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Originally Posted by brecklundin
agreed. Given the current construction a 17" glass substrate display would be far too fragile to carry around. The weight would be greater for sure, requiring something more along the lines of an MgAlloy case (as opposed to the cheaply made plastic cases used today) with stainless steel frame. But even with that risk of torque related or even direct pressure damage would be much higher with a glass substrate based display.
But again, my question was based in the statement by fugazied that the "power requirements" of a 17" device are far more substantial than current devices and well beyond current battery technology. That is just not correct.
One thing I wonder about color displays is that it implies the ability to display real white not just grey. If they can do that then for most of us a simple B&W display with true white background would be more than enough. However as digital picture frames or for manga/comics lovers it will be really fun!! 
I wonder if the reason many of the current color e-ink like displays look washed out is because there is still no ability to provide a true white color? |
Yes, I understand there is no reason that a bigger battery is needed necessarily but I was addressing the weight issue.
Even today the white starts out as pure white and turns gray due to the layers of plastic between the user and the actually E-Ink layer. These layers provide protection from UV and other useful functions. I suspect the color will be subdued for the same reason (washed out to use your term). From what I understand these color screens will use 4 E-ink drops to do color. Green-white, red-white, blue-white, and black-white. Note that the white instead of traditional off (black) in an LCD display. This is an attempt to make the display as bright as possible.
Dale