I'm not a fan of those TVs that are sold with picture frames and that companies say are good for displaying art in your homes. There's something lame about using a backlit, powered screen for things you have to look at for quite a while. Can you really appreciate the Sunrise at Norham Castle If you have problems with eyestrain after about five minutes? Perhaps the cure for my toughness lies in PocketBook's new device, InkPoster. It uses a large color e-paper screen to do the same job, giving your eyes a better chance to see the brush strokes up close and personal.
InkPoster is a series of battery-equipped color e-paper displays that can hang in your home for up to a year on a single charge. There is no power cord and it can be mounted in portrait or landscape orientation, depending on your taste. You'll be able to access a library of curated art, created by a team of “professional art consultants,” and select what you want to see within the InkPoster companion app. You'll also be able to use it as a regular old digital photo frame, ideal for when you want to take a masterpiece off the internet and display it instead.
There are three screen sizes based on two different technologies, Spectra 6 and Sharp's IGZO. The first is found in the 13.3-inch model with a resolution of 1,200 x 1,600, which includes a 14,000 mAh battery. There is a 28.5-inch edition with a 2160 x 3060 display that uses a hybrid of both display technologies. Finally, there's a 31.5-inch model with a 2,560 x 1,440 resolution that uses Spectra 6 and is designed to be a real focal point in your home. The two larger models include a 20,000 mAh battery, with the same promise of about a year of operation.
PocketBook hasn't yet mentioned the price of the hardware or how much it will cost to access its catalog of artwork, not to mention any kind of timeline for when you'll be able to hang it on your wall.
