Dasung Paperlike 13K is a 13.3 inch E Ink color monitor

The Dasung Paperlike 13K is a monitor with a 13.3 inch, 3200 x 2400 pixel E Ink color display that can show grayscale content at 300 pixels per inch with screen refresh rates as high as 37 Hz, although those numbers will drop if you want to view color content or emphasize image quality.

Dasung first announced earlier this month, and now the company has begun taking pre-orders for $749. There’s also a preview page for an upcoming Indieogogo campaign. There’s also a black-and-white only model that sells for $679.

The monitor supports USB Type-C and HDMI input and it has a touchscreen and “reverse touch control functionality.” Basically that means that if you plug in an Android phone or another supported device, you should be able to mirror your screen to the monitor and interact with the apps on your phone by touching the monitor.

There’s also a 3.5mm audio jack, a built-in speaker, and a DC power input, along with six physical buttons along one side for power, brightness, contrast, and other functions.

Dasung’s Paperlike 13K has an aluminum alloy body that measures 307 x 241 x 5mm (at its thinnest point) and weighs 721 grams. Dasung doesn’t say how thick the display is at its thickest point, but images suggest it’s about twice as thick at the base as it is at the top.

The monitor comes with several accessories including HDMI and USB-C cables, as well as two different stand options. One is a “portable stand stick” that’s pretty much a pen-sized stick that screws into a hole on the back of the monitor, allowing you to prop it up on the go. The other is a magnetic protective cover that serves as a folio case that wraps around the front and back of the display for easy transport, but which can also be folded for use as a stand.

There are also a set of magnetic nuts included in the box that allow you to connect the display to a VESA mount.

A few other things to note:

• Dasung only mentions the 300 ppi display resolution for this monitor, but the company is most likely using an E Ink Kaleido 3 display which means that the pixel density will drop to 150 ppi for color content.
• E Ink’s Kaleido 3 displays support up to 4096 colors, can be viewed using only ambient light (with no backlight or front light required), and consume very little power because they only need to use electricity when the content on the page is refreshed.
• But colors look muted compared with LCD or AMOLED displays, Kaleido screens are typically a little darker than black and white E Ink displays, and while you can push screen refresh rates high enough for smooth scrolling, video, and other animations, this typically comes at the cost of visual clarity. So you may notice some ghosting unless you stick to lower refresh rates or occasionally force a full screen refresh.
• The color version of this portable monitor does have a front light, but the black and white version does not. So you may want to either count on using it in a well-lit room or investing in a clip-on book light.
• The Paperlike 13K doesn’t fully support Apple devices including Macs, iPhones, or iPads yet. Windows, Linux, and Android are.
• Orders placed now should ship “in about 3 weeks,” suggesting that we can expect them to ship in mid to late May, 2025.

via @DasungTech (1)(2)

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