Hands on with ARINC's iLiad-based eFlyBook

Stuart Young · 07-27-2006, 11:35 AM

Read all about it over at Engadget ..

Alexander Turcic · 07-27-2006, 11:41 AM

"First and foremost, enough cannot be said about the sheer beauty of the display. We would swear up and down that we were looking at a sheet of laser-printed paper behind a sheet of matte glass -- yes, it's that good. In fact, you can use a sheet of paper right now to get a very good idea of the kinds of pros and cons you'll run into."

Looks like Chris Ziegler is another e-paper fan

LittleTalker · 07-27-2006, 12:25 PM

He'd better say 'laser-printed recycled paper'. As good as e-ink is, the fact is that the 'paper' is not white but gray.

Snappy! · 07-27-2006, 08:00 PM

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Originally Posted by LittleTalker

He'd better say 'laser-printed recycled paper'. As good as e-ink is, the fact is that the 'paper' is not white but gray.

And likewise many *paper* book and/or paper we print on.

Paper usually look 'white' until you place many sheets from different vendors together; then they appear to be shades of 'white' ... or beige ... or grey?

ElaHuguet · 07-28-2006, 01:38 AM

And older novels... I have some pretty old ones that are very yellowed.

firekat · 07-28-2006, 11:17 AM

I have yet to take the iLiad out into direct sunlight, but it seems that the screen color is a bit of a comprimise. In direct sunlight the grey will not reflect as much as pure white will. It's like when you go out and pull the mail out of your mailbox in bright sunshine, those white envelopes nearly blind you with the flash of reflected light.

This is just my assumption.

Looking at some different pictures of the e-paper devices out there I have to say that pictures of the Libre's display were the "whitest". I thought it looked the best. In some aspect, just from the pictures it appeared to be better than the iLiad, or the Sony Reader. I could not tell you how it compares side by side to the Jinke. The person to ask about this would be Henrycat since he has the Libre and iLiad.

ElaHuguet · 07-28-2006, 11:22 AM

My question (is the screen better than the Librie?):
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...6392#post27797
And the next post has HenryCat's answer.

DrBibber · 08-03-2006, 10:45 AM

Why doesn't iRex allow to have exchangeable backgrounds :-) White for the laser printer paper people and yellow for the old novel lovers :-D Maybe some flower background for toilet paper fans too :-D

07-27-2006, 11:35 AM	#1
Stuart Young MobileRead Editor Posts: 195 Karma: 75 Join Date: May 2006 Location: London Device: e61i / Eee PC / PRS-505	Hands on with ARINC's iLiad-based eFlyBook Read all about it over at Engadget ..

07-28-2006, 11:22 AM	#7
ElaHuguet iLiad freak Posts: 339 Karma: 243 Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Mallorca, Spain Device: iRex iLiad	My question (is the screen better than the Librie?): https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...6392#post27797 And the next post has HenryCat's answer. Last edited by ElaHuguet; 07-28-2006 at 11:31 AM.

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07-27-2006, 11:41 AM	#2
Alexander Turcic Fully Converged Posts: 18,163 Karma: 14021202 Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Switzerland Device: Too many to count here.	"First and foremost, enough cannot be said about the sheer beauty of the display. We would swear up and down that we were looking at a sheet of laser-printed paper behind a sheet of matte glass -- yes, it's that good. In fact, you can use a sheet of paper right now to get a very good idea of the kinds of pros and cons you'll run into." Looks like Chris Ziegler is another e-paper fan

07-27-2006, 12:25 PM	#3
LittleTalker Connoisseur Posts: 54 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2006	He'd better say 'laser-printed recycled paper'. As good as e-ink is, the fact is that the 'paper' is not white but gray.

07-28-2006, 01:38 AM	#5
ElaHuguet iLiad freak Posts: 339 Karma: 243 Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Mallorca, Spain Device: iRex iLiad	And older novels... I have some pretty old ones that are very yellowed.

07-28-2006, 11:17 AM	#6
firekat Groupie Posts: 157 Karma: 314 Join Date: May 2006	I have yet to take the iLiad out into direct sunlight, but it seems that the screen color is a bit of a comprimise. In direct sunlight the grey will not reflect as much as pure white will. It's like when you go out and pull the mail out of your mailbox in bright sunshine, those white envelopes nearly blind you with the flash of reflected light. This is just my assumption. Looking at some different pictures of the e-paper devices out there I have to say that pictures of the Libre's display were the "whitest". I thought it looked the best. In some aspect, just from the pictures it appeared to be better than the iLiad, or the Sony Reader. I could not tell you how it compares side by side to the Jinke. The person to ask about this would be Henrycat since he has the Libre and iLiad.

08-03-2006, 10:45 AM	#8
DrBibber Iliad geek Posts: 37 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2006 Device: Iliad	Why doesn't iRex allow to have exchangeable backgrounds :-) White for the laser printer paper people and yellow for the old novel lovers :-D Maybe some flower background for toilet paper fans too :-D

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