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The TV industry finally concedes that the future may not be in 8K (arstechnica.com)
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[–] 6 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Next big technological innovation will be good looking and fast working e- ink TVs.

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  • [–] 7 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    I doubt this. I use an e-ink android tablet as an e-reader. I like that it's easy on the eyes. For using it to scroll Lemmy or even a web page, it's fine. But the refresh rate (even on the best settings) makes watching a video or gif on it painful.

    I don't think anyone really wants an e-ink TV unless they want something that's a hybrid. The things you'd use a tv for are just not e-ink things.

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago

    There's some e-ink monitors now that have a refresh rate matching that of normal screens. Although if you want color you need to spend a few thousand. So it's not too far off that in 5-10 years when the price comes down that we start seeing some kind of e-ink TV.

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    I remember the horrendous response times of the original GameBoy’s LCD panel, and when I mentally compare it to modern COLOUR panels…

    …all I can think is, never say never!

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  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

    We lived with that because of the technology of the time and cost. An e-ink display of the equivalent size of a TV is gonna be expensive as fuck. And not do better than it's traditional tv counterpart at video output for viewing. The other person mentioned monitors and those make sense because you're generally using them for computer stuff which isn't traditionally movies, television, or games. And if all you want to do is scroll the web and use it for spreadsheets, you're fine there.

    But gamers aren't going to buy an e-ink display for gaming. And generally people who want to watch TV and movies won't either.

    I'd watch a movie on my phone before I tried it on e-ink.

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