All this talk about displays has reminded me of a humorous anecdote - I must set the scene for those of you not in the UK....
Over here we have a chain of shops we'll call them Personal Computer Globe Ltd.... they like to cultivate the air of being "experts" with everything tech - which is amusing just in its self after you've been exposed to the pimply faced bull****ing box shifters...
Anyhow I decided to treat myself to a K5 (girlfriend inherited my K4) being occasionally an impatient sort I decided rather than wait for the post, I'll just swing by a shop and quickly pick one up...
They decide as usual to aggressively push their insurance in declining their +30% extra the sales rep launched into the spiel about how delicate the screen was to the point that the only thing that would shut him up was me asking if I shouldn't buy it then...
I decided to forgo my usual argument about statutory rights and the sale of goods act, I just really couldn't be bothered.... But I thought I might as well get some amusement for my extra wasted time
"SO...." I ask "how do these displays actually work then ?"
Let me tell you if you thought you knew I'm about to set you right...
"well what it is" he said with total authority "there's like this magnet that goes quickly up and down the screen making some of the ink stick to the glass."
I actually managed to keep a straight face "So its like an etch-a-sketch then?"
I wish I'd been recording it....