11-08-2010, 04:08 PM | #16 | |
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As you say, we'll have to wait and see, but it's fun to guess. |
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11-08-2010, 05:15 PM | #17 | |
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The main reason color e-ink is ever going to be used is for reading comic books. There is an academic market, but it's got to be fairly niche. |
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11-08-2010, 05:23 PM | #18 |
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Color on Eink....Now I can read Great Expectations in Purple and Pink... and Read Manga in Color that is Always published in Black and White...
actually... for charts and photos would be good otherwise... love it as it...e ink that is.. Will it truthfully be eink .... My mate who is an Organic Chemist says it ain't easy to make color ink.... but... .. |
11-08-2010, 08:30 PM | #19 |
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Color readers are inevitable.
Movies started out in B&W and then moved to color. Film cameras started out in B&W and then moved to color. Television started out in B&W and then moved to color. Computer monitors started out in B&W and then moved to color. As viewing technologies evolve and improve, the switch to color seems to always follow. |
11-08-2010, 09:28 PM | #20 |
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I was wondering when this would happen. eInk announced a prototype 12 bit color eInk screen back in December 2006, with volume production to begin in 2007. It never appeared, which led me to believe that either eInk had problems moving from prototype to mass production, costs were higher than OEMs wanted to pay, or results didn't meet expectations.
Judging by the description of the Hanvon effort, it sounds like what they are using, and the last was the case. I'll reserve judgment until I see an actual device using this, but it sounds like the color simply wouldn't be good enough for my purposes. If I'm reading stuff that requires color at all, it requires something approximating accurate reproduction, with bright and vibrant colors. I don't need video or animation, but do need to see color art that looks like the original, and not a washed out copy. I heard the comments from Sony's Steve Haber as NY press events I attended for MobileRead, and I concur with his feelings. Given that Hanvon produces mainly for the Chinese market, I expect this will do well for them. I don't expect a lot of penetration over here. ______ Dennis |
11-08-2010, 11:51 PM | #21 |
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According to the article, the color is like a faded photo and the video play back is very slow. The price is $440, only $60 cheaper than iPad. It doesn’t look like the technology is ready for prime time. Pixel Qi seems to be a better choice since it retains color quality display of LCD but offers the option to turn off the backlit for reading in sunlight. Based on the rumors on pricing of the Notion Ink Adams; the price difference for a 10” LCD vs. Pixel Qi screen is only $50. Color e-ink might be lighter and uses less power but if it is more expensive and the color is not vibrant, it will not compete well with Pixel Qi or even LCD.
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11-09-2010, 12:42 AM | #22 |
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11-09-2010, 01:14 AM | #23 | |
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If you don't mind the washed out color, a color eInk display is fine for static content, like books. The question will be what sort of color the book uses, and whether a color eInk display will reproduce it well enough to be acceptable. For most of the color stuff I would want to view, it wouldn't be. If the price can be gotten low enough to simply substitute a color eInk display for the current mono screens, and the black and white content doesn't suffer as a result, this might be a next step for eInk based readers: color is there if the material uses it, and if not it's the same display the reader is already used to and appreciates. But those are very big ifs. ______ Dennis |
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11-09-2010, 03:23 AM | #24 |
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Mmm, i'm not thrilled by colors screen.
I'll rather have a faster refresh. |
11-09-2010, 03:27 AM | #25 | |
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11-09-2010, 05:58 AM | #26 | |
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I spend several grand a year on reference books ALL of which require color, I mean ALL. Along with requiring accurate color on top of it. Believe it or not MILLIONS of these books are sold annually. And when I was able to travel I often needed to lug around 200-300lbs of reference books. And again I am far from unique in that regard. |
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11-09-2010, 06:44 AM | #27 | |
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If you need accurate colour, then you need print, it's hard enough to get accuracy on a desktop LCD in a carefully controlled environment. |
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11-09-2010, 07:13 AM | #28 | |
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11-09-2010, 08:01 AM | #29 | |
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There are over 14,000,000 students in colleges and universities in the United States alone. I wouldn't call the post-secondary textbook market a niche. It'll just be hard to break into for an eBook reader due to reluctance on the part of the textbook publishers. I think the publishers will eventually find that they lose less money to piracy than they do to the used textbook market. |
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11-09-2010, 09:26 AM | #30 |
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Sadly, maybe they should just stick a fork in the quest for color e-ink for awhile until the right material/process comes along. Cheap android tablets will probably eat this thing in the market.
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