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Re:E Ink Waveforms are a closely guarded secret by ehead on Saturday September 15, 2018 @06:43AM (#17993776)
If you’ve ever seen an OG Pebble, you’ve seen that display. It looks like a better resolution gameboy display. Very little space between pixels.

Some models are different, though, and basically turn into a mirror when their pixels are turned on, rather than become matte black.

Adafruit sells a dev board for 25 bucks. Perfect for low power wearables, much better than E Ink.

Re:E Ink Waveforms are a closely guarded secret by Avamander on Saturday September 15, 2018 @07:27AM (#17993874)
I disagree that memory LCD is better than e-ink. Although, mLCD can do colors and better refresh rates but the colors are washed out, in sunlight grayscale e-ink is much much more readable in my opinion. mLCD also consumes more power in certain cases which isn't ideal.
Re:E Ink Waveforms are a closely guarded secret by ByThyGrace on Saturday September 15, 2018 @12:23PM (#17994852)
Is this tech relatively new? Is it merchandised as "memory LCD"? I would like to know when searching for e-reader displays in the future.
Re:E Ink Waveforms are a closely guarded secret by dbuder on Saturday September 15, 2018 @12:42PM (#17994926)
It is not new and rarely mentioned in advertising or product information. The memory LCD I've seen are too small for a normal e-reader but if you are doing a large production run you can have something custom made.