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Originally Posted by Barty
Alexa is useless to me since I can't talk, but if that is what it takes to get TTS, I guess I'll have to bite the bullet.
Does liquavista have better contrast than e-ink? How high a PPI have they achieved? I don't want a poorer quality display just to have high refresh or color.
Come on Amazon, entice me  |
You can use the Alexa app, or Alexa web browser interface to control Echo/Dot/Tap/FireTV. No need to talk.
Liquavista has not shipped a single screen, so no specs exist.
In any case, contrast will vary depending on which mode it is in: reflective, back-lit, or both. PPI will depend on the underlying panel, but it will be whatever Amazon decides is necessary for a given device. I would expect something in the mid-200s like the Fire tablets, and I'd expect the contrast to be very good in back-lit mode, and hopefully at least as good as e-ink in reflective mode. Of course with a color device, there can be some customization of colors used for text/background, as well as 'blue filter' for night reading.
That said, I'm starting to reduce my expectation that there will be a Liquavista device announced (as more 'information' has trickled in). Hope my pessimism proves unfounded.
A solar powered cover does not interest me in the least, unless we do get a Liquavista device, and that is necessary to achieve decent (better than Fire) time between charges.