Digital picture frames make it doable to place a whole bunch of pictures right into a single body, however the cords and glare imply the tech is healthier fitted to a tabletop than a wall. Aura’s latest picture body, nevertheless, is not only cord-free however is made to mix in with prints in a gallery wall due to e-ink.
The Aura Ink is a cordless 13-inch body that makes use of e-ink reasonably than LEDs. Taking inspiration from the tech used to make e-readers (just like the Kindle) longer lasting and simpler on the eyes, the Aura Ink is a cordless digital body with as much as a three-month battery life score.
The e-ink expertise, nevertheless, isn’t solely about making a body that’s power-friendly sufficient to ditch the twine. Aura says Ink makes use of a proprietary E Ink Spectra 6 expertise that makes use of six ink coloration dots to make up a coloration {photograph}. The outcome, Aura says, is a “a vintage-toned display that brings out the warmth of a sunset, the subtlety of a black-and-white portrait, and, most importantly, the joy of a loved one’s face.” The close-up of the ink dots virtually jogs my memory slightly of movie grain.
Aura says that Ink’s extra paper-like floor may even assist the digital body to not look so misplaced when combined in with printed images on a gallery wall. The body features a paper-textured mat and a shiny end.
E-ink readers can seem dim and not using a built-in gentle, so Aura included what they describe as a “subtle” entrance lighting that’s round 1/eighth the brightness of an LCD. That gentle adjusts as the sunshine within the room adjustments, with the body utilizing built-in gentle and movement sensors.
The Aura Ink is robotically set to swap photographs simply as soon as per day – customers can change these settings, although growing the variety of images displayed every day will lower that three-month battery life score.
As a photographer and avid Kindle reader, I’m extremely intrigued by the thought of an e-ink display. I like the thought of a digital picture body, however most of my pictures hold on the wall reasonably than sitting on a shelf or a desk, and a twine would simply smash the look of one in every of my many gallery partitions that I’ve.
The Aura Ink isn’t the primary e-ink body. The $499 worth is increased than different Aura frames, however sits beneath the recently launched InkPoster that starts at $599 in the US. International pricing and availability for the Aura Ink haven’t yet been announced.
The Aura Ink is available to order direct from Aura.
You may also like
Browse the best digital photo frames or the best photo printers.