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Originally Posted by LDBoblo
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.
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Yep, just a matter of getting a screen that does everything well enough for what a person needs. I'm fine with e-ink for my dedicated novel reader.
And I'm not really interested in buying a second dedicated reader device for PDFs etc., I'd much prefer a tablet that's great for that, but also magazines, video etc. So it looks like LCD is probably the way to go for me (or maybe the pixel QI screens) if I want one in the near future vs. waiting for other screen types to come out that can do all that stuff. I wouldn't likely be reading on it for long stretches, so I'd probably be fine with LCD.
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Originally Posted by SCION
I wholeheartedly agree that there's a market (at the right price). The iPad isn't a desktop/laptop/netbook replacement. I don't even consider it a computer in the traditional sense of the word. So owning a computer or two doesn't necessarily preclude one from being a potential buyer. Everyone agrees it's a big iPod Touch. Those who have an iPod Touch or iPhone are probably the ones who are least interested.
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Yep. I want a tablet that's less than a PC. Just something to use to read and mark up documents, light web browsing, watch some videos, read magazines or comics in color etc. It wouldn't replace my laptop, it would supplement it.
All that stuff isn't so good on a PC/laptop due to the form factor, vs. a small light tablet you can lay on the couch, or curl up in bed and read etc.