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Originally Posted by dmaul1114
Well that's disappointing to know re: the white levels, and drastically increases the chances I'll just buy an LCD tablet/slate when there's something similar to the iPad in size, price etc. with robust stylus mark up options.
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In my opinion, for paper purposes, a 60% reflectivity would be quite good, and would be in the realm of good newsprint or average paperback. For books and papers and newspapers and such, it's just about right, assuming the black point can actually be black, and the resolution is high enough to minimize font smoothing's toll on the black. For magazines and the like, it will be a less-than-ideal solution, much as E-Ink is for paper books now.
I'm hoping to check out some of the latest high-density AMOLED phone displays myself soon, as they'll produce quite a deep black and some have very high resolutions (250+ppi). Too bad they're all quite small still.
Pixel Qi however might be a good solution, if ever a product comes to market. You'll get the readability in low light with the backlight, as well as the bright white that you can only easily get from transmissive displays, and you'll get the readability in more direct light without the backlight. They were saying they could get something in the realm of 200ppi out of the reflective mode, but I'm not sure how that plays out practically.
If I were more proactive, I guess I'd be calling up Pixel Qi's office and Mirasol's facility and seeing about tours/demos. Perhaps in coming weeks, after Chinese New Year is over and things are back to normal.
