Hitachi adds color to Albirey e-paper

Alexander Turcic · 07-27-2006, 05:47 AM

We were already pretty jazzed to hear about Hitachi's entry into e-paper displays, but now they top themselves by showcasing a 4096-color version of the Albirey display. They succeeded by using a power-saving color filter with a high-brightness layout (RGBW) that preserves the paper-like whiteness of the background page while enabling deep blacks for text and a range of colors and tones for images.

The catch (why must there always be one?): Due to the nature of the color filter, the resolution of the 13.1" display is effectively halved to an extremely low 512x384 pixels. I cannot think of any other use than for signage areas at the moment. In any case, we won't see this display in the wild before 2007.

[via Tech-On]

yvanleterrible · 07-27-2006, 07:47 AM

E-ink is coming in like an avalanche, yet tangible results are scarce. I just wish they'd stop hyping it all and bring tangible products out. Hitachi in the game is indeed a welcome sight.

07-27-2006, 05:47 AM	#1
Alexander Turcic Fully Converged Posts: 12,179 Karma: 68037 Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Switzerland Device: Sony Portable Reader	Hitachi adds color to Albirey e-paper We were already pretty jazzed to hear about Hitachi's entry into e-paper displays, but now they top themselves by showcasing a 4096-color version of the Albirey display. They succeeded by using a power-saving color filter with a high-brightness layout (RGBW) that preserves the paper-like whiteness of the background page while enabling deep blacks for text and a range of colors and tones for images. The catch (why must there always be one?): Due to the nature of the color filter, the resolution of the 13.1" display is effectively halved to an extremely low 512x384 pixels. I cannot think of any other use than for signage areas at the moment. In any case, we won't see this display in the wild before 2007. [via Tech-On]

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07-27-2006, 07:47 AM	#2
yvanleterrible One-two treebooks Posts: 5,372 Karma: 30128 Join Date: May 2006 Device: Trees	E-ink is coming in like an avalanche, yet tangible results are scarce. I just wish they'd stop hyping it all and bring tangible products out. Hitachi in the game is indeed a welcome sight.