LG Philips with first flexible 14.1" color E Ink

tribble · 05-14-2007, 08:47 AM

From here:

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LG.Philips LCD [NYSE: LPL, KRX: 034220], a leading innovator of thin-film transistor liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD) technology, announced today that it developed the world’s first 14.1-inch flexible color E-paper display, equivalent in size to an A4 sheet of paper. This is a second breakthrough in E-paper for LG.Philips LCD, which introduced the world’s first 14.1-inch black and white flexible E-paper display in May 2006.

The 14.1-inch flexible color E-paper uses electronic ink from E-Ink Corp. to produce a maximum of 4,096 colors. It can be viewed from a full 180 degrees, so that images always appear crisp, even when the display is bent.

Just saw this, thought you are interested

yvanleterrible · 05-14-2007, 10:10 AM

Yet another tease!...

We still don't have an official worldwide distributed device yet.

Nice to see you again Tribble.

NatCh · 05-14-2007, 10:24 AM

4,096 colors is a nice step forward.

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Nice to see you again Tribble.

Here, here.

transman · 05-14-2007, 11:07 AM

It really is beginning to feel that ebooks are about to take off. First plasticlogic, then Fujitsu, and now this. My long wait may be finally coming to an end.

NatCh · 05-14-2007, 12:21 PM

Exciting times, transman, exciting times. They're finally getting the hardware where it is workable. Next we have the content/format knot to untangle.

nekokami · 05-14-2007, 07:58 PM

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Originally Posted by NatCh

Next we have the content/format knot to untangle.

I favor Alexander's solution to that one.

realityloop · 05-14-2007, 09:10 PM

more info

http://www.theage.com.au/news/techno...995043132.html

NatCh · 05-14-2007, 09:29 PM

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Originally Posted by nekokami

I favor Alexander's solution to that one.

That's the very thing I had in mind, I should have known one of you academics would get even so vague an allusion.

yvanleterrible · 05-15-2007, 09:50 AM

To cut the knot, all power over ebabel has to be centralized in one blade. No one has managed that yet. Attempts are numerous but each one adding an other strand to the problem. All we can do now is to wait for the said knot to rot.

nekokami · 05-15-2007, 01:36 PM

Or we each get a knife and start hacking at one or two strands each...

yvanleterrible · 05-15-2007, 03:31 PM

Aaaah! The power of masses, just like in your signature.

Aren't you worried we'll be called communists again?

nekokami · 05-15-2007, 10:47 PM

We were called communists? I guess I have a short memory for that sort of thing....

alex_d · 05-19-2007, 02:56 AM

I think this is just a prototype, not even an announcement that they will at some point sell it.

Anyway, the screen seems very, very, very dark. I think what they're doing to get color is putting colored plastic over black and white eInk. That would reduce reflectivity three-fold!

nekokami · 05-20-2007, 10:34 AM

Maybe not three-fold, but yes, I think that's what they're doing, and yes, it reduces reflectivity. The other option would be to create cells with different colored particles, though, which I assume would hugely increase the expense of manufacturing the stuff.

Jadon · 05-20-2007, 06:32 PM

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Originally Posted by nekokami

The other option would be to create cells with different colored particles, though, which I assume would hugely increase the expense of manufacturing the stuff.

How about multi-colored particles? That way all the cells get the same particles (so no red-green-blue alteration), but the particles are more expensive. Cylinders with three (or four or six) sides that rotate to present the correct color.

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05-14-2007, 10:10 AM	#2
yvanleterrible Reborn Paper User Posts: 8,616 Karma: 15446734 Join Date: May 2006 Location: Que Nada Device: iPhone8, iPad Air	Yet another tease!... We still don't have an official worldwide distributed device yet. Nice to see you again Tribble.

05-14-2007, 11:07 AM	#4
transman Member Posts: 13 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: United Kingdom Device: Plastic Logic Dossier	It really is beginning to feel that ebooks are about to take off. First plasticlogic, then Fujitsu, and now this. My long wait may be finally coming to an end.

05-14-2007, 12:21 PM	#5
NatCh Gizmologist Posts: 11,615 Karma: 929550 Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Republic of Texas Embassy at Jackson, TN Device: Pocketbook Touch HD3	Exciting times, transman, exciting times. They're finally getting the hardware where it is workable. Next we have the content/format knot to untangle.

05-14-2007, 09:10 PM	#7
realityloop Enthusiast Posts: 49 Karma: 262 Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Melbourne Australia	more info http://www.theage.com.au/news/techno...995043132.html

05-15-2007, 09:50 AM	#9
yvanleterrible Reborn Paper User Posts: 8,616 Karma: 15446734 Join Date: May 2006 Location: Que Nada Device: iPhone8, iPad Air	To cut the knot, all power over ebabel has to be centralized in one blade. No one has managed that yet. Attempts are numerous but each one adding an other strand to the problem. All we can do now is to wait for the said knot to rot.

05-15-2007, 01:36 PM	#10
nekokami fruminous edugeek Posts: 6,745 Karma: 551260 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Northeast US Device: iPad, eBw 1150	Or we each get a knife and start hacking at one or two strands each...

05-15-2007, 03:31 PM	#11
yvanleterrible Reborn Paper User Posts: 8,616 Karma: 15446734 Join Date: May 2006 Location: Que Nada Device: iPhone8, iPad Air	Aaaah! The power of masses, just like in your signature. Aren't you worried we'll be called communists again?

05-15-2007, 10:47 PM	#12
nekokami fruminous edugeek Posts: 6,745 Karma: 551260 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Northeast US Device: iPad, eBw 1150	We were called communists? I guess I have a short memory for that sort of thing....

05-19-2007, 02:56 AM	#13
alex_d Addict Posts: 303 Karma: 187 Join Date: Dec 2006 Device: Sony Reader	I think this is just a prototype, not even an announcement that they will at some point sell it. Anyway, the screen seems very, very, very dark. I think what they're doing to get color is putting colored plastic over black and white eInk. That would reduce reflectivity three-fold!

05-20-2007, 10:34 AM	#14
nekokami fruminous edugeek Posts: 6,745 Karma: 551260 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Northeast US Device: iPad, eBw 1150	Maybe not three-fold, but yes, I think that's what they're doing, and yes, it reduces reflectivity. The other option would be to create cells with different colored particles, though, which I assume would hugely increase the expense of manufacturing the stuff.

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