Sony releases the Holy Grail: A flexible e-ink screen

Re:Sony releases the Holy Grail: A flexible e-ink screen by logfromblammo on Friday March 28, 2014 @05:19PM (#7490029)

For research papers... maybe 50 pages including technical graphics? With a monochrome laser printer, we'll give a very high estimate of $0.10 per page, or $5 per paper. That's still 220 papers to break even, at least, and only one person can use it at a time, unlike the printer, which can be shared for the whole office.

My home printer is over 10 years old, and I still don't think I have spent more than $800 on it during that time, including consumables.

And I would recommend the Kobo Glo/Aura over the Paperwhite for paperbacks. The MicroSD card slot alone is worth it.

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Re:Sony releases the Holy Grail: A flexible e-ink screen by dragonwriter on Friday March 28, 2014 @07:44PM (#7490691)

> For research papers... maybe 50 pages including technical graphics? With a monochrome laser printer, we'll give a very high estimate of $0.10 per page, or $5 per paper. That's still 220 papers to break even

Okay, so, yes, its cheaper to print paper than to carry a letter-sized, write-on-it, ereader.

OTOH, its a lot more convenient to carry one ereader if you have a lot of stuff to view than it is to carry a stack of books/research papers/etc.

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Re:Sony releases the Holy Grail: A flexible e-ink screen by breischl on Friday March 28, 2014 @05:45PM (#7490137)

Fine, but you're leaving out the cost of the printer, too. And the shelves to put all the papers on, and the cost to dispose of (or recycle) them when you're done with them.

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