World largest 19" flexible ePaper from LG Display - Page 2

Lbooker · 01-14-2010, 03:30 PM

Horribly dark, hence totally useless.
Paper books still offer a much better contrast.
Once more, what is sold as progress is a regression.

WT Sharpe · 01-14-2010, 03:36 PM

Little bigger than I'd like, but WOW!

Krystian Galaj · 01-14-2010, 03:44 PM

It can be rolled though. I want one. I'll keep it in tube when not reading

WT Sharpe · 01-14-2010, 03:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Krystian Galaj

It can be rolled though. I want one. ...

How many times have I uttered those very words!

dadioflex · 01-14-2010, 04:34 PM

Edit.

Daithi · 01-14-2010, 05:36 PM

Actually, early automobiles were called “horseless carriages” for good reason—they were based on horse-drawn carriages. Nonetheless, you raise a great point.

What is the ideal size? Certainly smaller than a newspaper, but one thing I like about the newspaper is the ability to see several of the main stories' headlines on the first page along with a paragraph or two and maybe a picture or two. This lets me quickly skim the days news and decide what I want to read first.

Nathan Campos · 01-14-2010, 06:09 PM

Very handy!

bminata · 01-14-2010, 09:57 PM

Looks cool.. just one question: newspaper can be folded when carried around. Can this?

markbot · 01-14-2010, 10:49 PM

i would like a color version so that I could hang it on my wall as an epainting.

Jellby · 01-15-2010, 05:59 AM

When people say they want a large flexible screen, I have to remind them how annoying it is to read large newspapers... Large flexible screen have their uses, but normal reading is not one of them.

Sweetpea · 01-15-2010, 06:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jellby

When people say they want a large flexible screen, I have to remind them how annoying it is to read large newspapers... Large flexible screen have their uses, but normal reading is not one of them.

I want a large flexible screen, like this, for my daily reading of the news paper. Not for carrying around with me at all times. I rather like sitting down each morning, with a cup of tea, some bread and the newspaper.

badbob001 · 01-15-2010, 10:12 AM

People want the content from newspapers but newspapers don't want to reformat their paper to fit readers. So some middle ground needs to be found.

We can certainly show a 100% size crop of the paper and then scroll around, but scrolling is BAD on e-ink and I wouldn't want to do it even on a normal display (am I waxing the screen?) I remember reading about the art of folding a large newspaper into a much smaller rectangle in a way where switching to the next window slice requires minimal unfolding and folding. An semi-intelligent next-previous system can move the view window to the next relevant section. Newspapers are formatted into narrow columns of text so this may work.

I would refer a medium size screen with really high resolution so we can still see the text with the entire page on the screen and be able to do a quick scan of the subjects. And then when we click on an article, it'll show either a zoomed-in view or a reflow text view of just one article. Available e-ink displays are around 150dpi... that is such a joke compared to the 1200-2400dpi of the common laser printer. I rather have denser screens than large screens.

Jellby · 01-15-2010, 10:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sweetpea

I want a large flexible screen, like this, for my daily reading of the news paper. Not for carrying around with me at all times. I rather like sitting down each morning, with a cup of tea, some bread and the newspaper.

Do you actually think the shape, size and (lack of) rigidity of a newspaper is comfortable for reading?

ProDigit · 01-15-2010, 11:50 AM

Seems very interesting, but they (probably purposely) not shown the controller.
It is only the screen you see;
if they could make it dual sided epaper, they need some sort of controller with battery, and memory on the edge.
One nice controller would be if the screen could roll out of a stick, that would have in itself the battery, and the controller, as well as USB ports and/or a (micro) SD card slot.

LDBoblo · 01-15-2010, 12:18 PM

Makes more sense for advertising panels than for newspapers. Low-quality advertising panels, anyway.

01-14-2010, 04:34 PM	#20
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01-14-2010, 03:30 PM	#16
Lbooker Addict Posts: 316 Karma: 1021312 Join Date: Jun 2009 Device: Sony PRS-T1	Horribly dark, hence totally useless. Paper books still offer a much better contrast. Once more, what is sold as progress is a regression.

01-14-2010, 03:36 PM	#17
WT Sharpe Bah, humbug! Posts: 39,073 Karma: 157049943 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Chesapeake, VA, USA Device: Kindle Oasis, iPad Pro, & a Samsung Galaxy S9.	Little bigger than I'd like, but WOW!

01-14-2010, 03:44 PM	#18
Krystian Galaj Guru Posts: 820 Karma: 11012 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Warsaw, Poland Device: Bookeen Cybook	It can be rolled though. I want one. I'll keep it in tube when not reading

01-14-2010, 05:36 PM	#21
Daithi Publishers are evil! Posts: 2,418 Karma: 36205264 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Rhode Island Device: Various Kindles	Actually, early automobiles were called “horseless carriages” for good reason—they were based on horse-drawn carriages. Nonetheless, you raise a great point. What is the ideal size? Certainly smaller than a newspaper, but one thing I like about the newspaper is the ability to see several of the main stories' headlines on the first page along with a paragraph or two and maybe a picture or two. This lets me quickly skim the days news and decide what I want to read first.

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Nathan Campos Groupie Posts: 194 Karma: 250000 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Brazil Device: Kindle DX & Kindle (2011)	Very handy!

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bminata Connoisseur Posts: 87 Karma: 6366 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Bandung, Indonesia Device: KPW, KFHD, K3, K2, iPad	Looks cool.. just one question: newspaper can be folded when carried around. Can this?

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Jellby frumious Bandersnatch Posts: 7,516 Karma: 18512745 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Spaniard in Sweden Device: Cybook Orizon, Kobo Aura	When people say they want a large flexible screen, I have to remind them how annoying it is to read large newspapers... Large flexible screen have their uses, but normal reading is not one of them.

01-15-2010, 10:12 AM	#27
badbob001 Fanatic Posts: 556 Karma: 1102020 Join Date: Sep 2009 Device: Kindle Keyboard (rip), Kindle Voyage, Fire Tablet 10 '17, iPad '19	People want the content from newspapers but newspapers don't want to reformat their paper to fit readers. So some middle ground needs to be found. We can certainly show a 100% size crop of the paper and then scroll around, but scrolling is BAD on e-ink and I wouldn't want to do it even on a normal display (am I waxing the screen?) I remember reading about the art of folding a large newspaper into a much smaller rectangle in a way where switching to the next window slice requires minimal unfolding and folding. An semi-intelligent next-previous system can move the view window to the next relevant section. Newspapers are formatted into narrow columns of text so this may work. I would refer a medium size screen with really high resolution so we can still see the text with the entire page on the screen and be able to do a quick scan of the subjects. And then when we click on an article, it'll show either a zoomed-in view or a reflow text view of just one article. Available e-ink displays are around 150dpi... that is such a joke compared to the 1200-2400dpi of the common laser printer. I rather have denser screens than large screens.

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ProDigit Karmaniac Posts: 2,553 Karma: 11499146 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Miami FL Device: PRS-505, Jetbook, + Mini, +Color, Astak Ez Reader Pro, PPW1, Aura H2O	Seems very interesting, but they (probably purposely) not shown the controller. It is only the screen you see; if they could make it dual sided epaper, they need some sort of controller with battery, and memory on the edge. One nice controller would be if the screen could roll out of a stick, that would have in itself the battery, and the controller, as well as USB ports and/or a (micro) SD card slot.

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01-15-2010, 12:18 PM	#30
LDBoblo Wizard Posts: 1,385 Karma: 16056 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Asia Device: Kindle 3 WiFi, Sony PRS-505	Makes more sense for advertising panels than for newspapers. Low-quality advertising panels, anyway.