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by twiclo 413 days ago
The refresh rate in the linked video looks so good I have to believe it's fake

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERbTXVbSuEc

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The video is very clearly a render and not a video of the real screen...
They do claim "a revolutionary leap in E-ink monitor refresh speed" and very specifically "37Hz". It seems plausible to me that this is a genuine technical advance.
My Daylight tablet runs at 60fps but I know that it's "e-paper" and not "e-ink," although I couldn't tell you what the difference is :P
Totally different technology. Transflective LCD, which has response rates of 480 Hz or better (as LCD television displays).

Edit: cite link: "60Hz vs. 120Hz vs. 240Hz vs. 480Hz - LCD Response Rate" <https://lcdtvbuyingguide.com/lcdtv/120hz-240hz-60hz.html>

Best eInk refresh rates are in the several-Hz range, and that with a tremendous degredation in image quality over a full-refresh.

(I've own an Onyx BOOX Max Lumi for 4+ years now, using an eInk Mobius Carta display (2,200 x 1,650 207 ppi). I'm quite happy with it, but I'm also well aware of its display limitations. For reasonably static text it is indeed excellent.)

If you had a real e-ink screen for comparison, the difference would be very obvious. E-ink has much higher contrast versus trans reflective LCD.
IIRC, the Daylight is a trans reflective LCD panel