The Secret behind E-ink Displays - Durability Test!

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[siciarmat]

I'm really impressed how calm you are while slowly squeezing life out of this kindle.

[smlgd]

The display keeping its contents even after dying is pretty intrinsic to how e-ink works: unlike LCD or OLED, an e-ink pixel doesn't need any power to keep its state, once the pixel is set it remains like that until you force it to change with an electric field. This is why the kindle screen-off mode is a wallpaper instead of just blank screen, it uses no battery to keep it like that. Physically each pixel is made of charged black and white floating balls that move around when you apply an electric field. Once the electric field ceases they stay put, you only need the field to make them move. The reason it needs to "blink" to either black or white on a refresh is because it's very hard to go from one gray value to another with precision, so you'd have a lot of ghosting

[chibuikepeters]

9:25 “even in death this e-ink display is taking it’s job seriously”
That part got me rolling 😅😂

[xile]

I always thought eink was pretty crazy tech. They use them in stores for price tags now. And it does not even need power. Simply use NFC to change it to what you want and then it stays like that. Pretty cool tech. I do hope to see it in more things

[kingbbarry]

E-readers have always been fascinating to me. Mainly because as the years have gone by, they are still, for the most part, still operating in the same way as they were 15 years ago. Fun stuff, always a pleasure Jerry.

[meandmyfish]

i love how the most watched part is where the ad ends

[jnog_me]

Always been impressed with e-ink devices and I enjoy my Kindle a lot. It looks like the stylus was quite responsive considering the low refresh rate of the screen. Thanks for another great video!

[BNDSVT]

I've always found E-Ink fascinating, and wished it was a technology that could somehow be implemented into mainstream tablets and phones.

[harrymalinowski]

Honestly, I've always been pretty confused by how e-ink displays work, but this actually explained it pretty well. Yet another great durability test!

[z]

Great video as always! One nitpick - it's not the first e-ink tablet for both reading and writing (0:15), just Amazon's first e-ink tablet for reading and writing. Other brands have been making similar products for a while.

[dejaud]

E Ink is still an incredibly fascinating piece of tech! Great video as always, Zack.

[WillStoneham]

Always amazed by e-ink. The Scribe looks pretty impressive! Thanks for the teardown

[tamasynmaeve]

Love what you and your wife do to make the world more accessible for those in need. You are wonderful people Zack, thank you for doing good in the world.

[bemde]

I hoped for years that they would finally make a bigger e-ink display, it would be awesome for reading papers. Especially if you can hand scribble notes and scetches on the pdf.
I pretty much always have my old small kindle with me and can highly recommend the touch versions for learning new languages: Don't know a word? Just press on it and any dictionaries you installed will show you a translation. It's no hassle and it's fast enough that you don't use your flow. By now my kindle looks like something thats been living in a backpack for years, still works great but of course I wouldn't mind an upgrade that could help me with my masters thesis :D
Thanks for the review!

[Trumpet-mph]

I've owned the base model 2019 kindle for a while now and have had no issues. It definitely became a reading motivator for me because I used to hate holding a book open while holding a reader viewer over the page to keep focus in different lighting. Also, converting documents to AZW3 is relatively with ease. I may eventually invest in one of the kindle scribes, but for now I am very happy with my product. Great video; you got a new subscriber.

[podracer]

I've been doing more audiobooks than books lately. This E-Ink tablet is really interesting. I remember looking at a similar one that was also pretty expensive. Amazon might not be the first, but they're probably the first mainstream.

[kurtisdowns]

So, I have an E-ink tablet called a Remarkable 2, and I love that thing. It wasn't cheap, but it's pretty great. And they actively develop it, too. In the year I've owned it, the functionality and features added has been astounding.

[_crys_]

Been always wondering about how e-ink looks like behind the scenes. Really fascinating stuff, thank you Zack!

[tubepjmaster]

Awesome content as always. It's fascinating to me how e-ink technology is progressing.

[JesseRock]

I am really impressed by the construction of this device. The technology behind e-Ink displays have always been cool to me. Even cooler now that I have watched your video. Even so, with the stylus, backlit display, and clarity, I cannot justify spending this much dough on an eReader. To answer your question about reading a book, I am currently bouncing between 2 at the moment. Physical books that is.