Dasung has introduced a brand new compact E Ink monitor that’s the corporate’s first to supply a 60Hz refresh fee. The Paperlike 103 contains a 10.3-inch e-paper panel making it comparable in dimension to E Ink-based digital notepads just like the Boox Go 10.3 or the Amazon Kindle Scribe. These units usually have restricted refresh charges, however by boosting the Paperlike 103’s refresh to 60Hz, the moveable monitor will supply the benefits of E Ink (much less eye pressure and low energy utilization) whereas making duties like scrolling paperwork and web sites, and even watching movies, seem smoother and nearer to how they do on LCD and OLED screens.
The Paperlike 103 is priced at 1,999 yuan, or round $274, according to Good e-Reader, and is on the market to order by way of the Chinese language retailer, Jing Dong. It’s not obtainable globally but, however Dasung usually releases all of its merchandise exterior China, ultimately. The corporate at present sells an identical model of the Paperlike 103 that starts at $699 with a bigger 13.3-inch E Ink panel. Its refresh fee is restricted to 40Hz, however watching a side-by-side comparison of its performance versus an LCD offers a good suggestion of how effectively the Paperlike 103 will carry out, with probably even much less ghosting.
With a decision of 1,872 x 1,404 pixels in a 4:3 facet ratio, the Paperlike 103’s 227ppi is barely behind the 300ppi E Ink screens on the Kindle Paperwhite, Scribe, and different e-readers launched over the previous few years. However it gives comparable lighting choices with LEDs alongside the sting of the display screen that aren’t blasting instantly into your eyes, and colour temperature changes from cool to heat to additional cut back eye pressure when you’ll be gazing it for some time.
The monitor’s physique is produced from aluminum alloy that’s simply 5 millimeters thick so it’s each light-weight and robust sufficient to outlive getting by chance squished in your bag. There’s additionally no battery so as to add bulk and weight. The Paperlike 103 depends on USB-C for each energy and to hook up with supply units like computer systems and cellular units. There’s additionally a set of six bodily buttons on the left bezel used to show the monitor on and off, modify the brightness and colour temperature of its lighting, and to change between totally different show modes optimized for textual content, video, or imagery.
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