So, Ive recently gotten back into writing and been thinking about how much more fun it would be to write Outside. Problem is, the sun hates screens. I have an Alphawrite Neo, of course, but I've always been insecure about lugging a weird educational device around with me in public. So I started looking into Eink tablets that could be used with a keyboard and
Jesus H. Christ, that price tag!
I just want something to type on something. Apparently thats strange, so maybe there will be something cheaper as just a word processor. It seems that the only reasonable offering here is the Freewrite Traveler, though, so I look it up and
WHY‽ It's the same price!
Okay, maybe I could just get a Raspberry Pi 400 and attach an eInk monitor to it. Apparently, this is not the usual use-case for E-ink, but there are in fact e-ink monitors out there! Most were around a thousand dollars for some reason, but here is the cheapest one I could find:
That's around the price point of a Boox Go, for reference, which has a really slow screen refresh rate.
Why is there no affordable e-paper products that arent a pain to use? I am aware of cheaper ones, but the ones ive seen reviews if aren't able to keep up with typing in a way that seems responsive. And I'm aware that you can find eink displays (as in the component) for as low as $30, so they should be able to be cheaper than this!
Yes, didn't realize this when I got mine years ago just looking for a Kindle replacement I could also take notes on. Being able to install Android apps opened up a whole lot of possibilities, like reading Manga with Mihon, work stuff with Google Suite, etc. Now I'm even looking to upgrade to a colored screen model. Honestly, worth the price IMO
While manga might work, as IIRC they're typically printed on smaller books, I feel like comic books really warrant a high-resolution screen if you're trying to read text in speech balloons easily. I can get by on smaller screens, but then I'm having to pan and zoom. Not an issue with traditional, text-only books.
https://www.hydracomics.com/post/how-to-make-your-comic-book-art-print-ready-a-comprehensive-guide
https://www.reddit.com/r/ComicBookCollabs/comments/1059emp/what_is_standard_us_comic_size/
So to produce that at pixel resolution, you're talking a screen that can display something like 1988x3056.
https://www.the-ebook-reader.com/large-ebook-readers.html
The highest-resolution ereaders listed there have a 2200x1650 screen.
kagis for manga dimensions
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tank%C5%8Dbon
That's a little smaller than comic book dimensions, at least.