Ask HN: Why are larger e-readers much more expensive than tablets?

Re:Ask HN: Why are larger e-readers much more expensive than... by bitlax on Monday November 27, 2017 @09:16AM (#15787461)

Is 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.

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Re:Ask HN: Why are larger e-readers much more expensive than... by LeifCarrotson on Monday November 27, 2017 @09:24AM (#15787518)

Inexpensive? No. But you're basically describing Sony's DPT-RP1:

https://www.sony.com/electronics/digital-paper-notepads/dpt-...

https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2017/4/10/15242238/s...

It's $700. Also, it can take input from a stylus to annotate the documents on it. But otherwise it's what you want. I, too, wish there were cheaper options for this purpose - even if it was a thick, heavy monitor with a stand and built-in 120V power supply rather than a tablet (though I suppose the power characteristics of e-ink displays mean that the economics will typically prefer the tablet form-factor). Reading is just a lot more pleasant on an e-ink display.

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Re:Ask HN: Why are larger e-readers much more expensive than... by _alias on Monday November 27, 2017 @10:59AM (#15788290)

Apparently the EULA oversteps. Gives sony the right to grab data from your pc when connected.

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Re:Ask HN: Why are larger e-readers much more expensive than... by fencepost on Monday November 27, 2017 @07:34PM (#15793189)

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

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Re:Ask HN: Why are larger e-readers much more expensive than... by Foxboron on Monday November 27, 2017 @09:41AM (#15787650)

Checked out the reMarkable? https://remarkable.com/

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Re:Ask HN: Why are larger e-readers much more expensive than... by neves on Monday November 27, 2017 @09:51AM (#15787723)

The price isn't really different: €629

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Re:Ask HN: Why are larger e-readers much more expensive than... by Foxboron on Monday November 27, 2017 @12:34PM (#15789156)

Yes, e-ink is expensive.

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Re:Ask HN: Why are larger e-readers much more expensive than... by maxxxxx on Monday November 27, 2017 @09:20AM (#15787491)

I would love such a device too.

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