Video of full color E Ink display in action

Alexander Turcic · 08-16-2007, 11:34 AM

Today I stumbled over this short YouTube clip demonstrating flexible and full color e-paper displays from E Ink. Before you get too excited: According to the person being interviewed, the technology is still at least three to five years away from us.

NatCh · 08-16-2007, 12:18 PM

Wow, the rolling B&W variation has a pretty impressive refresh rate too (not to mention that it rolls up). I wonder how far out that might be.

yvanleterrible · 08-16-2007, 01:13 PM

About seventy years down the road as always. Waiting for them is sooo frustrating!

HarryT · 08-16-2007, 01:28 PM

carpe diem! There will always be something better "along the road"

athlonkmf · 08-16-2007, 02:29 PM

3-4 years with this technology. But there are other concepts being researched by other companies too. I think the first gen color-reader would come out in 2 years from now.

joblack · 08-16-2007, 02:50 PM

impressive .. but the technology needs 4 years .. and iRex will need 4 years as well ;=) ...

jharker · 08-16-2007, 03:42 PM

Here's what the e-Ink rep says in the video: "In the research lab today, we've been able to make full-color video-rate displays. These have the same flexibility and daylight readability as the black and white displays. But, they won't be in the marketplace until about 3-5 years from now." [emphasis added]

The video of the full-color display showed it doing full-color animation in realtime with no noticable refresh or flicker. I had no idea that video-refresh-rate e-ink technology existed at all! Sure, we might get 1s refresh full-color displays in a year, but to think we'll have video refresh rates in only 3-5 years, that's pretty amazing.

tribble · 08-16-2007, 03:55 PM

WOW. This is amazing. I have seen the color e-ink in action before, but not the video version.

This will be a major step in e-paper development. Cant wait to get my fingerson on one of those rollable color babies

arivero · 08-16-2007, 05:14 PM

I'd bet the rolling thing is using segment addressing, it is still to see if someone wants to develop a flexible matrix addressed display.

It is amusing that they show the iLiad in landscape mode.

The H2, shown after the iLiad, was time ago a custom prototype by an engineer of e-ink labs, Holly Gates (so the H, I thought, even if somewhere it is labeled H2O), I am surprised to know he has updated his design to support colour. The original H2 was "a Gumstix SBC with 400MHz Xscale processor running a modified 2.6.7 Linux kernel" and run the display using the LCD port of the Xscale chip.

The reference to Harry Potter is a good one. I still think that they could put a simple slow display with a solar cell to case the "deluxe edition" of Harry Potter, next Xmas.

TadW · 08-17-2007, 04:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alexander Turcic

Today I stumbled over this short YouTube clip demonstrating flexible and full color e-paper displays from E Ink.

This is from this year's SIGGRAPH conference. Some more info in this PCWorld blog article:

Quote:

The first I managed to get close to was a color EPD display (pictured, above), which looked quite appealing despite its low (11:1) contrast ratio. (Oddly enough, in the exhibition's low light it gave the images the organic appearance of aged paper.) Another demonstrated animated images on a paperlike e Ink display (below). Michael McCreary, e Ink's vice president of research and advanced development, told me that they had managed to use e Ink to display full-motion video, but I couldn't get back in time for a demonstration.

TadW · 08-18-2007, 06:26 AM

Another short E Ink clip shot at SIGGRAPH:

http://www.vimeo.com/274793

TadW · 08-22-2007, 11:11 AM

Yet another nice video made from the E Ink booth.

yvanleterrible · 08-22-2007, 11:41 AM

I still like the ergonomics of the little colored one by Eink. RIGHT HANDED KNOBS!!!

tribble · 08-22-2007, 11:43 AM

It was just held upsidedown

I would prefer a flipbar on both sides.

08-16-2007, 11:34 AM	#1
Alexander Turcic Fully Converged Posts: 18,163 Karma: 14021202 Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Switzerland Device: Too many to count here.	Video of full color E Ink display in action Today I stumbled over this short YouTube clip demonstrating flexible and full color e-paper displays from E Ink. Before you get too excited: According to the person being interviewed, the technology is still at least three to five years away from us.

08-22-2007, 11:11 AM	#12
TadW Uebermensch Posts: 2,583 Karma: 1094606 Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Italy Device: Kindle	Yet another nice video made from the E Ink booth. Attached Thumbnails

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08-16-2007, 12:18 PM	#2
NatCh Gizmologist Posts: 11,615 Karma: 929550 Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Republic of Texas Embassy at Jackson, TN Device: Pocketbook Touch HD3	Wow, the rolling B&W variation has a pretty impressive refresh rate too (not to mention that it rolls up). I wonder how far out that might be.

08-16-2007, 01:13 PM	#3
yvanleterrible Reborn Paper User Posts: 8,616 Karma: 15446734 Join Date: May 2006 Location: Que Nada Device: iPhone8, iPad Air	About seventy years down the road as always. Waiting for them is sooo frustrating!

08-16-2007, 01:28 PM	#4
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383043 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	carpe diem! There will always be something better "along the road"

08-16-2007, 02:29 PM	#5
athlonkmf Guru Posts: 714 Karma: 1014039 Join Date: May 2007 Device: Sony PRS-500, Sony PRS-505, Kindle 3, Sony PRS350, iPad 64GB	3-4 years with this technology. But there are other concepts being researched by other companies too. I think the first gen color-reader would come out in 2 years from now.

08-16-2007, 02:50 PM	#6
joblack Wizard Posts: 1,745 Karma: 4382514 Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Somewhere on earth Device: Onyx Boox Tab X	impressive .. but the technology needs 4 years .. and iRex will need 4 years as well ;=) ...

08-16-2007, 03:42 PM	#7
jharker Developer Posts: 345 Karma: 3473 Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Brooklyn, NY, USA Device: iRex iLiad v1, Blackberry Tour, Kindle DX, iPad.	Here's what the e-Ink rep says in the video: "In the research lab today, we've been able to make *full-color video-rate* displays. These have the same flexibility and daylight readability as the black and white displays. But, they won't be in the marketplace until about 3-5 years from now." [emphasis added] The video of the full-color display showed it doing full-color animation in realtime with no noticable refresh or flicker. I had no idea that video-refresh-rate e-ink technology existed at all! Sure, we might get 1s refresh full-color displays in a year, but to think we'll have video refresh rates in only 3-5 years, that's pretty amazing.

08-16-2007, 03:55 PM	#8
tribble iLiad Maniac Posts: 1,382 Karma: 2369 Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Germany Device: Bookeen Opus (i love that thing) and iPad (what an irony)	WOW. This is amazing. I have seen the color e-ink in action before, but not the video version. This will be a major step in e-paper development. Cant wait to get my fingerson on one of those rollable color babies

08-16-2007, 05:14 PM	#9
arivero Guru Posts: 607 Karma: 2157 Join Date: Oct 2005 Device: NCR3125, Nokia 770,...	I'd bet the rolling thing is using segment addressing, it is still to see if someone wants to develop a flexible matrix addressed display. It is amusing that they show the iLiad in landscape mode. The H2, shown after the iLiad, was time ago a custom prototype by an engineer of e-ink labs, Holly Gates (so the H, I thought, even if somewhere it is labeled H2O), I am surprised to know he has updated his design to support colour. The original H2 was "a Gumstix SBC with 400MHz Xscale processor running a modified 2.6.7 Linux kernel" and run the display using the LCD port of the Xscale chip. The reference to Harry Potter is a good one. I still think that they could put a simple slow display with a solar cell to case the "deluxe edition" of Harry Potter, next Xmas.

08-18-2007, 06:26 AM	#11
TadW Uebermensch Posts: 2,583 Karma: 1094606 Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Italy Device: Kindle	Another short E Ink clip shot at SIGGRAPH: http://www.vimeo.com/274793

08-22-2007, 11:41 AM	#13
yvanleterrible Reborn Paper User Posts: 8,616 Karma: 15446734 Join Date: May 2006 Location: Que Nada Device: iPhone8, iPad Air	I still like the ergonomics of the little colored one by Eink. RIGHT HANDED KNOBS!!!

08-22-2007, 11:43 AM	#14
tribble iLiad Maniac Posts: 1,382 Karma: 2369 Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Germany Device: Bookeen Opus (i love that thing) and iPad (what an irony)	It was just held upsidedown I would prefer a flipbar on both sides.