Wednesday, January 22nd 2025
60Hz E-ink Display: Dasung Paperlike 103 Unveiled With 10.3-inch Display
E-ink displays have an undeniable advantage over traditional monitors when it comes to a select few tasks. E-ink displays do not emit their own light, making them far easier on the eyes, especially for longer workloads. However, E-ink displays have always suffered from extremely slow refresh rates, which makes them borderline unusable for anything apart from reading. However, technology always catches up with expectations, and it appears that we will soon have 60 Hz E-Ink displays on the market. Prominent brand Dasung has already unveiled its offering with a 60 Hz panel, dubbed the Paperlike 103.
The 10.3-inch E-ink display sports a 4:3 aspect ratio with a resolution of 1,874 vs 1,404, and features a 60 Hz refresh rate. The panel can only display grayscale images, and boasts an integrated front light to allow usage in low-light conditions without any hassle. This is necessary for usability when an external light source is not available, because as previously mentioned, E-ink displays do not emit their own light. Of course, since E-ink displays have typically only offered less than half the refresh rate of the Paperlike 103, the display is expected to be far more power hungry. Like other E-ink displays, the paperlike 103 is impressively thin, at just 5 mm. The monitor is already available in China for a price of around $280, although an international launch is not in sight for now.
Sources:
ITHome, Notebookcheck
The 10.3-inch E-ink display sports a 4:3 aspect ratio with a resolution of 1,874 vs 1,404, and features a 60 Hz refresh rate. The panel can only display grayscale images, and boasts an integrated front light to allow usage in low-light conditions without any hassle. This is necessary for usability when an external light source is not available, because as previously mentioned, E-ink displays do not emit their own light. Of course, since E-ink displays have typically only offered less than half the refresh rate of the Paperlike 103, the display is expected to be far more power hungry. Like other E-ink displays, the paperlike 103 is impressively thin, at just 5 mm. The monitor is already available in China for a price of around $280, although an international launch is not in sight for now.
13 Comments on 60Hz E-ink Display: Dasung Paperlike 103 Unveiled With 10.3-inch Display
The only advantage of e-ink is mantaining an image without expending extra power and it's main disadvantage is that refreshing the screen is very power-intensive. If you have the extra power, i.e. the display is plugged into the wall, you don't need e-ink.
I've been using e-ink readers for the last decade and of all the functionality reading would be the least affected by an increase in refresh rate.
The most affected? Battery life.
YMMV, of course.
Now, if you look at shop.dasung.com you'll only ever see refresh rate claims on monitors, never on tablets and the reason is simple: power.
Battery life in e-ink readers is usually counted in "page turns" with each "page turn" mostly equal to one screen refresh because refreshing the screen is very power-intensive.