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Originally Posted by Charybdis
But in e-paper mode, the refresh rate is very low, right?
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No. This is not e-ink or any variety of colored fluids/balls in cells. This is a "standard" LCD screen that's been modified a bit. It handles color in a way that uses less power and has a more reflective background. The screen
looks like an e-paper screen, with a bright background, and can be read purely by reflected light, without requiring any backlight. But it's still an LCD screen, which
can use a backlight and display color video at standard video refresh rates if desired. This screen
should be capable of what you want, if the device it's in is capable of it. Whether a device like the Astak Spectrum, which we suspect will have this sort of screen, will have wireless and the cpu/graphics power to display movies, we don't know. The OLPC X-1 machine does display video, has a backlight that can be turned off entirely, and has better than e-ink sharpness and sunlight readability.