In addition, it can display motion video with a refresh rate of around 33 Hz.
While ClearInk's video variant consumes more energy than E Ink, its power consumption relative to LCD comes in around 80 to 90 percent less. ClearInk's Power Consumption Is Higher Than E Ink The end result: higher contrast, lower power consumption, higher resolution, and even color video, when combined with a color layer. To generate white, CLEARink uses a TIR (Total Internal Reflection) film on the front surface." Whereas, CLEARink only uses one particle-black-to generate black state. To generate white, E Ink uses a white particle to reflect light. "E Ink uses a two particle system to generate black and white. According to Sri Peruvemba, former Head of Marketing at ClearInk: The ink used in ClearInk, co-developed with Merck, is sharper and clearer than E Ink panels. The additional overhead of dealing with two pigments causes slower refresh speeds and choppy video.ĬlearInk uses a single, smaller-sized pigment to create black and whites. However, there's a big difference between the two. Both ClearInk and E Ink create images using electrophoresis. The video and high clarity of ClearInk comes down to the type of black pigment it uses. Here's an example I shot at Display Week 2019:
However, its video refresh rate of 33Hz (equivalent to broadcast television or YouTube) allows full-motion video. This means it's less vibrant compared to LCD and OLED panels. In other words, it didn't look good and couldn't play video.ĬlearInk, on the other hand, displays color at around 4,096 colors (High Color). The Triton panel cost a fortune and suffered from a weak contrast ratio and slow refresh rates. ClearInk Does Color and Video for Less MoneyĮ Ink's Triton was a first-generation color e-paper technology, but it never stood a chance of reaching Amazon's Kindle. Even so, ClearInk has several advantages over its competitors. It has remained quiet since 2019, and as of 2022, it appears it hasn't released a single product while E Ink has released several refinements of its Kaleido technology. Unfortunately, ClearInk seems to have fallen silent online despite its manufacturing partners. These characteristics make ACeP perfect for reading textbooks and comic books.ĬlearInk manages to do a few things that its competitors cannot: cost-efficient color video without requiring a backlight. However, if any color reflective screen ever makes its way into a Kindle, it'll likely be ACeP because of its high color saturation and fast refreshes for black-and-white text. If that's an indication of what a consumer e-reader would cost, then it may remain unaffordable. ACeP development kits, which are already available in digital signage products, cost hundreds of dollars. As a result, early ACeP panels could cost a significant amount more than black-and-white E Ink. The added complexity may mean that ACeP v2 requires beefier hardware and more expensive manufacturing processes.
The reduced complexity means faster page turns, although color refreshes take considerably longer to refresh. A black-and-white panel only needs to arrange two pigments on the screen. The added complexity causes the slower refresh speeds since whenever a color image is displayed on screen, the hardware arranges cyan, magenta, yellow, and white (CMYW) in elaborate and complicated combinations, which constitute an image.
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