[squarefoot]

For what is worth my opinion, I wouldn't get one even if it was free.

The first data I look for when I read these enthusiastic reports of color e-paper screen is the refresh rate, and every single time the results are discouraging: 15 seconds for refreshing a page make the product nearly useless for almost all purposes except maybe calendars, but the inferior graphics quality and higher cost make them a lot less appealing than for example using a normal LED screen plus a PIR sensor that turns it off and sends the CPU to sleep when nobody is around to save power. I think the technology just isn't there yet, and will probably need a long time before it becomes interesting for practical uses beyond tinkering and research.

[cal85]

I agree, and it’s frustrating how refresh rate is often buried in the specs.

If you haven’t seen it, here [0] is a monochrome e-ink monitor that you can actually watch videos on, just about. For working with documents it looks totally viable. It seems they are only available in China though.

[0] https://youtube.com/watch?v=iMA8masxYco (skip to 13:30 to see e-ink video playback)

[squarefoot]

Very interesting product, thanks for the link; might be a godsend for long text sessions (coders, writers, journalists, etc). Price still high for most potential users however.