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Old 01-01-2010, 03:56 PM   #104
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Originally Posted by ekaser View Post
Okay, I've talked enough on this one. It's obvious (to me) that we're talking to cross-purposes. To summarize my position:

1) The future (no more than 10 years from now) of the majority of the "reader" market will be color displays with fast response time.
2) eInk (or something similar) may well stick around (or maybe not, if #1 is equally good for reading, but probably will stick around, because battery life will never be as good with fast displays as with a bi-stable display).

All the rest is just reasoning and preferences. But that's how I see the future.
Thing about some of the replacements for E-Ink like Mirasol is that they are bistable and they are capable of fast refresh. There's no real sacrifice involved, only gain. Rather than the screen being one of the big limiting factors, underpowered processing (for low cost or easier thermal management) may become the major performance bottleneck limiting things like video playback.

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