Will there ever be a E Ink Photo Frame?

Question

The Kindle is 14 years old and yet there are still no color displays generally available.What is holding this technology back?

achow · Accepted Answer

> What is holding this technology back?E-ink patents and monopoly due to those.https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26143407https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25538218

Ragnarokk · Answer

You can already find things like this : https://zh-tw.buyepaper.com/products/good-display-312-inch-l... It's a bit pricy though for the moment but It may just be a matter of investment.

alfyboy · Answer

Not exactly what you are asking for. But I have this project in my todo list.
The Very Slow Movie Player: https://debugger.medium.com/how-to-build-a-very-slow-movie-p...
It needs to be built/assembled yourself, however there aren't that many parts involved

thih9 · Answer

Related question: are there any black and white E Ink Photo Frames available for purchase?
It seems that every now and then a product like this starts a Kickstarter campaign, or there is a blog about a DIY project; but so far I haven't seen anything consumer friendly and available for purchase.
The closest thing I could find was https://framelabs.eu/en/artframes/ , for which I could not find any reviews, plus it says:
> The device is delivered as a kit and can be assembled in just a few simple steps. No tools are necessary for the assembly except a screwdriver.

IshKebab · Answer

The fact that the Kindle is a greyscale display means you can't use it to make colour photo frames.If you mean "why are there no colour e-ink displays" then a) there are, and b) if you look into how e-ink works it's pretty obvious why it is so difficult to do colour.

Keloran · Answer

By no means is this perfect, but you can make one &ldquo;easily&rdquo;https://thepihut.com/products/inky-impression-7-colour-epape...

abhishektomer · Answer

Waveshare.com has a black and white photo frame available that I bought and was moderately happy with. Their app was a little clunky, but worked. I wasn't able to find a color photo frame on their website, but I thought I had seen it in the past.

fsflover · Answer

https://www.theverge.com/21507390/pocketbook-color-review-e-...

cpach · Answer

I&rsquo;m only guessing here, but within 5-15 years I think there will be! At reasonable prices. Time will tell :)

Will there ever be a E Ink Photo Frame?

The Kindle is 14 years old and yet there are still no color displays generally available.
What is holding this technology back?

> What is holding this technology back?
E-ink patents and monopoly due to those.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26143407
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25538218

You can already find things like this : https://zh-tw.buyepaper.com/products/good-display-312-inch-l... It's a bit pricy though for the moment but It may just be a matter of investment.

Not exactly what you are asking for. But I have this project in my todo list.
The Very Slow Movie Player: https://debugger.medium.com/how-to-build-a-very-slow-movie-p...
It needs to be built/assembled yourself, however there aren't that many parts involved

The fact that the Kindle is a greyscale display means you can't use it to make colour photo frames.
If you mean "why are there no colour e-ink displays" then a) there are, and b) if you look into how e-ink works it's pretty obvious why it is so difficult to do colour.

By no means is this perfect, but you can make one “easily”
https://thepihut.com/products/inky-impression-7-colour-epape...

Waveshare.com has a black and white photo frame available that I bought and was moderately happy with. Their app was a little clunky, but worked. I wasn't able to find a color photo frame on their website, but I thought I had seen it in the past.

https://www.theverge.com/21507390/pocketbook-color-review-e-...

I’m only guessing here, but within 5-15 years I think there will be! At reasonable prices. Time will tell :)

Will there ever be a E Ink Photo Frame?

The Kindle is 14 years old and yet there are still no color displays generally available.What is holding this technology back?

> What is holding this technology back?E-ink patents and monopoly due to those.https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26143407https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25538218

You can already find things like this : https://zh-tw.buyepaper.com/products/good-display-312-inch-l... It's a bit pricy though for the moment but It may just be a matter of investment.

Not exactly what you are asking for. But I have this project in my todo list.The Very Slow Movie Player: https://debugger.medium.com/how-to-build-a-very-slow-movie-p...It needs to be built/assembled yourself, however there aren't that many parts involved

The fact that the Kindle is a greyscale display means you can't use it to make colour photo frames.If you mean "why are there no colour e-ink displays" then a) there are, and b) if you look into how e-ink works it's pretty obvious why it is so difficult to do colour.

By no means is this perfect, but you can make one “easily”https://thepihut.com/products/inky-impression-7-colour-epape...

Waveshare.com has a black and white photo frame available that I bought and was moderately happy with. Their app was a little clunky, but worked. I wasn't able to find a color photo frame on their website, but I thought I had seen it in the past.

https://www.theverge.com/21507390/pocketbook-color-review-e-...

I’m only guessing here, but within 5-15 years I think there will be! At reasonable prices. Time will tell :)

The Kindle is 14 years old and yet there are still no color displays generally available.
What is holding this technology back?

> What is holding this technology back?
E-ink patents and monopoly due to those.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26143407
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25538218

Not exactly what you are asking for. But I have this project in my todo list.
The Very Slow Movie Player: https://debugger.medium.com/how-to-build-a-very-slow-movie-p...
It needs to be built/assembled yourself, however there aren't that many parts involved

The fact that the Kindle is a greyscale display means you can't use it to make colour photo frames.
If you mean "why are there no colour e-ink displays" then a) there are, and b) if you look into how e-ink works it's pretty obvious why it is so difficult to do colour.

By no means is this perfect, but you can make one “easily”
https://thepihut.com/products/inky-impression-7-colour-epape...