[KingMachiavelli]

My understanding is that the cost of sink is due to the patent holder keeping licensing costs high which keeps it niche. i.e e-ink is expensive so it is rare so it is expensive.

TBH at this point I have no idea why you need e-ink out side of low power situations. Quality VA panels have great contrast and viewing angles. OLED is even better.

At the prices e-ink displays are, a OLED screen would be more versatile and probably just as little eye strain (just use low brightness).

[nebula8804]

OLED screen don't seem to be happening for Computer monitors. Probably burn in issues. Dell introduced and quickly discontinued one model. Plus e-ink has no backlight whatsoever, yes OLED on a terminal screen can probably come close but i'm not so sure it is the same. e-ink is just in a class of its own. Was hoping Qualcomm Mirasol went somewhere or maybe Pixel Qi but alas nope. Still holding out hope for ClearInk. It might be the display that kills e-ink and becomes the magical display that everyone gets.

[1]:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51JaR7KTeKs

[2]:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivauOg4FvpI

[3]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjJ2-cdhwMQ

[gambiting]

At the moment there are several laptops with Oled panels and more are coming, so either the burn in problem is solved or not an issue in sufficiently long term. In fact car manufacturers started using OLEDs for the built in infotainment screens, and those famously sit and display the same image for hours at the time - sounds like it would be a poor choice for an OLED but clearly not.

[nebula8804]

Actually you are right. I'm sorry I totally forgot about that Samsung Galaxy Chromebook and there were a few more. My mind was thinking more of Desktop PC monitors as that is what the DASUNG is. Seems like a few options in the 27-32 inch are trickling out like the new LG monitor. Suspiciously it seem out of stock as soon as it launched, this is what happened to the Dell OLED. (EDIT: seems like other stores still have stock so disregard this) But yeah in the ~13 inch range there are a few laptops. There still seems to be some fundamental problem.

I have heard of talks that Apple is investing heavily into microLED and the next big tech and skipping OLED for Laptops/next gen Monitors. That might be where the rest of the PC industry heads as well.

[gambiting]

I think it's just the same problem as HDR - there's absolutely no technical reason why we can't have a good HDR desktop monitor, but those really don't exist outside of a few extremely expensive models - yet good HDR tech is available on mid-tier TVs without any issue. I imagine it's just that the market for an HDR-enabled monitor is absolutely tiny, so the prices are very high and the choice is small. Same with OLEDs - there is demand for large(50-75") panels, so those are made en-masse and available at reasonable prices, but not so much for desktop-friendly 25-30" sizes. Laptops will budge that trend in 13-15" space but again, that does nothing for desktop monitors.