Thread: LCD vs. e-ink
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Old 11-01-2010, 10:58 PM   #155
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Originally Posted by Sil_liS View Post
For reading, and reading only:

Advantages of E-ink:
- battery
- reading outside
- similar to paper

Advantages of LCD:
- color
- better contrast
- faster page turn

If you want all of the above, you are going to have to wait for a different technology.
color, is secondary if you read books without images and they are probably the majority, contrast might be relevant if it is not above a tolerable minimum.
The page turn speed i don't think it is an issue, when you turn a page every 90 sec or so. So those disadvantages are not very relevant if you don't read books like manga or with plenty of illustrations, so i think eink got a very good answer to readers needs with this technology so far, however everything is subject to improvement...
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