ClearInk at DisplayWeek 2017

andyh2000 · 06-02-2017, 04:29 AM

Not sure if this is news but CLEARink have won best in show at DisplayWeek 2017. It's another contender for low power, reflective displays but claiming decent colour and video frame rates.

Andrew

JSWolf · 06-02-2017, 05:44 AM

Looks promising. Thanks for posting the video.

SnowRipple · 06-02-2017, 07:16 AM

WoW! Finally some serious competitor to e-ink! Technology seems great, resolution on these devices wasn't great and there was a colour reflections for some reason but for the beginning it's great!

I am impressed that the manufacturing is similar to lcd which should translate to much smaller costs of each display compared with e-ink!

It's like their product and technology is strong where e-ink failed for many years: cost, video, colour, flexible screens...

I will be following this tech!

David Munch · 06-02-2017, 07:22 AM

How "low power" is their "low power" claims? Can't watch the video at work.

JSWolf · 06-02-2017, 07:35 AM

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Originally Posted by David Munch

How "low power" is their "low power" claims? Can't watch the video at work.

80-90% of LCD.

andyh2000 · 06-02-2017, 10:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JSWolf

80-90% of LCD.

It's hard to tell but he might have meant the energy saving was 80-90% i.e. it only uses 10-20% of the energy of an LCD because he goes on about the energy requirements being minimal.

Andrew

ottdmk · 06-02-2017, 04:06 PM

The exchange between the interviewer and the exhibitor re: battery life goes:

I: When you do e-reader and the video platform, how's the battery life?
E: The battery life is excellent; compared to LCD there are great power savings because we don't use a backlight.
I: How much better?... A lot better.
E: 80-90 %.

Seems plain to me that the guy is claiming the display is 80-90% more power efficient than LCD.

jswinden · 06-02-2017, 04:34 PM

The devices he was holding had terrible looking screens. They were washed out and showed a lot of color shadowing. Yuk. They look nothing like the picture depicted in the YouTube video box. Once you view the actual video it looks terrible. I don't think that would be good to read on for very long.

JSWolf · 06-02-2017, 05:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jswinden

The devices he was holding had terrible looking screens. They were washed out and showed a lot of color shadowing. Yuk. They look nothing like the picture depicted in the YouTube video box. Once you view the actual video it looks terrible. I don't think that would be good to read on for very long.

It's a video and it's possible the video is not doing the device justice. Also, it's a prototype and they could improve things before production.

MGlitch · 06-03-2017, 10:51 AM

Looks interesting, the interviewer didn't really seem to get that they didn't want to focus on ousting an established company in the industry.

cane · 06-03-2017, 10:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SnowRipple

WoW! Finally some serious competitor to e-ink! Technology seems great, resolution on these devices wasn't great and there was a colour reflections for some reason but for the beginning it's great!

I am impressed that the manufacturing is similar to lcd which should translate to much smaller costs of each display compared with e-ink!

It's like their product and technology is strong where e-ink failed for many years: cost, video, colour, flexible screens...

I will be following this tech!

I am going to buy one when they become available
A Color ebook reader at last

tracey1 · 06-03-2017, 12:03 PM

When will this be available on the market ?

tracey1 · 06-03-2017, 12:09 PM

Only 4000 colors. Well.. not really hyped about that

cane · 06-03-2017, 12:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tracey1

When will this be available on the market ?

They are saying The color displays will be launched commercially in 2018

JSWolf · 06-03-2017, 12:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tracey1

Only 4000 colors. Well.. not really hyped about that

4096 colors

06-02-2017, 04:29 AM	#1
andyh2000 Avid reader Posts: 896 Karma: 6543210 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: UK Device: Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 4 / Kindle Paperwhite / TCL Nxtpaper 14	ClearInk at DisplayWeek 2017 Not sure if this is news but CLEARink have won best in show at DisplayWeek 2017. It's another contender for low power, reflective displays but claiming decent colour and video frame rates. Andrew Last edited by andyh2000; 06-02-2017 at 04:31 AM.

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SnowRipple Zealot Posts: 131 Karma: 1400002 Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: UK Device: Onyx Note Pro	WoW! Finally some serious competitor to e-ink! Technology seems great, resolution on these devices wasn't great and there was a colour reflections for some reason but for the beginning it's great! I am impressed that the manufacturing is similar to lcd which should translate to much smaller costs of each display compared with e-ink! It's like their product and technology is strong where e-ink failed for many years: cost, video, colour, flexible screens... I will be following this tech!

06-02-2017, 07:22 AM	#4
David Munch Scholar Posts: 1,012 Karma: 3999312 Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Denmark Device: Kobo Libra H2O + iPad Air 4	How "low power" is their "low power" claims? Can't watch the video at work.

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ottdmk Wizard Posts: 1,224 Karma: 3804496 Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Device: Kobo Libra 2, Lenovo Tab M10 FHD Plus, Lenovo Tab M9	The exchange between the interviewer and the exhibitor re: battery life goes: I: When you do e-reader and the video platform, how's the battery life? E: The battery life is excellent; compared to LCD there are great power savings because we don't use a backlight. I: How much better?... A lot better. E: 80-90 %. Seems plain to me that the guy is claiming the display is 80-90% more power efficient than LCD.

06-02-2017, 04:34 PM	#8
jswinden Nameless Being	The devices he was holding had terrible looking screens. They were washed out and showed a lot of color shadowing. Yuk. They look nothing like the picture depicted in the YouTube video box. Once you view the actual video it looks terrible. I don't think that would be good to read on for very long.

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tracey1 Addict Posts: 221 Karma: 4500000 Join Date: Feb 2017 Device: none	Only 4000 colors. Well.. not really hyped about that