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Originally Posted by Lbooker
Too bad! I will buy one as soon as it is as contrasty as the latest e-ink technology.
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It might already be. I'm not certain. The way the two different screens display text is vastly different, and not really an apples to apples comparison.
With E-Ink, you're dealing with a roughly 150-200ppi pixel grid, and within each pixel is a clumpy mess of microcapsules that aren't always very consistent.
With Pixel Qi, you can tweak text rendering to take advantage of subpixels, giving you an effective 350ppi horizontal resolution. The vertical resolution does not change though, and is a good bit below E-Ink's (around 120ppi if I recall). The pixels and subpixels will look noticeably different, and I'd hazard a guess that they're much more consistent.
EPD (E-Ink) will give you a wider viewing angle and a brighter gray, but it's very possible that Pixel Qi can display better, more readable overall text. However, that subpixel rendering may require some tweaking for optimal viewing.
Also, if you want it to be brighter in lower light you could...turn on the backlight. It doesn't hurt your eyes, unless you are seriously mismatching ambient light and backlight.