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Old 10-23-2009, 11:12 PM   #54
Damętas
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Originally Posted by Dylrob View Post
That Slashdot SlashGear article is incorrect. Bistability is usually considered one of the defining characteristics of an epaper display, but then for this reason you could argue that Pixel Qi isn't a true epaper technology. And while there are LCDs that can maintain their image without any power (the Fujitsu Flepia uses such a display), they currently take about 5-10 seconds to actually refresh.

Now in the interview with Mary Lou Jepsen, linked above, she pointed out that there is research being done within her industry into creating more stable liquid crystals. Potentially reducing the minimum refresh rate in the near future, which itself will greatly diminish power consumption (which is already fairly low on a reflective LCD). This research may also eventually lead to bistable LCDs with decent refresh rates.
I stand corrected. Yet in the same video, she did say that bistability was in their roadmap.
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