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Checked out the reMarkable? https://remarkable.com/
The price isn't really different: €629
Yes, e-ink is expensive.
Ask HN: Why are larger e-readers much more expensive than tablets?
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Re: Ask HN: Why are larger e-readers much more expensive than tablets?
#52Mostly lack of demand. But I would really want to get a big 10 inch ebook with smooth interface.
There's reMarkable (10.1"), which does a bit more than a traditional ebook reader and you can get it now, but it's bloody expensive (630 euros): https://remarkable.com/
You sort of have to love their advertising:
"How is reMarkable different?
No tablet has less functionality than the reMarkable. "
Re: Ask HN: Why are larger e-readers much more expensive than tablets?
#53I’m guessing, but I have to imagine production volume has something to do with it. Little e-reader screens for cheap devices like the 6” kindle are where the volume is. In any case, I’m kind of bummed that the e-ink/ereader market has sort of settled on the current state of affairs. What I’d really like to see is good e-ink laptops. First, because of battery life. I also think they could be great “focus machines.” A…
Many 3rd party ereaders run Android, I'm not sure if they can use bluetooth keyboard but assuming they do that is a good start.
Re: Ask HN: Why are larger e-readers much more expensive than tablets?
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That much latency would be annoying while typing.
White-to-black can be done quickly and without artifacts. Black-to-white and grey-to-grey can be done quickly, but produces artifacts.
Interesting. What does "quickly" mean in this context? Like 10ms or like 100ms?
Re: Ask HN: Why are larger e-readers much more expensive than tablets?
#55It's mostly the screen. Manufacturing costs scale non-linearly with area due to defect rate. I think they are really worth it, though. Now some 13 inch models even accept video input, so you can potentially use it as a terminal / PDF screen.
"Now some 13 inch models even accept video input, so you can potentially use it as a terminal / PDF screen." Do you have a link/suggestions for a device? I've been wanting an eink monitor for text tasks for years (I'm not a gamer).
You might look at the discussions of the Boox devices on the mobileread forums https://www.mobileread.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=220
I've not gone through them recently but there are some things that sounded like that when I was on there a few months ago.
Re: Ask HN: Why are larger e-readers much more expensive than tablets?
#56Is anyone else looking for an inexpensive, 13-inch, read-only e-ink tablet for reading pdfs? If this exists can someone point me in the right direction? I feel like I can't be the only one who's been looking for this.
Onyx has models like this, but check the mobileread forums for discussions about them before buying because the site is pretty terrible in terms of amount of info (at least for me on mobile).
I also thought they were going to be jumping to Android 6, but the site still looks like all 4.x.
http://onyxboox.com/product#lineup-5
Looking at the linked online shop, 9.7" is ~$380 and 13.3 ~$800