Final week the Exceptional Paper Professional was launched. It’s the primary eNote to make use of E Ink’s Gallery 3 display with precise coloured micropixels as an alternative of an RGB coloration filter layer like E Ink’s Kaleido screens.
Coloration high quality is healthier on Gallery 3 screens, nevertheless it seems like they nonetheless can’t match common E Ink screens in relation to displaying primary black textual content. Coloration E Ink at all times comes with some drawbacks, and it seems like that’s nonetheless the case with these new Gallery screens as properly.
Some YouTube movies are beginning to crop up that examine the display on the brand new Exceptional pill with different sorts of E Ink screens. The video beneath compares it to the Boox Go 10.3 with a daily 300ppi E Ink display and the Boox Tab Extremely C with a Kaleido 3 display, amongst different gadgets, and the Go 10.3 clearly has the higher display in relation to displaying common black and white textual content.
I knew there was one thing fishy about these new Gallery shows. They positively appear to be a step up from Kaleido screens, however they’re costlier and there are nonetheless some drawbacks in comparison with common E Ink screens. For example, the “white” background is darker, however not as darkish as Kaleido screens. Shut up the textual content seems extra jagged and tough for some motive, even in comparison with the Exceptional 2 with a 227ppi display.
I believe a part of the issue is the truth that Gallery screens don’t have black micropixels like common E Ink screens. They use a four-particle ink system with cyan, magenta, yellow, and white colours. So black is a mixture of colours. There’s additionally the actual fact the Exceptional Paper Professional solely has 229ppi vs the Boox with 300ppi so textual content is inherently clearer on the Boox Go 10.3. It might be fascinating to see how the Gallery display would look with 300ppi.
Relating to coloration high quality, the Gallery 3 screens are certainly superior to Kaleido screens, however they nonetheless don’t look pretty much as good as low cost LCD screens, and the display refresh is form of jerky and gradual. Coloration seems spectacular for E Ink, although, however I’m unsure if these screens are going to be choice in relation to simply studying common ebooks and PDFs with out coloration.
Exceptional Paper Professional Display screen Comparability Video
