvantages?
You know, given the very limited refresh rate of e-ink, you could probably get a full resolution picture at full refresh rate over some wet string.<p>There's no reason you couldn't do a wireless battery powered full-size display. You could get the image over WiFi, maybe Bluetooth, or a custom USB dongle like Logitech.<p>It would be absolutely killer to have a portable wireless second display with my laptop. E-ink is perfect for that
I predict this won't be popular. E-ink is great for reading a book, especially on a portable battery-powered device, but on a large desk display connected to a general-purpose computer, it doesn't make sense at all.<p>Slow and inconsistent refresh rate, limited lifetime cycles that you could wear it out in a year or 2 with frequent use.
I recently acquired a Kobo Clara Color and love the way it looks. It would be neat to have a monitor with the same look, but I would want the refresh rate to be at least a bit faster before I would find it acceptable in a monitor.<p>Also the price tag is a non-starter. Maybe it will be cheaper and faster some day.