Samsung, LiquaVista and Amazon

pdurrant · 03-27-2013, 11:34 AM

There's been a lot of press speculation about Samsung wanting to sell their LiquaVista display technology.

There's been so much, I suspect it's true. The big question is: who might be interested in buying it.

Amazon is the one all the press are speculating about. I wonder when/if we'll hear what's really going on.

HarryT · 03-27-2013, 11:54 AM

Electrowetting displays seem to a certain extent to be "a solution in search of a problem". Obviously a company like Amazon could use them to produce, say, a large-format colour magazine reader, but I'm not sure they'd want to: they have the Kindle Fire for that market now.

It'll be interesting to see what does happen.

pdurrant · 03-27-2013, 12:22 PM

Electro-wetting displays seem ideal for an ebook reader. The greyscale version is brighter, better contract, and faster than eInk. The colour versions is brighter, better contrast and faster than colour eInk.

It's really a question of cost, I think. Perhaps Amazon would have the volume to make it worth-while.

So long as Amazon continues to use eInk with glass backplanes, there's probably not much to choose between them in terms of fragility of the display.

HarryT · 03-27-2013, 12:39 PM

The trouble is, though, that the reader market has become very cost-conscious, with users expecting prices to constantly fall. I'm not sure how big a market there'd be for, say, a $300 colour reading device.

Fbone · 03-27-2013, 03:19 PM

The last demo I saw said the resolution was slightly less than 166 dpi. Lower than NST and older Kindles. Hopefully, they found a way to improve that.

03-27-2013, 11:34 AM	#1
pdurrant The Grand Mouse 高貴的老鼠 Posts: 73,641 Karma: 315126578 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Norfolk, England Device: Kindle Oasis	Samsung, LiquaVista and Amazon There's been a lot of press speculation about Samsung wanting to sell their LiquaVista display technology. There's been so much, I suspect it's true. The big question is: who might be interested in buying it. Amazon is the one all the press are speculating about. I wonder when/if we'll hear what's really going on.

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03-27-2013, 11:54 AM	#2
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383099 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	Electrowetting displays seem to a certain extent to be "a solution in search of a problem". Obviously a company like Amazon could use them to produce, say, a large-format colour magazine reader, but I'm not sure they'd want to: they have the Kindle Fire for that market now. It'll be interesting to see what does happen.

03-27-2013, 12:22 PM	#3
pdurrant The Grand Mouse 高貴的老鼠 Posts: 73,641 Karma: 315126578 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Norfolk, England Device: Kindle Oasis	Electro-wetting displays seem ideal for an ebook reader. The greyscale version is brighter, better contract, and faster than eInk. The colour versions is brighter, better contrast and faster than colour eInk. It's really a question of cost, I think. Perhaps Amazon would have the volume to make it worth-while. So long as Amazon continues to use eInk with glass backplanes, there's probably not much to choose between them in terms of fragility of the display.

03-27-2013, 12:39 PM	#4
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383099 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	The trouble is, though, that the reader market has become very cost-conscious, with users expecting prices to constantly fall. I'm not sure how big a market there'd be for, say, a $300 colour reading device.

03-27-2013, 03:19 PM	#5
Fbone Is that a sandwich? Posts: 8,283 Karma: 101696762 Join Date: Jun 2010 Device: Nook Glowlight Plus	The last demo I saw said the resolution was slightly less than 166 dpi. Lower than NST and older Kindles. Hopefully, they found a way to improve that.

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