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Originally Posted by rhari79
my thoughts entirely..if pixel qi and/or mirasol perform well, then its time to do away with the snail-paced eink!!
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I think a lot of factors are going to determine whether or not pixel qi or mirasol either replace e-ink or stake out a middle ground between e-ink and traditional LCD displays.
The two biggest issues are cost and power consumption. With e-ink based readers now commonly available for less than $150, the alternatives, regardless of their advantages, will have to get near that price if they are going to replace e-Ink.
Likewise, while certainly more efficient than traditional LCD's, will either display be able to match how thrifty eInk is? I had a Jetbook, the reflective LCD was very thrifty for what it was, but I still had to recharge it every 5 days or so when the battery was new; every other day when it was two years old. Meanwhile, the PRS-505 I inherited from the wife, after a year of use still provides more than 2 weeks of reading per charge.
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Bill