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nekokami · 08-25-2007, 08:50 PM

Thanks for the overview of color gamut, jharker! That was a very nice summary of a set of concepts that I vaguely understood, but would have had a lot of trouble explaining to anyone if asked.

I think a couple of other aspects of this display will factor into its eventual success (or lack thereof): pixel size, power consumption and refresh rate. Pixel size can only be helped by being able to set the color of each pixel without having to use 3-4 pixels to get color (as with LCD displays now). If the power consumption is still fairly low (and generally speaking, reflective screens use a lot less power than backlit screens, that holds some promise for ebooks. But speed of refresh is still a potential hurdle. This is an issue with e ink now-- probably existing e ink displays are about as slow as the market can possibly accept, and too slow for some purposes. I wonder how the refresh rate would be with this technology?

(Then there's manufacturing expense, of course....)

08-25-2007, 08:50 PM	#8
nekokami fruminous edugeek Posts: 6,745 Karma: 551260 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Northeast US Device: iPad, eBw 1150	Thanks for the overview of color gamut, jharker! That was a very nice summary of a set of concepts that I vaguely understood, but would have had a lot of trouble explaining to anyone if asked. I think a couple of other aspects of this display will factor into its eventual success (or lack thereof): pixel size, power consumption and refresh rate. Pixel size can only be helped by being able to set the color of each pixel without having to use 3-4 pixels to get color (as with LCD displays now). If the power consumption is still fairly low (and generally speaking, reflective screens use a lot less power than backlit screens, that holds some promise for ebooks. But speed of refresh is still a potential hurdle. This is an issue with e ink now-- probably existing e ink displays are about as slow as the market can possibly accept, and too slow for some purposes. I wonder how the refresh rate would be with this technology? (Then there's manufacturing expense, of course....)