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Re:E-ink art frames are a scam (2021) by IshKebab on Monday December 05, 2022 @07:14AM (#33864570)
> E-paper and e-ink are synonyms

They absolutely are not. E-paper is a generic term for "screens that can be used like paper". E-ink is a specific technology.

If you see people saying a device uses an "e-paper display" it's because it's not e-ink, but often they want to make people think that it is (because e-ink is arguably the best kind of e-paper display).

Transflective LCD is an example of an e-paper display that is not e-ink.

Re:E-ink art frames are a scam (2021) by seba_dos1 on Monday December 05, 2022 @08:57AM (#33865669)
> Electronic paper, also sometimes electronic ink, e-ink or electrophoretic display, are display devices that mimic the appearance of ordinary ink on paper.

> Many e-readers (...) utilize electronic paper for their displays in order to further resemble paper books; one such example is the Kindle series by Amazon.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_paper

"E Ink" is just a brand of e-paper - see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E_Ink_Corporation. There are other brands that utilize the same technology.

Unless specifically noted otherwise, you can safely assume that anyone talking about "e-ink" or "e-paper" means the kind of display used in Kindle, Inkplate or the art frames this article is talking about. There were cases of RLCDs and TLCDs marketed as "e-paper" in the past, but those are rather exception than rule, riding on the popularity of the real thing. Nobody considers calculator or OLPC screens "e-paper".

Re:E-ink art frames are a scam (2021) by IshKebab on Monday December 05, 2022 @10:24AM (#33866772)
> "E Ink" is just a brand of e-paper

It is not. It is a brand of electrophoretic display, which is a type of e-paper display.

> There are other brands that utilize the same technology.

There are not. Not any significant ones anyway.

> Unless specifically noted otherwise, you can safely assume that anyone talking about "e-ink" or "e-paper" means the kind of display used in Kindle, Inkplate or the art frames this article is talking about.

No you can't. "E-ink" displays are definitely e-ink. But an "e-paper" display could be e-ink, transflective LCD, or anything else. There are real products that use transflective LCD and say they have "e-paper" displays. The Pebble watches are the obvious one (sadly discontinued).

There are tons of e-ink products that are described as having e-paper displays which probably contributes to the confusion, but the meaning is quite clear.